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Near-infrared optical thermometry of nickel color centers in diamond

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Publication Date2024-11-26
JournalOptics Letters
AuthorsAjithamithra Dharmasiri, C. Vincent, T. I. Rajib, M. S. Pochechuev, Xinghua Liu
InstitutionsMitchell Institute, Texas A&M University
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We present an experimental study of temperature-dependent near-infrared fluorescence spectra of nickel color centers in diamond. The amplitude, the central wavelength, and the linewidth of the zero-phonon line (ZPL) in the fluorescence spectrum of these centers exhibit a strong temperature dependence, enabling highly sensitive temperature measurements. Due to the ZPL wavelength, falling within the biological transparency window, combined with a high-temperature sensitivity and low noise floor, as demonstrated by our experiments in practical thermometry settings, nickel color centers in diamond are ideally suited for all-optical temperature measurements, including thermometry of biological systems.