Near-Surface Spectrally Stable Nitrogen Vacancy Centres Engineered in Single Crystal Diamond

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (25) ◽  
pp. 3333-3338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alastair Stacey ◽  
David A. Simpson ◽  
Timothy J. Karle ◽  
Brant C. Gibson ◽  
Victor M. Acosta ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 361-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Gaathon ◽  
J.S. Hodges ◽  
E.H. Chen ◽  
L. Li ◽  
S. Bakhru ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 95 (19) ◽  
pp. 191115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul E. Barclay ◽  
Kai-Mei C. Fu ◽  
Charles Santori ◽  
Raymond G. Beausoleil

2013 ◽  
Vol 102 (15) ◽  
pp. 151101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiromitsu Kato ◽  
Marco Wolfer ◽  
Christoph Schreyvogel ◽  
Michael Kunzer ◽  
Wolfgang Müller-Sebert ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 105 (46) ◽  
pp. 17620-17625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu-fei Meng ◽  
Chih-shiue Yan ◽  
Joseph Lai ◽  
Szczesny Krasnicki ◽  
Haiyun Shu ◽  
...  

Single crystal diamond produced by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at very high growth rates (up to 150 μm/h) has been successfully annealed without graphitization at temperatures up to 2200 °C and pressures <300 torr. Crystals were annealed in a hydrogen environment by using microwave plasma techniques for periods of time ranging from a fraction of minute to a few hours. This low-pressure/high-temperature (LPHT) annealing enhances the optical properties of this high-growth rate CVD single crystal diamond. Significant decreases are observed in UV, visible, and infrared absorption and photoluminescence spectra. The decrease in optical absorption after the LPHT annealing arises from the changes in defect structure associated with hydrogen incorporation during CVD growth. There is a decrease in sharp line spectral features indicating a reduction in nitrogen-vacancy-hydrogen (NVH−) defects. These measurements indicate an increase in relative concentration of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in nitrogen-containing LPHT-annealed diamond as compared with as-grown CVD material. The large overall changes in optical properties and the specific types of alterations in defect structure induced by this facile LPHT processing of high-growth rate single-crystal CVD diamond will be useful in the creation of diamond for a variety of scientific and technological applications.


Micromachines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Dipti Rani ◽  
Oliver Roman Opaluch ◽  
Elke Neu

In the last two decades, the use of diamond as a material for applications in nanophotonics, optomechanics, quantum information, and sensors tremendously increased due to its outstanding mechanical properties, wide optical transparency, and biocompatibility. This has been possible owing to advances in methods for growth of high-quality single crystal diamond (SCD), nanofabrication methods and controlled incorporation of optically active point defects (e.g., nitrogen vacancy centers) in SCD. This paper reviews the recent advances in SCD nano-structuring methods for realization of micro- and nano-structures. Novel fabrication methods are discussed and the different nano-structures realized for a wide range of applications are summarized. Moreover, the methods for color center incorporation in SCD and surface treatment methods to enhance their properties are described. Challenges in the upscaling of SCD nano-structure fabrication, their commercial applications and future prospects are discussed.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-149
Author(s):  
Wei Cao ◽  
Deng Gao ◽  
Hongyang Zhao ◽  
Zhibin Ma

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