A density functional theory study of nitrogen vacancy center in lonsdaleite
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| Publication Date | 2024-10-11 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics D Applied Physics |
| Authors | Khaled A Abdelghafar, Daniel ChoĆÆ, Khalid Askar |
| Citations | 3 |
Abstract
Section titled āAbstractāAbstract Lonsdaleite is a carbon allotrope and metastable form of diamond that demonstrates superior mechanical properties over cubic diamond. Here, we report the results of density functional theory (DFT) and molecular dynamics (MD) studies of neutral and negative nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in lonsdaleite. Interestingly, the neutral (NV 0 ) and negative (NV ā1 ) nitrogen vacancy centers in lonsdaleite display a remarkable splitting between the two degenerate e x and e y excited states nearly around ā¼0.5 eV for NV 0 and 0.2 eV for NV ā1 , respectively. The thermal stability, dynamic stability, band structure, density of states, and optical properties are computed. DFT and MD calculations reveal that the geometrical structure of the NV center in lonsdaleite is both thermally and dynamically stable. In addition, the findings show that NV 0 and NV ā1 centers in lonsdaleite demonstrate splitting in the zero-phonon line (ZPL) due to symmetry reduction from C 3v to C 1h with respect to the NV center in cubic diamond. Furthermore, the results indicate that ZPL falls around ā¼1.76 and 2.25 eV for NV 0 , whereas it lies around 1.91 and 2.19 eV for NV ā1 .
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