Splitting of photoluminescent emission from nitrogen–vacancy centers in diamond induced by ion-damage-induced stress

Autor: P Olivero, F Bosia, B A Fairchild, B C Gibson, A D Greentree, P Spizzirri, S Prawer
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 15, Iss 4, p 043027 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/4/043027
Popis: We report a systematic investigation on the spectral splitting of negatively charged, nitrogen–vacancy (NV ^− ) photoluminescent emission in single-crystal diamond induced by strain engineering. The stress fields arise from MeV ion-induced conversion of diamond to amorphous and graphitic material in regions proximal to the centers of interest. In low-nitrogen sectors of a high-pressure–high-temperature diamond, clearly distinguishable spectral components in the NV ^− emission develop over a range of ∼4.8 THz corresponding to distinct alignment of sub-ensembles which were mapped with micron spatial resolution. This method provides opportunities for the creation and selection of aligned NV ^− centers for ensemble quantum information protocols.
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