Excited-state spectroscopy of single NV defects in diamond using optically detected magnetic resonance

2008/07/31 by P. Neumann, Philipp Neumann, R. Kolesov +18 · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research #Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides #High-pressure geophysics and materials #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/1/013017

published as New J. Phys. 11, 013017 (2009) · 10 pages, 4 figures

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Abstract

Using pulsed optically detected magnetic resonance techniques, we directly probe electron-spin resonance transitions in the excited-state of single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond. Unambiguous assignment of excited state fine structure is made, based on changes of NV defect photoluminescence lifetime. This study provides significant insight into the structure of the emitting 3 E excited state, which is invaluable for the development of diamond-based quantum information processing.

Citations

• Ab initiosupercell calculations on nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond: Electronic structure and hyperfine tensors
• Infrared emission of the NV centre in diamond: Zeeman and uniaxial stress studies

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