Dopant-assisted stabilization of negatively charged single nitrogen-vacancy centers in phosphorus-doped diamond at low temperatures

Autor: Jianpei Geng, Tetyana Shalomayeva, Mariia Gryzlova, Amlan Mukherjee, Santo Santonocito, Dzhavid Dzhavadzade, Durga Bhaktavatsala Rao Dasari, Hiromitsu Kato, Rainer Stöhr, Andrej Denisenko, Norikazu Mizuochi, Jörg Wrachtrup
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: npj Quantum Information, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2056-6387
DOI: 10.1038/s41534-023-00777-7
Popis: Abstract Charge state instabilities have been a bottleneck for the implementation of solid-state spin systems and pose a major challenge to the development of spin-based quantum technologies. Here we investigate the stabilization of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV−) centers in phosphorus-doped diamond at liquid helium temperatures. Photoionization of phosphorous donors in conjunction with charge diffusion at the nanoscale enhances NV0 to NV− conversion and stabilizes the NV− charge state without the need for an additional repump laser. The phosphorus-assisted stabilization is explored and confirmed both with experiments and our theoretical model. Stable photoluminescence-excitation spectra are obtained for NV− centers created during the growth. The fluorescence is continuously recorded under resonant excitation to real-time monitor the charge state and the ionization and recombination rates are extracted from time traces. We find a linear laser power dependence of the recombination rate as opposed to the conventional quadratic dependence, which is attributed to the photo-ionization of phosphorus atoms.
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