After initial proof-of-principle demonstrations, optically pumped nitrogen-vacancy (NV)
centers in diamond have been proposed as a noninvasive platform to achieve …

The origins of spin lifetimes in quantum systems is a matter of importance in several areas of
quantum information. Spectrally mapping spin relaxation processes provides insight into …

Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) is a powerful suite of techniques that deliver multifold
signal enhancements in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and MRI. The generated …

The dynamic interactions of enzymes and substrates underpins catalysis, yet few techniques
can interrogate the dynamics of protein-bound ligands. Here we describe the use of field …

Advancements in sensitivity and resolution of NMR of solids are opening a bonanza of
fundamental and technological opportunities in materials science. Many of these are at the …

Conventional control strategies for nitrogen-vacancy centers in quantum sensing are based
on a two-level model of their triplet ground state. However, this approach fails in regimes of …

Methods of optical dynamic nuclear polarization open the door to the replenishable
hyperpolarization of nuclear spins, boosting their nuclear magnetic resonance/imaging …

We report on experiments that quantify the role of a central electronic spin as a relaxation
source for nuclear spins in its nanoscale environment. Our strategy exploits …

Rapid injection of spin polarization into an ensemble of nuclear spins is a problem of broad
interest, spanning dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) to quantum information science. We …

Methods that preserve coherence broadly impact all quantum information processing and
metrology applications. Dynamical decoupling methods accomplish this by protecting qubits …