Nanoimplantation and Purcell enhancement of single nitrogen-vacancy centers in photonic crystal cavities in diamond

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922117· OSTI ID:22423737

Riedrich-Möller, Janine; Becher, Christoph ^[1]; Pezzagna, Sébastien; Meijer, Jan ^[2]; Pauly, Christoph; Mücklich, Frank ^[3]; Markham, Matthew; Edmonds, Andrew M. ^[4]

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1. Universität des Saarlandes, Fachrichtung 7.2 (Experimentalphysik), Campus E 2.6, 66123 Saarbrücken (Germany)
2. Universität Leipzig, Institut für Experimentalphysik II, Linnéstraße 5, 04103 Leipzig (Germany)
3. Universität des Saarlandes, Fachrichtung 8.4 (Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik), Campus D 3.3, 66123 Saarbrücken (Germany)
4. Element Six Ltd., Global Innovation Centre, Fermi Avenue, Harwell Oxford, Didcot OX11 0QR (United Kingdom)

We present the controlled creation of single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers via ion implantation at the center of a photonic crystal cavity which is fabricated in an ultrapure, single crystal diamond membrane. High-resolution placement of NV centers is achieved using collimation of a 5 keV-nitrogen ion beam through a pierced tip of an atomic force microscope. We demonstrate coupling of the implanted NV centers' broad band fluorescence to a cavity mode and observe Purcell enhancement of the spontaneous emission. The results are in good agreement with a master equation model for the cavity coupling.

• OSTI ID: 22423737
• Journal Information: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 106; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
DIAMONDS
FLUORESCENCE
ION IMPLANTATION
MONOCRYSTALS
NANOSTRUCTURES
NITROGEN
VACANCIES