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Direct experimental observation of nonclassicality in ensembles of single-photon emitters

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Publication Date2017-11-27
JournalPhysical review. B./Physical review. B
AuthorsEkaterina Moreva, P. Traina, J. Forneris, Ivo Pietro Degiovanni, S. Ditalia Tchernij
InstitutionsUniversity of Turin, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
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In this work we experimentally demonstrate a recently proposed criterion addressed to detect nonclassical behavior in the fluorescence emission of ensembles of single-photon emitters. In particular, we apply the method to study clusters of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond characterized with single-photon-sensitive confocal microscopy. Theoretical considerations on the behavior of the parameter at any arbitrary order in the presence of Poissonian noise are presented and, finally, the opportunity of detecting manifold coincidences is discussed.