The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a solid-state defect qubit with favorable
coherence time up to room temperature, which could be harnessed in several quantum …

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) colour centre in diamond is an important physical system for
emergent quantum technologies, including quantum metrology, information processing and …

Crystal defects in diamond have emerged as unique objects for a variety of applications,
both because they are very stable and because they have interesting optical properties …

Discoveries in quantum materials, which are characterized by the strongly quantum-
mechanical nature of electrons and atoms, have revealed exotic properties that arise from …

Spin defects in silicon carbide have the advantage of exceptional electron spin coherence
combined with a near-infrared spin-photon interface, all in a material amenable to modern …

Scalable quantum networking requires quantum systems with quantum processing
capabilities. Solid state spin systems with reliable spin–optical interfaces are a leading …

We review the current status of single-photon-source and single-photon-detector
technologies operating at wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the infrared. We discuss …

Over the past several decades, quantum information science has emerged to seek answers
to the question: can we gain some advantage by storing, transmitting and processing …

We demonstrate that silicon-vacancy (SiV) centers in diamond can be used to efficiently
generate coherent optical photons with excellent spectral properties. We show that these …

The ability to sensitively detect individual charges under ambient conditions would benefit a
wide range of applications across disciplines. However, most current techniques are limited …