{
  "id": "1511.09049",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2015-11-29T17:38:50.000Z",
  "updated": "2015-11-29T17:38:50.000Z",
  "title": "Decoherence of Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in Diamond",
  "authors": [
    "Shigeru Ajisaka",
    "Y. B. Band"
  ],
  "comment": "13 pages, and 13 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "quant-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We model the decoherence and dephasing of nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond due to a noisy paramagnetic bath, with and without the presence of a rf field that couples levels of the ground electronic state manifold, using a simple quantum mechanical model that allows for analytical solutions. The model treats the NV three-level ground state system in the presence of fluctuating magnetic fields that arise from the environment, and that result in decoherence, dephasing and dissipation. We show that all 9 eigenmodes of the three-level system are coupled to each other due to interaction with the environment, and we discuss consequences for fitting experiments in which decoherence plays a role.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2015-11-29T17:38:50.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "nitrogen vacancy centers",
      "decoherence",
      "nv three-level ground state system",
      "ground electronic state manifold",
      "simple quantum mechanical model"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 13,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2015arXiv151109049A"
    }
  }
}