2019/05/31 by Ádám Gali, Gali, Adam
Engineering · Materials Science · #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #Catalytic Processes in Materials Science #Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph) #Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research #FOS: Physical sciences #Quantum Physics (quant-ph) #Semiconductor materials and devices #Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1906.00047
openalex publication_date 2019/05/31 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond is a solid state defect qubit with favorable coherence time up to room temperature which could be harnessed in several quantum enhanced sensor and quantum communication applications, and has a potential in quantum simulation and computing. The quantum control largely depends on the intricate details about the electronic structure and states of the nitrogen-vacancy center, radiative and non-radiative rates between these states and the coupling of these states to external spins, electrical, magnetic and strain fields and temperature. In this review paper it is shown how first principles calculations contributed to understanding the properties of nitrogen-vacancy center, and will be briefly discussed the issues to be solved towards full ab initio description of solid state defect qubits.