Noise-Resilient Quantum Computing with a Nitrogen-Vacancy Center and Nuclear Spins

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 117; no. 13; p. 130502
• Main Authors: Casanova, J, Wang, Z-Y, Plenio, M B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 23-09-2016
• Subjects: Coupling; Diamonds; Gates; Nuclear spin; Quantum computing; Quantum phenomena; Qubits (quantum computing); Registers
• ISSN: 0031-9007; 1079-7114
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.130502

Selective control of qubits in a quantum register for the purposes of quantum information processing represents a critical challenge for dense spin ensembles in solid-state systems. Here we present a protocol that achieves a complete set of selective electron-nuclear gates and single nuclear rotations in such an ensemble in diamond facilitated by a nearby nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center. The protocol suppresses internuclear interactions as well as unwanted coupling between the NV center and other spins of the ensemble to achieve quantum gate fidelities well exceeding 99%. Notably, our method can be applied to weakly coupled, distant spins representing a scalable procedure that exploits the exceptional properties of nuclear spins in diamond as robust quantum memories.