A single nitrogen-vacancy defect coupled to a nanomechanical oscillator

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 879-883

  Arcizet, O ^a   Jacques, V ^b   Siria, A ^c   Poncharal, P ^c   Vincent, P ^c   Seidelin, S ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHOTONIQUE QUANTIQUE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

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EID: 80555149449     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2070     Document Type: Article

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