MAGNETIC SENSING AND IMAGING USING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SURFACE ELECTRON SPINS AND SOLID STATE SPINS
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a sensor, wherein, the sensor comprises,a network of isolated electron-spin quantum bits (qubits) disposed on the surface of the sensor; and
a solid state electronic spin system disposed below the surface of the sensor, wherein the solid state electronic spin system has a spin-state dependent fluorescence;
a source of light;
a source of first external perturbation, wherein the source of first external perturbation generates a magnetic field;
a source of second external perturbation;
wherein, the source of light and the first and second external perturbations are configured to coherently and independently manipulate the spin states of at least one qubit and at least one solid state electronic spin system; and
a detector to optically measure the solid-state electronic spins spin-state dependent fluorescence.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for magnetic sensing and imaging include a sensor having a network of isolated electron-spin quantum bits (qubits) disposed on the surface of the sensor; and a solid state electronic spin system disposed below the surface of the sensor, wherein the solid state electronic spin system has a spin-state dependent fluorescence; a source of light; a source of first external perturbation, wherein the source of first external perturbation generates a magnetic field; a source of second external perturbation; wherein, the source of light and the first and second external perturbations are configured to coherently and independently manipulate the spin states of at least one qubit and at least one solid state electronic spin system; and a detector to optically measure the solid-state electronic spins spin-state dependent fluorescence.
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41 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a sensor, wherein, the sensor comprises, a network of isolated electron-spin quantum bits (qubits) disposed on the surface of the sensor; and a solid state electronic spin system disposed below the surface of the sensor, wherein the solid state electronic spin system has a spin-state dependent fluorescence; a source of light; a source of first external perturbation, wherein the source of first external perturbation generates a magnetic field; a source of second external perturbation; wherein, the source of light and the first and second external perturbations are configured to coherently and independently manipulate the spin states of at least one qubit and at least one solid state electronic spin system; and a detector to optically measure the solid-state electronic spins spin-state dependent fluorescence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of manipulating the reporter spin network and the solid state electronic spin system, comprising:
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applying a first pulse sequence of external perturbation to a network of isolated electron-spin quantum bits (qubits) disposed on the surface of the sensor and a solid state electronic spin system disposed below the surface of the sensor, wherein the solid state electronic spin system has a spin-state dependent fluorescence; applying a second pulse sequence of external perturbation to the network of isolated electron-spin quantum bits (qubits); applying a third pulse sequence of external perturbation to the network of isolated electron-spin quantum bits (qubits) and a solid state electronic spin system disposed below the surface of the sensor; wherein the first and the third pulse sequence of external perturbations probes the quantum state of at least one electronic-spin quantum bits using at least one shallow state electronic spin system; and wherein, the quantum state of the reporter spin network is manipulated in the second pulse sequence of external perturbation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of sensing, coherently coupling and imaging a nuclear spin, comprising:
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providing a sample containing at least one nuclear spin in proximity to a sensor; wherein the sensor comprises a network of isolated electron-spin quantum bits (qubits) that act as quantum reporter spins disposed on the surface of the sensor; and another solid state electronic spin system, wherein the solid state electronic spin system has a spin-state dependent fluorescence; exposing the sensor to light and a first and a second external perturbation energy to coherently and independently manipulate at least one electron-spin quantum bit (qubit) and at least one solid state electronic spin system; wherein the interaction of the nuclear spin with the qubit and the interaction of the qubit with the solid state electronic spin system changes the spin-state dependent fluorescence of the solid state electronic spin; detecting the change in the spin-state dependent fluorescence of the solid state electronic spin system; and inferring information regarding the nuclear spins of the sample using the detected change in the spin-state dependent fluorescence of the solid state electronic spins. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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