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ArticleNature communications2016

Enhancing quantum sensing sensitivity by a quantum memory.

Sebastian Zaiser, Torsten Rendler, Ingmar Jakobi, Thomas Wolf, Sang-Yun Lee, Samuel Wagner, Ville Bergholm, Thomas Schulte-Herbrüggen, Philipp Neumann, Jörg Wrachtrup

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Sebastian Zaiser3rd Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart 70569, Germany.
Torsten Rendler3rd Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart 70569, Germany.
Ingmar Jakobi3rd Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart 70569, Germany.
Thomas Wolf3rd Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart 70569, Germany.
Sang-Yun Lee3rd Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart 70569, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1777-980X
Samuel Wagner3rd Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart 70569, Germany.
Ville BergholmDepartment of Chemistry, Technical University Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, Garching 85747, Germany.
Thomas Schulte-HerbrüggenDepartment of Chemistry, Technical University Munich, Lichtenbergstrasse 4, Garching 85747, Germany.
Philipp Neumann3rd Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart 70569, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2146-0412
Jörg Wrachtrup3rd Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart 70569, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In quantum sensing, precision is typically limited by the maximum time interval over which phase can be accumulated. Memories have been used to enhance this time interval beyond the coherence lifetime and thus gain precision. Here, we demonstrate that by using a quantum memory an increased sensitivity can also be achieved. To this end, we use entanglement in a hybrid spin system comprising a sensing and a memory qubit associated with a single nitrogen-vacancy centre in diamond. With the memory we retain the full quantum state even after coherence decay of the sensor, which enables coherent interaction with distinct weakly coupled nuclear spin qubits. We benchmark the performance of our hybrid quantum system against use of the sensing qubit alone by gradually increasing the entanglement of sensor and memory. We further apply this quantum sensor-memory pair for high-resolution NMR spectroscopy of single (13)C nuclear spins.

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Biosensing TechniquesMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyQuantum Dots

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PMID27506596
PMCPMC4987521

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