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20172025
most citedIdentifying and mitigating charge instabilities in shallow diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers

172 citations · 247 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

quant-ph2025

Patterning programmable spin arrays on DNA origami for quantum technologies

Zhiran Zhang, Taylor Morrison, Lillian Hughes +6

The controlled assembly of solid-state spins with nanoscale spatial precision is an outstanding challenge for quantum technology. Here, we combine DNA-based patterning with nitroge…

physics.ins-det2025

Quantum biosensing on a multiplexed functionalized diamond microarray

Ignacio Chi-Durán, Evan J. Villafranca, David Dang +5

Quantum sensing with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond promises to revolutionize biological research and medical diagnostics. Thanks to their high sensitivity, NV sensors co…

quant-ph2024★ 6 cited

A strongly interacting, two-dimensional, dipolar spin ensemble in (111)-oriented diamond

Lillian B. Hughes, Simon A. Meynell, Weijie Wu +8

Systems of spins with strong dipolar interactions and controlled dimensionality enable new explorations in quantum sensing and simulation. In this work, we investigate the creation…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 23 cited

Two-dimensional spin systems in PECVD-grown diamond with tunable density and long coherence for enhanced quantum sensing and simulation

Lillian B. Hughes, Zhiran Zhang, Chang Jin +9

Systems of spins engineered with tunable density and reduced dimensionality enable a number of advancements in quantum sensing and simulation. Defects in diamond, such as nitrogen-…

quant-ph2022

Reporter-spin-assisted T1 relaxometry

Zhiran Zhang, Maxime Joos, Dolev Bluvstein +2

A single spin quantum sensor can quantitatively detect and image fluctuating electromagnetic fields via their effect on the sensor spin's relaxation time, thus revealing important…

quant-ph2019★ 43 cited

Extending the Quantum Coherence of a Near-Surface Qubit by Coherently Driving the Paramagnetic Surface Environment

Dolev Bluvstein, Zhiran Zhang, Claire A. McLellan +2

Surfaces enable useful functionalities for quantum systems, e.g. as interfaces to sensing targets, but often result in surface-induced decoherence where unpaired electron spins are…

cond-mat.mes-hall2018★ 172 cited

Identifying and mitigating charge instabilities in shallow diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers

Dolev Bluvstein, Zhiran Zhang, Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich

The charge degree of freedom in solid-state defects fundamentally underpins the electronic spin degree of freedom, a workhorse of quantum technologies. Here we study charge state p…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 3 cited

Gate Tunable Magneto-resistance of Ultra-Thin WTe2 Devices

Xin Liu, Zhiran Zhang, Chaoyi Cai +8

In this work, the magneto-resistance (MR) of ultra-thin WTe2/BN heterostructures far away from electron-hole equilibrium is measured. The change of MR of such devices is found to b…