Dynamical freezing for magnetometry in an interacting spin ensemble - Nature

Dynamical freezing, a mechanism by which a driven quantum system may not thermalize to a featureless ‘infinite-temperature’ state at long times, is experimentally observed in an ensemble of interacting nitrogen-vacancy spins in diamond.

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Data availabilityThe data presented in the figures and that support the other findings of this study are available from Zenodo56.Code availabilityThe numerical simulation codes are available from Zenodo56.ReferencesRigol, M., Dunjko, V. & Olshanii, M. Thermalization and its mechanism for generic isolated quantum systems. Nature 452, 854–858 (2008).Article

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