Hybrid photonic crystal cavity and waveguide for coupling to diamond NV-centers

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 9588-9601

  Barclay, Paul E ^a   Fu, Kai Mei ^a   Santori, Charles ^a   Beausoleil, Raymond G ^a  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIAMONDS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE CRYSTALS; WAVEGUIDES;

DIAMOND SUBSTRATES; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; HYBRID PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; NITROGEN VACANCIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL NANOCAVITY; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL WAVEGUIDE; PROCESSING TECHNIQUE; SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

DIAMOND; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIAMOND; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DEVICES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 66849104296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.009588     Document Type: Article

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