Producing optimized ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy color centers for quantum information applications

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2009 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3271579· OSTI ID:21359404

Aharonovich, Igor; Fairchild, Barbara A; Orwa, Julius; Ganesan, Kumaravelu; Greentree, Andrew D; Prawer, Steven ^[1]; Santori, Charles; Fu, Kai-Mei C; Beausoleil, Raymond G ^[2]

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1. School of Physics, University Of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010 (Australia)
2. Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, 1501 Page Mill Rd., Palo Alto, California 94304 (United States)

Quantum information applications place stringent demands on the development of platforms that can host them. Color centers in diamond have been identified as important media for quantum information processing. Accordingly, the photoluminescence properties of nitrogen-vacancy (N-V) centers in diamond created by implantation and annealing are studied at cryogenic temperatures (below 10 K). We examine high pressure high temperature and chemical vapor deposition synthetic diamonds with varying nitrogen concentration and present an accurate method to estimate the concentration of the (N-V) centers created by ion implantation. The ion irradiation route produced up to 6 ppm of optically active (N-V) centers, while nitrogen implantation yielded up to 3 ppm of optically active (N-V) with 8% conversion efficiency. However, a broadening of the (N-V){sup -} zero phonon line was observed in all samples.

• OSTI ID: 21359404
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 106, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3271579; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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INFORMATION THEORY
ION BEAMS
ION IMPLANTATION
NITROGEN
PHONONS
PHOTOLUMINESCENCE
QUANTUM INFORMATION
V CENTERS
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LUMINESCENCE
MINERALS
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QUASI PARTICLES
SURFACE COATING
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