Spin-strain interaction in nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond
Spin-strain interaction in nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond
The interaction of solid-state electronic spins with deformations of their host crystal is an important ingredient in many experiments realizing quantum information processing schemes. Here, we theoretically characterize that interaction for a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond. We derive the symmetry-allowed Hamiltonian describing the interaction between the ground-state spin-triplet electronic …