Single defect centers in diamond nanocrystals as quantum probes for plasmonic nanostructures

2011/03/10 by Andreas W. Schell, Günter Kewes, Tobias Hanke +4 · 3 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Diamond #Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research #Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications #Nanocrystal #Nanodiamond #Nanometre #Nanostructure #Nanowire #Nitrogen-vacancy center #Plasmon #Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research #Purcell effect #Surface plasmon #cond-mat.mes-hall #physics.optics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1364/oe.19.007914

7 Pages, 4 Figures; assigned to Optics Express Vol. 19, No. 6

arxiv created 2011/03/10 · openalex publication_date 2011/04/08 · arxiv updated 2015/05/27 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We present two applications of a single nitrogen vacancy center in a nanodiamond as quantum probe for plasmonic nanostructures. Coupling to the nanostructures is achieved in a highly controlled manner by picking up a pre-characterized nanocrystal with an atomic force microscope and placing it at the desired position. Local launching of single excitations into a nanowire with a spatial control of few nanometers is demonstrated. Further, a two dimensional map of the electromagnetic environment of a plasmonic bowtie antenna was derived, resembling an ultimate limit of fluorescence lifetime nanoscopy.

Citations

• Diamond nanocrystals hosting single nitrogen-vacancy color centers sorted by photon-correlation near-field microscopy
• Quantum Optics with Surface Plasmons
• Quantum Computing

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