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This study demonstrates a novel materials-based approach to engineering quasi-one-dimensional quantum spin chains in diamond using nitrogen defects. By combining spatial confinement techniques with nanoscale sensing, the researchers successfully probe dipolar spin transport and local autocorrelations in low-dimensional systems. This work advances the fundamental understanding of interacting quantum ensembles and provides a scalable route for constructing complex quantum architectures.
Engineering and Probing a One-Dimensional Dipolar Spin Ensemble in Diamond
arXiv:2609.19496v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Dimensionality plays a central role in determining the collective behavior of interacting quantum systems. Engineering strongly interacting ensembles of solid-state spin defects in reduced dimensions remains a significant challenge at the interface between the applied and fundamental sciences. Here, we create and characterize a positionally disordered, quasi-one-dimensional spin chain in diamond, consisting of optically dark substitutional nitrogen defects (P1 centers) and optically addressable probe nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers. Our approach exploits the preferential incorporation of nitrogen along step bunches formed during chemical vapor deposition to achieve both lateral and vertical confinement. Combining spatially resolved materials characterization with nanoscale quantum sensing, we establish the one-dimensional character of the optically dark, unpolarized P1 spin ensemble. We then use correlation spectroscopy to probe local spin autocorrelations and investigate infinite-temperature dipolar spin transport. Our results establish a materials-based route for engineering low-dimensional quantum spin systems.
Authors:Lingjie Chen, Shreyas Parthasarathy, Simon A. Meynell, Lillian B. Hughes Wyatt, Eveline Postelnicu, Haopu Yang, Zilin Wang, Weijie Wu, Winston V. Peloso, Casey K. Kim, Chris R. Laumann, Kunal Mukherjee, Norman Y. Yao, Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich
Abstract:Dimensionality plays a central role in determining the collective behavior of interacting quantum systems. Engineering strongly interacting ensembles of solid-state spin defects in reduced dimensions remains a significant challenge at the interface between the applied and fundamental sciences. Here, we create and characterize a positionally disordered, quasi-one-dimensional spin chain in diamond, consisting of optically dark substitutional nitrogen defects (P1 centers) and optically addressable probe nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers. Our approach exploits the preferential incorporation of nitrogen along step bunches formed during chemical vapor deposition to achieve both lateral and vertical confinement. Combining spatially resolved materials characterization with nanoscale quantum sensing, we establish the one-dimensional character of the optically dark, unpolarized P1 spin ensemble. We then use correlation spectroscopy to probe local spin autocorrelations and investigate infinite-temperature dipolar spin transport. Our results establish a materials-based route for engineering low-dimensional quantum spin systems.
Quantum Physics (quant-ph); Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall); Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
arXiv:2609.19496 [quant-ph]
(or arXiv:2609.19496v1 [quant-ph] for this version)
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.19496 arXiv-issued DOI via DataCite (pending registration)
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