@article{5f7c14e0751e48fc97e6b5b0314e247f,
title = "Materials challenges for quantum technologies based on color centers in diamond",
abstract = "Emerging quantum technologies require precise control over quantum systems of increasing complexity. Defects in diamond, particularly the negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy center, are a promising platform with the potential to enable technologies ranging from ultra-sensitive nanoscale quantum sensors, to quantum repeaters for long distance quantum networks, to simulators of complex dynamical processes in many-body quantum systems, to scalable quantum computers. While these advances are due in large part to the distinct material properties of diamond, the uniqueness of this material also presents difficulties, and there is a growing need for novel materials science techniques for characterization, growth, defect control, and fabrication dedicated to realizing quantum applications with diamond. In this article we identify and discuss the major materials science challenges and opportunities associated with diamond quantum technologies. Graphic abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.]",
keywords = "Defects, Diamond, Electron spin resonance, Quantum information, Surface chemistry",
author = "Rodgers, {Lila V.H.} and Hughes, {Lillian B.} and Mouzhe Xie and Maurer, {Peter C.} and Shimon Kolkowitz and {Bleszynski Jayich}, {Ania C.} and {de Leon}, {Nathalie P.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank Suong Ngyuen for discussions about diamond surface functionalization, Xiaofei Yu for providing the confocal image in Figure g, and Patrick Maletinsky for feedback on the manuscript. S.K. was supported by the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES) under Award No. DE-SC0020313. L.V.H.R. acknowledges support from the Department of Defense through the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship Program. L.B.H. acknowledges support from the NSF Quantum Foundry through Q-AMASE-i program Award No. DMR-1906325. M.X. and P.C.M. were supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Grant No. OMA-1936118. A.C.B.J. acknowledges support from the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES) under Award No. DE-SC0019241, and by the NSF Grant No. DMR-1810544. N.P.d.L. was supported by the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences (BES) under Award No. DE-SC0018978, and by the NSF under the CAREER program (Grant No. DMR-1752047). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to The Author(s), under exclusive License to the Materials Research Society.",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1557/s43577-021-00137-w",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "46",
pages = "623--633",
journal = "MRS Bulletin",
issn = "0883-7694",
publisher = "Materials Research Society",
number = "7",
}