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Optical manipulation of spin resonance in gallium nitride

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A common direct-bandgap semiconductor has been found to host optically addressable spins, opening the door to scalable quantum sensor manufacturing.

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Fig. 1: Optically detected magnetic resonance from a defect in GaN.

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Horder, J., Aharonovich, I. Optical manipulation of spin resonance in gallium nitride. Nat. Photon. 18, 309–310 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-024-01414-1

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