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Title: Cavity-Enhanced Raman Emission from a Single Color Center in a Solid

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

We demonstrate cavity-enhanced Raman emission from a single atomic defect in a solid. Our platform is a single silicon-vacancy center in diamond coupled with a monolithic diamond photonic crystal cavity. The cavity enables an unprecedented frequency tuning range of the Raman emission (100 GHz) that significantly exceeds the spectral inhomogeneity of silicon-vacancy centers in diamond nanostructures. We also show that the cavity selectively suppresses the phonon-induced spontaneous emission that degrades the efficiency of Raman photon generation. Furthermore, our results pave the way towards photon-mediated many-body interactions between solid-state quantum emitters in a nanophotonic platform.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; W911NF1310309; W911NF-18-1-0062; FA9550-17-1-0002; 5710004174; ECS-0335765.CNS; W911NF1520067
OSTI ID:
1475437
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1465627
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 121, Issue 8; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 32 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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