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Adjoint-optimized nanoscale light extractor for enhanced luminescence from color centers in diamond

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Publication Date2020-08-01
AuthorsRaymond Wambold, Zhaoning Yu, Yuzhe Xiao, Benjamin F. Bachman, Gabriel R. Jaffe
InstitutionsUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
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Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond are emitters that function as sensors of electric and magnetic fields, temperature, and strain. Diamond’s high refractive index limits emitted light, reducing NV-based sensor performance. We demonstrate an easily-fabricable adjoint-optimized extractor that improves output from NV centers by 50-fold.