The NV metamaterial: Tunable quantum hyperbolic metamaterial using nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond

Qing Ai (艾清), Peng-Bo Li (李蓬勃), Wei Qin (秦伟), Jie-Xing Zhao (赵洁杏), C. P. Sun (孙昌璞), and Franco Nori

Phys. Rev. B 104, 014109 – Published 21 July 2021

Abstract

We show that nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond can produce a unique quantum hyperbolic metamaterial. We demonstrate that a hyperbolic dispersion relation in diamond with NV centers can be engineered and dynamically tuned by applying a magnetic field at 20 K. This quantum hyperbolic metamaterial with a tunable window for the negative refraction allows for the construction of a superlens beyond the diffraction limit. In addition to subwavelength imaging, this NV metamaterial can be used in spontaneous emission enhancement, heat transport, and acoustics, analog cosmology, and lifetime engineering. Therefore, our proposal interlinks the two hotspot fields, i.e., NV centers and metamaterials.

Received 8 February 2018
Revised 12 March 2021
Accepted 7 July 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.014109

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Coherent control Hyperbolic metamaterials

Nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond

Dipole approximation Perturbative methods Rotating wave approximation

Atomic, Molecular & OpticalCondensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Qing Ai (艾清)^1,2, Peng-Bo Li (李蓬勃)^1,3, Wei Qin (秦伟)^1,4, Jie-Xing Zhao (赵洁杏)², C. P. Sun (孙昌璞)⁵, and Franco Nori^1,6

¹Theoretical Quantum Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
²Department of Physics, Applied Optics Beijing Area Major Laboratory, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
³Department of Applied Physics, Xi' an Jiaotong University, Xi' an 710049, China
⁴Quantum Physics and Quantum Information Division, Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
⁵Beijing Computational Science Research Center & Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100084, China
⁶Department of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040, USA

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Vol. 104, Iss. 1 — 1 July 2021

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