A DDS-based integrated microwave source for fast frequency sweeping in quantum magnetic-resonance systems

作者:Liu, Yushan; Ye, Runchuan; Hu, Qidi; Chen, Bao; Zhang, Wenchao; Zhou, Feifei*; Xu, Nanyang*
来源:AIP Advances, 2023, 13(1): 015009.
DOI:10.1063/5.0131395

摘要

Magnetic resonance is a fundamental method to manipulate qubits in spin-based quantum information processing. In such areas, the functionality of fast frequency sweeping is required to determine the resonance of the system. We provide a hardware-synchronized sweeping microwave source with a minimal latency in the sub-mu s level based on the direct digital synthesizer technique. The output frequency can be up-converted to match the requirement for particular applications. We demonstrate this module in an optically detected magnetic resonance experiment for a nitrogen-vacancy center, and the spectrum is obtained much faster than conventional schemes with high resolution. Comparing with commercial vector signal generators, our module is highly integrated on a single board with a limited area, especially suitable for engineering of quantum sensors and devices in the future.