%0 Journal Article
%T A single nitrogen-vacancy defect coupled to a nanomechanical oscillator
%A Arcizet, O.
%A Jacques, V.
%A Siria, A.
%A Poncharal, P.
%A Vincent, P.
%A Seidelin, S.
%J Nature Physics
%D 2011
%V 7
%N 11
%F Arcizet_etal2011
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%X We position a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centre hosted in a diamond nanocrystal at the extremity of a SiC nanowire. This novel hybrid system couples the degrees of freedom of two radically different systems: a nanomechanical oscillator and a single quantum object. We probe the dynamics of the nano-resonator through time-resolved nanocrystal fluorescence and photon-correlation measurements, conveying the influence of a mechanical degree of freedom on a non-classical photon emitter. Moreover, by immersing the system in a strong magnetic field gradient, we induce a magnetic coupling between the nanomechanical oscillator and the NV electronic spin, providing nanomotion readout through a single electronic spin. Spin-dependent forces inherent to this coupling scheme are essential in a variety of active cooling and entanglement protocols used in atomic physics, and should now be within the reach of nanomechanical hybrid systems.
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%P 879-883