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Hybrid opto-mechanical systems with nitrogen-vacancy centers

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In this review, we briefly review recent works on hybrid (nano) opto-mechanical systems that contain both mechanical oscillators and diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers. We also review two different types of mechanical oscillators. The first one is a clamped mechanical oscillator, such as a cantilever, with a fixed frequency. The second one is an optically trapped nano-diamond with a built-in nitrogen-vacancy center. By coupling mechanical resonators with electron spins, we can use the spins to control the motion of mechanical oscillators. For the first setup, we discuss two different coupling mechanisms, which are magnetic coupling and strain induced coupling. We summarize their applications such as cooling the mechanical oscillator, generating entanglements between NV centers, squeezing spin ensembles etc. For the second setup, we discuss how to generate quantum superposition states with magnetic coupling, and realize matter wave interferometer. We will also review its applications as ultra-sensitive mass spectrometer. Finally, we discuss new coupling mechanisms and applications of the field.

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  1. Center for Quantum Information, Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    ZhangQi Yin

  2. Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing, 100084, China

    Nan Zhao

  3. Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    Nan Zhao

  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    TongCang Li

  5. Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    TongCang Li

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Yin, Z., Zhao, N. & Li, T. Hybrid opto-mechanical systems with nitrogen-vacancy centers. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 58, 1–12 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-015-5651-1

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