Decay rate enhancement of diamond NV-centers on diamond thin films

Nanoscale magnetometry with NV centers in diamond

MRS BULLETIN • VOLUME 38 • FEBRUARY 2013 • www.mrs.org/bulletin © 2013 Materials Research Society Introduction Advancements in magnetic detection and imaging have contributed immensely to a wide range of scientifi c areas from fundamental physics and chemistry to practical applications such as the data storage industry and medical science. One classic example is nuclear magnetic resonance, 1,2 ...

Coupling of NV centers to photonic crystal nanobeams in diamond.

The realization of efficient optical interfaces for solid-state atom-like systems is an important problem in quantum science with potential applications in quantum communications and quantum information processing. We describe and demonstrate a technique for coupling single nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers to suspended diamond photonic crystal cavities with quality factors up to 6000. Specifically...

Bunching and Antibunching from Single Nv Color Centers in Diamond

We investigate correlations between fluorescence photons emitted by single N-V centers in diamond with respect to the optical excitation power. The autocorrelation function shows clear photon antibunching at short times, proving the uniqueness of the emitting center. We also report on a photon bunching effect, which involves a trapping level. An analysis using rate-equations for the populations...

Diamond, Diamond-Like Carbon (DLC) and Diamond-Like Nanocomposite (DLN) Thin Films for MEMS Applications

Diamond thin films: a 21st-century material

Diamond has some of the most extreme physical properties of any material, yet its practical use in science or engineering has been limited due its scarcity and expense. With the recent development of techniques for depositing thin films of diamond on a variety of substrate materials, we now have the ability to exploit these superlative properties in many new and exciting applications. In this p...