Nanophotonics for quantum optics using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond
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Optical microcavities and waveguides coupled to diamond are needed to enable efficient communication between quantum systems such as nitrogen-vacancy centers which are known already to have long electron spin coherence lifetimes. This paper describes recent progress in realizing microcavities with low loss and small mode volume in two hybrid systems: silica microdisks coupled to diamond nanoparticles, and gallium phosphide microdisks coupled to single-crystal diamond. A theoretical proposal for a gallium phosphide nanowire photonic crystal cavity coupled to diamond is also discussed. Comparing the two material systems, silica microdisks are easier to fabricate and test. However, at low temperature, nitrogen-vacancy centers in bulk diamond are spectrally more stable, and we expect that in the long term the bulk diamond approach will be better suited for on-chip integration of a photonic network.
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Progress in diamond quantum photonics has been enabled by advances in CVD growth of single crystal diamond with required purity and low defect density, and by advances in micro- and nanofabrication allowing precision shaping at nanoscale.
“This progress has been enabled by the advances in chemical vapour deposition (CVD) growth of single crystal diamond with the level of purity and low defect density required for quantum photonics, and by advances in micro-and nanofabrication, allowing for precision shaping of diamond at the nanoscale [61].”
From 2022 Roadmap on integrated quantum photonics (2022) · cites this paper as [61]
Section 5.1 says high-purity single-crystal diamond yields the best NV-center properties and that lithography and etching can pattern diamond surfaces. Section 5.2 uses a low-nitrogen CVD crystal, but the paper does not establish that advances in CVD growth and low defect density enabled the cited progress. The Introduction and section 5.1 instead emphasize continuing difficulties in fabricating diamond waveguides and cavities, particularly controlling their vertical structure. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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- Authors
- Santori, C., Barclay, P. E., Fu, K.-M. C., Beausoleil, R. G., Spillane, S., & Fisch, M.
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- Hewlett-Packard (United States) (US)
- NASA Research Park (US)
- Kent State University (US)
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- Nanotechnology
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- IOP Publishing
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- 2010-06-22
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- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Photonic and Optical Devices
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Photonic Crystals and Applications
- Keywords
- nitrogen-vacancy centers, diamond, nanophotonics, quantum optics, optical microcavities, waveguides, gallium phosphide, photonic crystal nanocavities, electron spin coherence, on-chip photonic integration, quantum communication
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