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Nanoscale engineering and dynamic stabilization of mesoscopic spin textures
Kieren Harkins1, Christoph Fleckenstein2, Noella D'Souza1
1Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Researchers harnessed thermalization to create and control nanoscale spin textures in diamond using carbon-13 nuclear spins. These robust, shell-like spin states are stabilized for minutes, enabling quantum simulation and imaging applications.
Area of Science:
- Quantum physics
- Materials science
- Spin dynamics
Background:
- Thermalization is typically an unwanted process in physics.
- Controlling quantum spin states is crucial for quantum technologies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To demonstrate the utility of thermalization in creating and controlling spin textures.
- To engineer metastable, long-lived spin states in diamond.
Main Methods:
- Utilizing interacting Carbon-13 nuclear spins in diamond.
- Employing prethermalization to a Floquet-engineered Hamiltonian.
- Leveraging an electronic gradient field for spin polarization.
Main Results:
- Generation of "shell-like" spin textures spanning nanometers and hundreds of spins.
- Achieved long-time stabilization (minutes) of spin textures via prethermalization.
- Demonstrated control and readout without individual spin manipulation.
Conclusions:
- Thermalization can be actively used for spin-state engineering.
- Engineered spin textures are robust against spin diffusion.
- Potential applications in quantum simulation and nanoscale imaging.
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