Measurable Quantum Geometric Phase from a Rotating Single Spin

作者:Maclaurin D*; Doherty M W; Hollenberg L C L; Martin A M
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2012, 108(24): 240403.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.240403

摘要

We demonstrate that the internal magnetic states of a single nitrogen-vacancy defect, within a rotating diamond crystal, acquire geometric phases. The geometric phase shift is manifest as a relative phase between components of a superposition of magnetic substates. We demonstrate that under reasonable experimental conditions a phase shift of up to four radians could be measured. Such a measurement of the accumulation of a geometric phase, due to macroscopic rotation, would be the first for a single atom-scale quantum system.

  • 出版日期2012-6-12