Quantum sensing with single spins

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• Cristian Bonato (Heriot-Watt)
• Wednesday 03 October 2018, 13:00-14:00
• Physics East 217.

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Sensors based on individual quantum systems provide measurements of physical quantities combining nanoscale spatial resolution and high sensitivity. For example, quantum sensing based on single spins associated with nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond has already reached outstanding milestones in mapping nanoscale magnetic fields of interest for materials science and biology.

In the first part of the talk, I will discuss our experimental¹ and theoretical [2,3] work about enhancing the performance of quantum sensors through Bayesian estimation and real-time feedback. Bayesian estimation is an efficient tool to exploit all information available from experimental measurements, while additionally enabling ‘on-the-fly’ adaptation of the measurement settings to deliver, at each point in time, optimal information extraction based on the knowledge accumulated so far.

In the second part, I will introduce novel spin qubits associated to defects in silicon carbide [4], a semiconductor of wide industrial interest for micro-electronics, and I will discuss how they can be exploited to sense parameters related to SiC electronic devices with high spatial resolution.

[1] C. Bonato et al, Nature Nanotech 11, 247 (2016)

[2] C. Bonato et al, Phys Rev A 95 , 052348 (2017)

[3] HT Dinani et al, arXiv:1806.01249 (2018)

[4] R. Nagy et al, Phys Rev Appl 9, 034022 (2018)

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