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Diamond Radio Receiver - Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers as Fluorescent Transducers of Microwave Signals

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Publication Date2016-12-15
JournalPhysical Review Applied
AuthorsLinbo Shao, Mian Zhang, Matthew Markham, Andrew M. Edmonds, Marko Lončar
InstitutionsElement Six (United Kingdom), Harvard University
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Abstract

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The nitrogen-vacancy (N-$V$) center is a lattice defect in diamond, consisting of a substitutional nitrogen atom and an adjacent vacancy. This study exploits the electron-spin-dependent photoluminescence of N-$V$ centers to use them as radio receivers. The centers transduce frequency-modulated (FM) microwave radio signals to amplitude-modulated (AM) optical fluorescence signals. This effect has potential for photonics, quantum information processing, microwave applications, and wireless communication, even in extreme environments.

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