Deterministic optical-near-field-assisted positioning of nitrogen-vacancy centers

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1520-1525

  Geiselmann, Michael ^a   Marty, Renaud ^a   Renger, Jan ^a   García De Abajo, F Javier ^a,b   Quidant, Romain ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

nanoantenna; NV center; Optical trapping; plasmonics; quantum emitter; quantum optics

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; INFRARED DEVICES; NANODIAMONDS; NITROGEN; PLASMONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

NANO ANTENNAS; NV CENTER; OPTICALTRAPPING; PLASMONICS; QUANTUM EMITTERS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84896337580     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl4047587     Document Type: Article

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