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从第一性原理发现简单氧化物中类原子钟自旋缺陷

Discovery of Atomic Clock-Like Spin Defects in Simple Oxides from First Principles

Joel Davidsson, Mykyta Onizhuk, Christian Vorwerk, Giulia Galli

AI总结:

本文通过高通量第一性原理计算在氧化钙中发现由Sb、Bi或I掺杂形成的类NV中心自旋缺陷,其中209Bi缺陷在类原子钟跃迁处相干时间超秒级,为简单氧化物中的长相干量子态设计开辟了新途径。

摘要:

由于晶格中自旋核的稀缺,简单氧化物几乎无噪声,有望成为固态自旋量子比特的宿主。然而,这些体系中尚未找到合适的自旋缺陷。利用高通量第一性原理计算,我们预测了氧化钙中的自旋缺陷,其电子性质与金刚石中的NV中心极为相似。这些缺陷是带电复合体,其中掺杂原子——Sb、Bi或I——占据相邻阳离子和阴离子空位所腾出的体积。预测的零声子线表明,Bi复合体在通信波段发射,计算的多体能级表明存在量子比特初始化所需的可行光学循环。值得注意的是,每种掺杂剂的高自旋核与电子自旋强耦合,导致许多可控量子能级以及类原子钟跃迁的出现,这些跃迁受到环境噪声的良好保护。具体而言,在含209Bi的缺陷中,类原子钟跃迁处的Hahn-echo相干时间增加到超过秒级。我们的结果为在简单氧化物中设计具有长相干时间的量子态铺平了道路,使其成为量子技术的有吸引力的平台。

英文摘要:

Virtually noiseless due to the scarcity of spinful nuclei in the lattice, simple oxides hold promise as hosts of solid-state spin qubits. However, no suitable spin defect has yet been found in these systems. Using high-throughput first-principles calculations, we predict spin defects in calcium oxide with electronic properties remarkably similar to those of the NV center in diamond. These defects are charged complexes where a dopant atom -- Sb, Bi, or I -- occupies the volume vacated by adjacent cation and anion vacancies. The predicted zero phonon line shows that the Bi complex emits in the telecommunication range, and the computed many-body energy levels suggest a viable optical cycle required for qubit initialization. Notably, the high-spin nucleus of each dopant strongly couples to the electron spin, leading to many controllable quantum levels and the emergence of atomic clock-like transitions that are well protected from environmental noise. Specifically, the Hanh-echo coherence time increases beyond seconds at the clock-like transition in the defect with \ch{^{209}Bi}. Our results pave the way to designing quantum states with long coherence times in simple oxides, making them attractive platforms for quantum technologies.

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