Observation of 1.2-GHz linewidth of zerophonon-line in photoluminescence spectra of nitrogen vacancy centers in nanodiamonds using a Fabry-Perot interferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 29679-29686

  Zhao, Hong Quan ^a,b,c   Fujiwara, Masazumi ^a,b   Okano, Masayuki ^a,b   Takeuchi, Shigeki ^a,b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LINEWIDTH; NITROGEN; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM COMMUNICATION;

CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; DIAMOND NANOCRYSTALS; NITROGEN VACANCIES; NITROGEN-VACANCY CENTER; NV CENTER; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PL SPECTRA; ZERO-PHONON LINE;

NANODIAMONDS;

DIAMOND; NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INTERFEROMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DIAMOND; INTERFEROMETRY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROWAVES; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN;

EID: 84890071855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.029679     Document Type: Article

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