Spin-relaxation times exceeding seconds for color centers with strong spin-orbit coupling in SiC

Carmem Maia Gilardoni; Tom Bosma; Danny van Hien; Freddie Hendriks; Björn Magnusson; Alexandre Ellison; Ivan G. Ivanov; N. T. Son; Caspar H. van der Wal

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/abbf23

Spin-relaxation times exceeding seconds for color centers with strong spin-orbit coupling in SiC

Carmem Maia Gilardoni^*, Tom Bosma, Danny van Hien, Freddie Hendriks, Björn Magnusson, Alexandre Ellison, Ivan G. Ivanov, N. T. Son, Caspar H. van der Wal

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Abstract

Spin-active color centers in solids show good performance for quantum technologies. Several transition-metal defects in SiC offer compatibility with telecom and semiconductor industries. However, whether their strong spin-orbit coupling degrades their spin lifetimes is not clear. We show that a combination of a crystal-field with axial symmetry and spin-orbit coupling leads to a suppression of spin-lattice and spin-spin interactions, resulting in remarkably slow spin relaxation. Our optical measurements on an ensemble of Mo impurities in SiC show a spin lifetime $T_1$ of $2,4$ s at $2$ K.

Original language	English
Article number	103051
Journal	New Journal of Physics
Volume	22
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/abbf23
Publication status	Published - Oct-2020

Keywords

quant-ph
cond-mat.mes-hall
physics.optics
MAGNETIC-RESONANCE
VANADIUM

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Spin-relaxation times exceeding seconds for color centers with strong spin-orbit coupling in SiC. / Maia Gilardoni, Carmem; Bosma, Tom; Hien, Danny van; Hendriks, Freddie; Magnusson, Björn; Ellison, Alexandre; Ivanov, Ivan G.; Son, N. T.; Wal, Caspar H. van der.

In: New Journal of Physics, Vol. 22, No. 10, 103051, 10.2020.

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