Michael Deemer

Engineering Science Junior

501 Vairo Blvd.
State College, PA 1!0"
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P.M. ,enahan
Di&tingui&hed Pro-e&&or o- Engineering Science and Mechanic&
+1+ EES Building
Penn&.lvania State /niver&it.
/niver&it. Par0, PA 1!0+
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Electronically Detected Magnetic Resonance Study to Assess
Diamond Based Semiconductor Devices for Quantum
Computation
A& the conventional &emiconductor technolog. a%%roache& -undamental
%h.&ic& limit&, there i& a great intere&t in the %o&&i2le develo%ment o- radicall.
di--erent technologie& -or com%utation. Among the mo&t intere&ting and
challenging o- the&e %o&&i2ilitie& i& 3uantum com%utation.
A &trong ca&e can 2e made that 3uantum com%utation 2a&ed u%on &%in
and magnetic re&onance i& the mo&t %romi&ing %o&&i2ilit. among man.. 4n order
to 2uild a 3uantum com%uter, one mu&t utili5e a &.&tem 6hich can 2e 3uite
i&olated -rom the re&t o- the univer&e, to allo6 -or long decoherence time&.
7o6ever, although the &.&tem mu&t 2e i&olated, it mu&t al&o 2e 3uite acce&&i2le.
8here mu&t 2e a 6ell controlled mean& to alter the 3uantum &tate& to 2e utili5ed
in com%utation. 9urthermore, there mu&t 2e a 6a. to mea&ure the 3uantum
&.&tem under &tud..
Among the mo&t 6idel. di&cu&&ed 3uantum com%uting &%in &.&tem& are
%aramagnetic im%er-ection& in &ingle cr.&tal diamond&. :e %ro%o&e a &tud. to
inve&tigate the %otential o- electronicall. detected magnetic re&onance 'EDM;),
an electron %aramagnetic re&onance 'EP;) techni3ue, in 3uantum com%utation.
8he -ocu& o- our &tud. i& nece&&aril. narro6. :e 2elieve that 6e can &ho6 that it
i& %o&&i2le to 2oth <-li%= &%in& and to directl. mea&ure the &%in -li%%ing event& in a
&mall device, in a rea&ona2l. &hort time via an electronic mea&urement i- a
device in 6hich current& are dominated 2. recom2ination event& i& &u2#ected to
a%%ro%riatel. matched 3ua&i &tatic magnetic -ield& and radio or micro6ave
radiation. 8hi& %roce&& i& commonl. re-erred to a& electricall. detected magnetic
re&onance 'EDM;).
:e have 2een o--ered hel% in thi& %ro%o&ed 6or0 2. t6o grou%&, one
grou% -rom Ari5ona State /niver&it., and the other grou% -rom the /niver&it. o-
8&0u2a, in Ja%an. 8he intere&t o- the&e grou%& i& not &%eci-icall. in 3uantum
com%utation, 2ut in the con&truction o- <cla&&ical= &olid &tate device& 2ia&ed u%on
diamond. :e 6ill com2ine our &%in 2a&ed mea&urement& 6ith their e>%erti&e in
diamond device %h.&ic& to 2uild a diamond device in 6hich electron and nitrogen
&%in interaction& can 2e o2&erved via EDM;.
TIME LIE!
:ee0& 1 and +? During the -ir&t t6o 6ee0&, 4 6ill -amiliari5e m.&el- 6ith the
magnetic re&onance and electronic characteri5ation a%%aratu& re3uired -or
the &tud.. During thi& %eriod 4 6ill al&o read the relevant &cienti-ic and
technical literature.
:ee0& " and 1? During thi& %eriod 4 6ill initiate the mo&t &im%le %urel.
electrical and EDM; mea&urement& on the diamond 2a&ed device&. 8he
%rimar. goal o- thi& %eriod 6ill &im%l. get to the %oint that 4 can ma0e a
meaning-ul EDM; 2a&ed mea&urement. 4n order to achieve thi& 4 6ill li0el.
have to ma0e a &erie& o- %reliminar. mea&urement&, var.ing tem%erature,
device 2ia&, loc0 @in detection %arameter& etc.
:ee0& 5 through (? During thi& %eriod 4 6ill 2egin to evaluate the %otential
o- the &.&tem -or 3uantum com%uting. A 0e. goal 6ill 2e to demon&trate
that the t6o &%in 'nitrogen nuclear moment*electron &%in moment) can 2e
an electricall. acce&&i2le univer&al 3uantum gate.
:ee0 !? 8hi& 6ee0 6ill 2e devoted to the %re%aration o- a &hort
manu&cri%t and a con-erence a2&tract dealing 6ith the accom%li&hment&
o- the re&earch %rogram.
"LA #$ E%A%EMET

Dr. ,enahan 6ill 2e availa2le in the la2orator. on a near dail. 2a&i&, e&&entiall.
all da. ever. da. he i& in to6n. :e 6ill there-ore 2e a2le to di&cu&& thi& 6or0 on
a nearl. dail. 2a&i& i- nece&&ar.. Dr. ,enahanA& graduate &tudent& 6ill al&o 2e
availa2le in the la2orator., e&&entiall. ever. da.. 'Dr. ,enahan and 4 %lan to
meet at lea&t ever. -e6 da.& to di&cu&& %rogre&& and %otential %ro2lem& in the
6or0.)