Enhancing Electron-Nuclear Resonances by Dynamical Control Switching

Abstract: We present a general method to realize resonant coupling between spins even though their energies are of different scales. Applying the method to the electron and nuclear spin systems such as a nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center with its nearby nuclei, we show that a specific dynamical switching of the electron spin Rabi frequency achieves efficient electron-nuclear coupling, providing a much stronger quantum sensing signal and dynamic nuclear polarization than previous methods. This protocol has applications in high-field nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonances as well as low-power quantum control of nuclear spins.