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Electron spin contrast of Purcell-enhanced nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in nanodiamonds

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Publication Date2017-07-25
JournalPhysical review. B./Physical review. B
AuthorsSimeon Bogdanov, Mikhail Y. Shalaginov, А. Š’. Акимов, Alexei Lagutchev, Polina Kapitanova
InstitutionsP.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Quantum Center
Citations26

Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond allow for coherent spin state\nmanipulation at room temperature, which could bring dramatic advances to\nnanoscale sensing and quantum information technology. We introduce a novel\nmethod for the optical measurement of the spin contrast in dense\nnitrogen-vacancy (NV) ensembles. This method brings a new insight into the\ninterplay between the spin contrast and fluorescence lifetime. We show that for\nimproving the spin readout sensitivity in NV ensembles, one should aim at\nmodifying the far field radiation pattern rather than enhancing the emission\nrate.\n