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Germanium-Vacancy Single Color Centers in Diamond.

ABSTRACT: Atomic-sized fluorescent defects in diamond are widely recognized as a promising solid state platform for quantum cryptography and quantum information processing. For these applications, single photon sources with a high intensity and reproducible fabrication methods are required. In this study, we report a novel color center in diamond, composed of a germanium (Ge) and a vacancy (V) and named the GeV center, which has a sharp and strong photoluminescence band with a zero-phonon line at 602?nm at room temperature. We demonstrate this new color center works as a single photon source. Both ion implantation and chemical vapor deposition techniques enabled fabrication of GeV centers in diamond. A first-principles calculation revealed the atomic crystal structure and energy levels of the GeV center.

SUBMITTER: Iwasaki T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4528202 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Germanium-Vacancy Single Color Centers in Diamond.

Iwasaki Takayuki T Ishibashi Fumitaka F Miyamoto Yoshiyuki Y Doi Yuki Y Kobayashi Satoshi S Miyazaki Takehide T Tahara Kosuke K Jahnke Kay D KD Rogers Lachlan J LJ Naydenov Boris B Jelezko Fedor F Yamasaki Satoshi S Nagamachi Shinji S Inubushi Toshiro T Mizuochi Norikazu N Hatano Mutsuko M

Scientific reports 20150807

Atomic-sized fluorescent defects in diamond are widely recognized as a promising solid state platform for quantum cryptography and quantum information processing. For these applications, single photon sources with a high intensity and reproducible fabrication methods are required. In this study, we report a novel color center in diamond, composed of a germanium (Ge) and a vacancy (V) and named the GeV center, which has a sharp and strong photoluminescence band with a zero-phonon line at 602 nm a ...[more]

PMID: 26250337

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Germanium-Vacancy Single Color Centers in Diamond.

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