Observation of nitrogen vacancy photoluminescence from an optically levitated nanodiamond

2013/05/31 by Levi P. Neukirch, Jan Gieseler, Romain Quidant +2 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #physics.optics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1364/ol.38.002976

published as Optics Letters, Vol. 38, Issue 16, 2976-2979 (2013) · Updated to published version appearing in Optics Letters

arxiv created 2013/08/07 · arxiv updated 2013/08/08

Abstract

We present the first evidence of nitrogen vacancy (NV) photoluminescence from a nanodiamond suspended in a free-space optical dipole trap at atmospheric pressure. The photoluminescence rates are shown to decrease with increasing trap laser power, but are inconsistent with a thermal quenching process. For a continuous-wave trap, the neutral charge state (NV⁰) appears to be suppressed. Chopping the trap laser yields higher total count rates and results in a mixture of both NV⁰ and the negative charge state (NV^-).

Cited by

• Optical levitation of fluorescent silicon carbide nanoparticles in vacuum

Related

• Nitrogen-Vacancy Emission from Nanodiamond: Size, Depth, and Surroundings
• Nitrogen-Vacancy Color Centers in Nanodiamonds as Reference Single-Photon Emitters
• Loading an Optical Trap with Diamond Nanocrystals Containing Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers from a Surface
• The N₂V color center: a ubiquitous visible and near-infrared-II quantum emitter in nitrogen-doped diamond
• Electron spin control of optically levitated nanodiamonds in vacuum