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Nanoimplantation and Purcell enhancement of single nitrogen-vacancy centers in photonic crystal cavities in diamond

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Publication Date2015-06-01
JournalApplied Physics Letters
AuthorsJanine Riedrich‐Möller, SĂ©bastien Pezzagna, Jan Meijer, Christoph Pauly, Frank Mucklich
InstitutionsLeipzig University, Element Six (United Kingdom)
Citations71

We present the controlled creation of single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers via ion implantation at the center of a photonic crystal cavity which is fabricated in an ultrapure, single crystal diamond membrane. High-resolution placement of NV centers is achieved using collimation of a 5 keV-nitrogen ion beam through a pierced tip of an atomic force microscope. We demonstrate coupling of the implanted NV centers’ broad band fluorescence to a cavity mode and observe Purcell enhancement of the spontaneous emission. The results are in good agreement with a master equation model for the cavity coupling.