25-nm diamond crystals hosting single NV color centers sorted by photon-correlation near-field microscopy

Preprint

31 October 2007

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.0710.5850

Abstract

Diamond nanocrystals containing highly photoluminescent color centers are attractive non-classical and near-field light sources. For near-field applications the size of the nanocrystal is crucial since it defines the optical resolution. NV (Nitrogen-Vacancy) color centers are efficiently created by proton irradiation and annealing of a nanodiamond powder. Using near-field microscopy and photon statistics measurements, we show that nanodiamond with size down to 25 nm can hold a single NV color center with bright and stable photoluminescence.

Keywords

PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
LIGHT SOURCES
COLOR CENTERS
NANOCRYSTALS
FIELD LIGHT
SINGLE NV
NV COLOR
DIAMOND

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Version 1, 2007-10-31, ArXiv
Published version: Optics Letters, 33 (6), 611.

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