Dwyer, K.
, Pomeroy, J.
and Simons, D.
(2013),
99.996% 12C films enriched and deposited in situ, Applied Physics Letters
(Accessed April 26, 2025)
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
99.996% 12C films enriched and deposited in situ
Published
Author(s)
, ,
Abstract
A mass selected ion beam system is used to isotopically enrich and deposit thin films, which are measured to be 99.9961(4)% 12C. In solid state quantum information, isotopic enrichment of materials has allowed significant improvements in the coherence time of the electron spin state, a prime candidate for use as a qubit. The enrichment eliminates the natural abundance of isotopes with non-zero nuclear spin resulting in a solid-state vacuum, i.e., a nearly spin free environment for the qubit. Qubits based on the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are attractive due to the optical accessibility of the spin state and their intrinsic environmental isolation. NV center coherence time measurements exceeding a second are motivating e orts to optimize the performance including 12C enrichment. Starting from a gas source of natural abundance, we ionize, mass select, and deposit thin films of enriched 12C onto oxidized silicon substrates. The enrichment of the deposited films is assessed ex situ using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry.Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
102
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
quantum information, nitrogen-vacancy center, enriched carbon
Citation
Issues
If you have any questions about this publication or are having problems accessing it, please contact reflib@nist.gov.
Created June 27, 2013, Updated October 12, 2021