Photo-induced ionization dynamics of the nitrogen vacancy defect in diamond investigated by single-shot charge state detection

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Aslam, N ^a   Waldherr, G ^a   Neumann, P ^a   Jelezko, F ^b   Wrachtrup, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CROSS-SECTION; CHARGE STATE; DOUBLE PEAK STRUCTURE; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; INTERCONVERSIONS; IONIZATION DYNAMICS; NITROGEN VACANCIES; OPTIMAL EXCITATION; PHOTO-INDUCED; PHOTO-INDUCED IONIZATION; PHOTOPHYSICS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SATURATION MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-SHOT; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TWO-STATE;

IONIZATION; VACANCIES;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 84873289944     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/1/013064     Document Type: Article

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