Coherent Optical Transitions in Implanted Nitrogen Vacancy Centers
Nano Letters2014Vol. 14(4), pp. 1982–1986
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Yiwen Chu, Nathalie P. de Leon, Brendan Shields, Birgit Hausmann, Ruffin E. Evans, Emre Togan, Michael J. Burek, Matthew Markham, Alastair Stacey, A. S. Zibrov, Amir Yacoby, Daniel J. Twitchen, Marko Lončar, Hongkun Park, Patrick Maletinsky, Mikhail D. Lukin
Abstract
We report the observation of stable optical transitions in nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers created by ion implantation. Using a combination of high temperature annealing and subsequent surface treatment, we reproducibly create NV centers with zero-phonon lines (ZPL) exhibiting spectral diffusion that is close to the lifetime-limited optical line width. The residual spectral diffusion is further reduced by using resonant optical pumping to maintain the NV(-) charge state. This approach allows for placement of NV centers with excellent optical coherence in a well-defined device layer, which is a crucial step in the development of diamond-based devices for quantum optics, nanophotonics, and quantum information science.
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