Deterministic coupling of delta-doped nitrogen vacancy centers to a nanobeam photonic crystal cavity

Abstract

The negatively charged nitrogen vacancy center (NV) in diamond has generated significant interest as a platform for quantum information processing and sensing in the solid state. For most applications, high quality optical cavities are required to enhance the NV zero-phonon line (ZPL) emission. An outstanding challenge in maximizing the degree of NV-cavity coupling is the deterministic placement of NVs within the cavity. Here, we report photonic crystal nanobeam cavities coupled to NVs incorporated by a delta-doping technique that allows nanometer-scale vertical positioning of the emitters. We demonstrate cavities with Q up to ∼24 000 and mode volume V ∼ 0.47(λ/n)3 as well as resonant enhancement of the ZPL of an NV ensemble with Purcell factor of ∼20. Our fabrication technique provides a first step towards deterministic NV-cavity coupling using spatial control of the emitters.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Dec 29, 2014
Source ID
10.1063/1.4904909

Entities

People

  • Andrew P. Magyar
  • Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich
  • Benjamin Alemán
  • Claire A. Mclellan
  • David Awschalom
  • David O. Bracher
  • Evelyn L. Hu
  • Igor Aharonovich
  • Jonathan C. Lee
  • Kasey J. Russell
  • Kenichi Ohno
  • Paolo Andrich
  • Shanying Cui
  • Xingyu Zhang

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Harvard University
  • National Science Foundation
  • University of California
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Technology Sydney

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Science - Quantum Dots