arXiv · 1411.0725
Deterministic coupling of delta-doped NV centers to a nanobeam photonic crystal cavity
Abstract
The negatively-charged nitrogen vacancy center (NV) in diamond has generated significant interest as a platform for quantum information processing and sensing in the solid state. For most applications, high quality optical cavities are required to enhance the NV zero-phonon line (ZPL) emission. An outstanding challenge in maximizing the degree of NV-cavity coupling is the deterministic placement of NVs within the cavity. Here, we report photonic crystal nanobeam cavities coupled to NVs incorporated by a delta-doping technique that allows nanometer-scale vertical positioning of the emitters. We demonstrate cavities with Q up to ~24,000 and mode volume V ~ $0.47(λ/n)^{3}$ as well as resonant enhancement of the ZPL of an NV ensemble with Purcell factor of ~20. Our fabrication technique provides a first step towards deterministic NV-cavity coupling using spatial control of the emitters.
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Jonathan C. Lee, David O. Bracher, Shanying Cui, Kenichi Ohno, Claire A. McLellan, Xingyu Zhang, Paolo Andrich, Benjamin Aleman, Kasey J. Russell, Andrew P. Magyar, Igor Aharonovich, Ania Bleszynski Jayich, David Awschalom, Evelyn L. Hu. 2014-11-03. Deterministic coupling of delta-doped NV centers to a nanobeam photonic crystal cavity. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4904909
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