Bright optical centre in diamond with narrow, highly polarised and nearly phonon-free fluorescence at room temperature
Using shallow implantation of ions and molecules with masses centred at 27 atomic mass units (amu) in diamond, a new artificial optical centre with unique properties has been created. The centre shows a linearly polarised fluorescence with a main narrow emission line mostly found at 582 nm, together...
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| author | Roger John Jan Lehnert Michael Mensing Daniel Spemann Sébastien Pezzagna Jan Meijer |
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| description | Using shallow implantation of ions and molecules with masses centred at 27 atomic mass units (amu) in diamond, a new artificial optical centre with unique properties has been created. The centre shows a linearly polarised fluorescence with a main narrow emission line mostly found at 582 nm, together with a weak vibronic sideband at room temperature. The fluorescence lifetime is ∼2 ns and the brightest centres are more than three times brighter than the nitrogen-vacancy centres. A majority of the centres shows stable fluorescence whereas some others present a blinking behaviour, at faster or slower rates. Furthermore, a second kind of optical centre has been simultaneously created in the same diamond sample, within the same ion implantation run. This centre has a narrow zero-phonon line (ZPL) at ∼546 nm and a broad phonon sideband at room temperature. Interestingly, optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) has been measured on several single 546 nm centres and two resonance peaks are found at 0.99 and 1.27 GHz. In view of their very similar ODMR and optical spectra, the 546 nm centre is likely to coincide with the ST1 centre, reported once (with a ZPL at 550 nm), but of still unknown nature. These new kinds of centres are promising for quantum information processing, sub-diffraction optical imaging or use as single-photon sources. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f61b862ff7564b8380f94b8bdab3fda32023-08-08T14:38:53ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302017-01-0119505300810.1088/1367-2630/aa6d3fBright optical centre in diamond with narrow, highly polarised and nearly phonon-free fluorescence at room temperatureRoger John0Jan Lehnert1Michael Mensing2Daniel Spemann3Sébastien Pezzagna4Jan Meijer5Department of Nuclear Solid State Physics, University Leipzig , D-04103 Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Solid State Physics, University Leipzig , D-04103 Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Solid State Physics, University Leipzig , D-04103 Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Solid State Physics, University Leipzig , D-04103 Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Solid State Physics, University Leipzig , D-04103 Leipzig, GermanyDepartment of Nuclear Solid State Physics, University Leipzig , D-04103 Leipzig, GermanyUsing shallow implantation of ions and molecules with masses centred at 27 atomic mass units (amu) in diamond, a new artificial optical centre with unique properties has been created. The centre shows a linearly polarised fluorescence with a main narrow emission line mostly found at 582 nm, together with a weak vibronic sideband at room temperature. The fluorescence lifetime is ∼2 ns and the brightest centres are more than three times brighter than the nitrogen-vacancy centres. A majority of the centres shows stable fluorescence whereas some others present a blinking behaviour, at faster or slower rates. Furthermore, a second kind of optical centre has been simultaneously created in the same diamond sample, within the same ion implantation run. This centre has a narrow zero-phonon line (ZPL) at ∼546 nm and a broad phonon sideband at room temperature. Interestingly, optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) has been measured on several single 546 nm centres and two resonance peaks are found at 0.99 and 1.27 GHz. In view of their very similar ODMR and optical spectra, the 546 nm centre is likely to coincide with the ST1 centre, reported once (with a ZPL at 550 nm), but of still unknown nature. These new kinds of centres are promising for quantum information processing, sub-diffraction optical imaging or use as single-photon sources.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa6d3fdiamondion implantationsingle-photon sourceoptically-detected magnetic resonanceoptical centreL1 centre |
| spellingShingle | Roger John Jan Lehnert Michael Mensing Daniel Spemann Sébastien Pezzagna Jan Meijer Bright optical centre in diamond with narrow, highly polarised and nearly phonon-free fluorescence at room temperature New Journal of Physics diamond ion implantation single-photon source optically-detected magnetic resonance optical centre L1 centre |
| title | Bright optical centre in diamond with narrow, highly polarised and nearly phonon-free fluorescence at room temperature |
| title_full | Bright optical centre in diamond with narrow, highly polarised and nearly phonon-free fluorescence at room temperature |
| title_fullStr | Bright optical centre in diamond with narrow, highly polarised and nearly phonon-free fluorescence at room temperature |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bright optical centre in diamond with narrow, highly polarised and nearly phonon-free fluorescence at room temperature |
| title_short | Bright optical centre in diamond with narrow, highly polarised and nearly phonon-free fluorescence at room temperature |
| title_sort | bright optical centre in diamond with narrow highly polarised and nearly phonon free fluorescence at room temperature |
| topic | diamond ion implantation single-photon source optically-detected magnetic resonance optical centre L1 centre |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aa6d3f |
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