TY - JOUR
T1 - Online adaptive quantum characterization of a nuclear spin
AU - Joas, Timo
AU - Schmitt, Simon
AU - Santagati, Raffaele
AU - Gentile, Antonio Andrea
AU - Bonato, Cristian
AU - Laing, Anthony
AU - McGuinness, Liam P.
AU - Jelezko, Fedor
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, Crown.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - The characterization of quantum systems is both a theoretical and technical challenge. Theoretical because of the exponentially increasing complexity with system size and the fragility of quantum states under observation. Technical because of the requirement to manipulate and read out individual atomic or photonic elements. Adaptive methods can help to overcome these challenges by optimizing the amount of information each measurement provides and reducing the necessary resources. Their implementation, however, requires fast-feedback and complex processing algorithms. Here, we implement online adaptive sensing with single spins and demonstrate close to photon shot noise limited performance with high repetition rate, including experimental overheads. We further use fast feedback to determine the hyperfine coupling of a nuclear spin to the nitrogen-vacancy sensor with a sensitivity of 445nTHz−1. Our experiment is a proof of concept that online adaptive techniques can be a versatile tool to enable faster characterization of the spin environment.
AB - The characterization of quantum systems is both a theoretical and technical challenge. Theoretical because of the exponentially increasing complexity with system size and the fragility of quantum states under observation. Technical because of the requirement to manipulate and read out individual atomic or photonic elements. Adaptive methods can help to overcome these challenges by optimizing the amount of information each measurement provides and reducing the necessary resources. Their implementation, however, requires fast-feedback and complex processing algorithms. Here, we implement online adaptive sensing with single spins and demonstrate close to photon shot noise limited performance with high repetition rate, including experimental overheads. We further use fast feedback to determine the hyperfine coupling of a nuclear spin to the nitrogen-vacancy sensor with a sensitivity of 445nTHz−1. Our experiment is a proof of concept that online adaptive techniques can be a versatile tool to enable faster characterization of the spin environment.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41534-021-00389-z
DO - 10.1038/s41534-021-00389-z
M3 - Article
SN - 2056-6387
VL - 7
JO - npj Quantum Information
JF - npj Quantum Information
IS - 1
M1 - 56
ER -