Optical properties of a single-colour centre in diamond with a green zero-phonon line

Jason M Smith; Fabio Grazioso; Brian R Patton; Philip R Dolan; Matthew L Markham; Daniel J Twitchen

doi:10.1088/1367-2630/13/4/045005

Optical properties of a single-colour centre in diamond with a green zero-phonon line

Jason M Smith, Fabio Grazioso, Brian R Patton, Philip R Dolan, Matthew L Markham, Daniel J Twitchen

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We report the photoluminescence characteristics of a colour centre in diamond grown by plasma-assisted chemical vapour deposition. The colour centre emits with a sharp zero-phonon line at 2.330 eV (λ=532 nm) and a lifetime of 3.3 ns, thus offering potential for a high-speed single-photon source with green emission. It displays a vibronic emission spectrum with a Huang–Rhys parameter of 2.48 at 77 K. Hanbury–Brown and Twiss measurements reveal that the electronic level structure of the defect includes a metastable state that can be populated from the optically excited state.

Original language	English
Article number	045005
Number of pages	13
Journal	New Journal of Physics
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/4/045005
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2011

Keywords

optical properties
photoluminescence characteristics
vibronic emission spectrum
diamond
plasma-assisted
chemical vapour deposition
vibronic emission spectrums

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Optical properties of a single-colour centre in diamond with a green zero-phonon line

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