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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik

Q 30: Quantum effects

Q 30.7: Talk

Tuesday, March 19, 2013, 15:45–16:00, F 128

Observing the quantum Zeno effect of a single state spin — •Max Strauß, Janik Wolters, Niko Nikolay, Simon Schönfeld, and Oliver Benson — Nanooptik, Institut für Physik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15,D-12489 Berlin, Germany

Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centres in diamond exhibit remarkable features, comparable to those of a trapped atom albeit being a genuine solid-state system. Intense research in recent years has sought to exploit these exceptional attributes for various applications ranging from quantum information to neurosciences. We report the experimental observation of the quantum Zeno effect in the radio frequency transition between two NV⁻ ground state spin levels (a spin 1 system) in nanodiamond using optical read-out techniques.