Coherent population trapping in diamond N-V centers at zero magnetic field

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 7986-7994

  Santori, Charles ^a   Fattal, David ^a   Spillane, Sean M ^a   Fiorentino, Marco ^a   Beausoleil, Raymond G ^a   Greentree, Andrew D ^b,d   Olivero, Paolo ^d   Draganski, Martin ^e   Rabeau, James R ^d   Reichart, Patrick ^d   Gibson, Brant C ^c,d   Rubanov, Sergey ^b,d   Jamieson, David N ^b,d   Prawer, Steven ^b,d  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Ctr for Quantum Computer Technology   (Australia)

^c Quantum Communications Victoria ^*  (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

EXCITED STATES; NITROGEN-VACANCY CENTERS; NITROGEN-VACANCY ELECTRON SPINS; THREE-LEVEL LAMBDA CONFIGURATIONS;

DIAMONDS;

EID: 33747749518     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.007986     Document Type: Conference Paper

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