Control of all the transitions between ground state manifolds of nitrogen vacancy centers in diamonds by applying external magnetic driving fields

Abstract

Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamonds is a promising system for quantum information processing and quantum sensing, and the control of the quantum state is essential for practical applications. In this study, we demonstrate a control of all the three transitions among the ground state sublevels of NV centers by applying external magnetic driving fields. To address the states of a specific NV axis among the four axes, we apply a magnetic field orthogonal to the NV axis. We control two transitions by microwave pulses and the remaining transition by radio frequency pulses. In particular, we investigate the dependence of Rabi oscillations on the frequency and intensity of the radio frequency pulses. Our results pave the way for a novel control of NV centers for the realization of quantum information processing and quantum sensing.