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Title: High-Q Nanophotonic Resonators on Diamond Membranes using Templated Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2

Abstract

Integrating solid-state quantum emitters with nanophotonic resonators is essential for efficient spin-photon interfacing and optical networking applications. While diamond color centers have proven to be excellent candidates for emerging quantum technologies, their integration with optical resonators remains challenging. Conventional approaches based on etching resonators into diamond often negatively impact color center performance and offer low device yield. In this work, we developed an integrated photonics platform based on templated atomic layer deposition of TiO2 on diamond membranes. Our fabrication method yields high-performance nanophotonic devices while avoiding etching wavelength-scale features into diamond. Moreover, this technique generates highly reproducible optical resonances and can be iterated on individual diamond samples, a unique processing advantage. Our approach is suitable for a broad range of both wavelengths and substrates and can enable high-cooperativity interfacing between cavity photons and coherent defects in diamond or silicon carbide, rare earth ions, or other material systems.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [3];  [3];  [3]
  1. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  3. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); Boeing
OSTI Identifier:
1660383
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357; DMR-0820054; DGE-1746045
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nano Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 20; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING; integrated photonics; atomic layer deposition; diamond membrane; microring resonator; photonic crystal cavity

Citation Formats

Butcher, Amy, Guo, Xinghan, Shreiner, Robert, Delegan, Nazar, Hao, Kai, Duda III, Peter J., Awschalom, David D., Heremans, F. Joseph, and High, Alexander A. High-Q Nanophotonic Resonators on Diamond Membranes using Templated Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01467.
Butcher, Amy, Guo, Xinghan, Shreiner, Robert, Delegan, Nazar, Hao, Kai, Duda III, Peter J., Awschalom, David D., Heremans, F. Joseph, & High, Alexander A. High-Q Nanophotonic Resonators on Diamond Membranes using Templated Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01467
Butcher, Amy, Guo, Xinghan, Shreiner, Robert, Delegan, Nazar, Hao, Kai, Duda III, Peter J., Awschalom, David D., Heremans, F. Joseph, and High, Alexander A. Fri . "High-Q Nanophotonic Resonators on Diamond Membranes using Templated Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01467. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1660383.
@article{osti_1660383,
title = {High-Q Nanophotonic Resonators on Diamond Membranes using Templated Atomic Layer Deposition of TiO2},
author = {Butcher, Amy and Guo, Xinghan and Shreiner, Robert and Delegan, Nazar and Hao, Kai and Duda III, Peter J. and Awschalom, David D. and Heremans, F. Joseph and High, Alexander A.},
abstractNote = {Integrating solid-state quantum emitters with nanophotonic resonators is essential for efficient spin-photon interfacing and optical networking applications. While diamond color centers have proven to be excellent candidates for emerging quantum technologies, their integration with optical resonators remains challenging. Conventional approaches based on etching resonators into diamond often negatively impact color center performance and offer low device yield. In this work, we developed an integrated photonics platform based on templated atomic layer deposition of TiO2 on diamond membranes. Our fabrication method yields high-performance nanophotonic devices while avoiding etching wavelength-scale features into diamond. Moreover, this technique generates highly reproducible optical resonances and can be iterated on individual diamond samples, a unique processing advantage. Our approach is suitable for a broad range of both wavelengths and substrates and can enable high-cooperativity interfacing between cavity photons and coherent defects in diamond or silicon carbide, rare earth ions, or other material systems.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01467},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 6,
volume = 20,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri May 22 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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