A highly efficient two level diamond based single photon source
- 18 May 2009
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 94 (20)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3141450
Abstract
An unexplored diamond defect center that is found to emit stable single photons at a measured rate of 1.6 MHz at room temperature is reported. The center, identified in chemical vapor deposition grown diamond crystals, exhibits a sharp zero phonon line at 734 nm with a full width at half maximum of ∼4 nm. The photon statistics confirm that the center is a single emitter and provides direct evidence of a true two level single quantum system in diamond.Keywords
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