Observation of Non-Gaussian Statistics and Levy Flights in Nitrogen Vacancy Centers

ORAL

Abstract

A nitrogen-vacancy center can be used as a probe of the interacting
13C nuclear spins in a diamond crystal. Under the right
conditions, its behavior can be described as a random walk with step sizes
drawn from a distribution without a well-defined mean or standard deviation.
Its behavior is then described by Levy statistics, providing an opportunity
to study Levy statistics in a well understood system.

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Presenters

  • David Levonian

    Harvard University

Authors

  • David Levonian

    Harvard University

  • Michael L Goldman

    Physics, University of Maryland College Park

  • Kristiaan De Greve

    Harvard University, Physics, Harvard University

  • Susanne F Yelin

    Physics, Harvard University, Harvard University, Department of Physics, Harvard University, Department of Physics, University of Connecticut

  • Mikhail Lukin

    Harvard University, Physics, Harvard University