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Low charge-noise nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond created using laser writing with a solid-immersion lens

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2102.11804v2
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 10:49:06 GMT
Title: Low charge-noise nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond created using laser writing with a solid-immersion lens
Authors: Viktoria Yurgens, Josh A. Zuber, Sigurd Fl{\aa}gan, Marta De Luca, Brendan J. Shields, Ilaria Zardo, Patrick Maletinsky, Richard J. Warburton, Tomasz Jakubczyk
Abstract summary: We report on pulsed-laser induced generation of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond facilitated by a solid-immersion lens (SIL) The SIL enables laser writing at energies as low as 5.8 nJ per pulse and allows vacancies to be formed close to a diamond surface without inducing surface graphitization. We present three samples in which NV-center arrays were laser-written at distances between 1 $mu$m and 40 $mu$m from a diamond surface.
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Abstract: We report on pulsed-laser induced generation of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond facilitated by a solid-immersion lens (SIL). The SIL enables laser writing at energies as low as 5.8 nJ per pulse and allows vacancies to be formed close to a diamond surface without inducing surface graphitization. We operate in the previously unexplored regime where lattice vacancies are created following tunneling breakdown rather than multiphoton ionization. We present three samples in which NV-center arrays were laser-written at distances between ~1 $\mu$m and 40 $\mu$m from a diamond surface, all presenting narrow distributions of optical linewidths with means between 62.1 MHz and 74.5 MHz. The linewidths include the effect of long-term spectral diffusion induced by a 532 nm repump laser for charge-state stabilization, thereby emphasizing the particularly low charge-noise environment of the created color centers. Such high-quality NV centers are excellent candidates for practical applications employing two-photon quantum interference with separate NV centers. Finally, we propose a model for disentangling power broadening from inhomogeneous broadening in the NV center optical linewidth.

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