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Coherent storage of microwave excitations in rare-earth nuclear spins. Loophole-free Bell inequality violation using electron spins separated by 1.3 kilometres. Single-shot readout of an electron spin in silicon. Entanglement in a solid-state spin ensemble. A ten-qubit solid-state spin register with quantum memory up to one minute. Improved quantum sensing with a single solid-state spin via spin-to-charge conversion. Sensitivity optimization for NV-diamond magnetometry. Developing silicon carbide for quantum spintronics. Quantum nanophotonics with group IV defects in diamond. Scanning confocal optical microscopy and magnetic resonance on single defect centers. A simple frequency-domain quantum computer with ions in a crystal coupled to a cavity mode. A silicon-based nuclear spin quantum computer. Electron spin resonance of rare-earth ions in thorium oxide: Yb 3+ and Er 3+. Microwave spin echoes from donor electrons in silicon. Quantum information storage for over 180 s using donor spins in a 28Si “semiconductor vacuum”. This Review aims to be as defect and material agnostic as possible, with some emphasis on optical emitters, providing broad guidelines for the field of solid-state spin defects for quantum information. In this Review, we expand upon all the key components of solid-state spin defects, with an emphasis on the properties of defects and of the host material, on engineering opportunities and on other pathways for improvement.

This is especially critical for discovering new relevant systems for specific quantum applications. From simple spin resonance to long-distance remote entanglement, the complexity of working with spin defects is fast increasing, and requires an in-depth understanding of the defects’ spin, optical, charge and material properties in this modern context. Since the turn of the century, the field has rapidly spread to a vast array of defects and host crystals applicable to quantum communication, sensing and computing. Defects with associated electron and nuclear spins in solid-state materials have a long history relevant to quantum information science that goes back to the first spin echo experiments with silicon dopants in the 1950s.
