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Dynamics of the Formation of the Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in Diamond

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Publication Date2016-02-01
JournalCommunications in Computational Physics
AuthorsAmihai Silverman, Joan Adler, R. Kalish
InstitutionsTechnion ā€“ Israel Institute of Technology
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Abstract We present results of simulations of the energetics and dynamics involved in the realization of the NV (nitrogen-vacancy) center in diamond. We use the self-consistent charge-density functional tight-binding approximation and show that when the nitrogen resides on a single substitutional site, it fails to attract a vacancy, hence no NV center can be formed. However, if it occupies a split interstitial site and two vacancies reside on the second or third neighbor sites, an NV center will form following annealing at temperatures as low as 300Ā°C and 650Ā°C, respectively. These results provide guidelines to experimentalists on how to increase the efficiency of NV formation in diamond.

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