Probing Charge Dynamics in Diamond with an Individual Color Center

Gardill, Aedan; Kemeny, Ishita; Cambria, Matthew C.; Li, Yanfei; Dinani, Hossein T.; Norambuena, Ariel; Maze, Jeronimo R.; Lordi, Vincenzo; Kolkowitz, Shimon

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02250

Title: Probing Charge Dynamics in Diamond with an Individual Color Center

Journal Article · Mon Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02250· OSTI ID:1825060

Gardill, Aedan ^[1]; Kemeny, Ishita ^[1]; Cambria, Matthew C. ^[1]; Li, Yanfei ^[1]; Dinani, Hossein T. ^[2]; Norambuena, Ariel ^[2]; Maze, Jeronimo R. ^[3];

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Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
Universidad Mayor, Santiago (Chile). Centro de Investigación DAiTA Lab.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (Chile). Instituto de Física; Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago (Chile). Centro de Investigación en Nanotecnología y Materiales Avanzados
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Control over the charge states of color centers in solids is necessary to fully utilize them in quantum technologies. However, the microscopic charge dynamics of deep defects in wide-band-gap semiconductors are complex, and much remains unknown. We utilize a single-shot charge-state readout of an individual nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center to probe the charge dynamics of the surrounding defects in diamond. We show that the NV center charge state can be converted through the capture of holes produced by optical illumination of defects many micrometers away. With this method, we study the optical charge conversion of silicon-vacancy (SiV) centers and provide evidence that the dark state of the SiV center under optical illumination is SiV^2–. These measurements illustrate that charge carrier generation, transport, and capture are important considerations in the design and implementation of quantum devices with color centers and provide a novel way to probe and control charge dynamics in diamond.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0020313; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1825060

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1825365

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-823028; ANID Fondecyt 1180673; ANID PIA ACT192023

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Vol. 21, Issue 16; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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