Initialization and measurement of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond with plasmonic Purcell enhancement

Sigal A. Wolf*, Itamar Rosenberg, Ronen Rapaport, Nir Bar-Gill

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond have emerged as promising quantum solid-state systems, with applications ranging from quantum information processing to magnetic sensing. One of the most useful properties of NVs is the ability to read their ground-state spin projection optically at room temperature. In this work we consider the effect of the Purcell enhancement on the ability to initialize the NV state and analyze the effect to imperfect initialization on the measurement SNR. We demonstrate that even with feasible initial conditions the combined increase in spontaneous emission (through Purcell enhancement) and in optical excitation could significantly increase the readout SNR.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationQuantum Optics
EditorsAndrew J. Shields, Jurgen Stuhler
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510601451
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
EventQuantum Optics - Brussels, Belgium
Duration: 5 Apr 20167 Apr 2016

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9900
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceQuantum Optics
Country/TerritoryBelgium
CityBrussels
Period5/04/167/04/16

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Marko Loncar, Thomas Babinec, Phil Hemmer, Jorg Wrachtrup and Fedor Jelezko for fruitful discussions and useful insights. This work has been supported in part by the EU CIG, the Minerva ARCHES award, the Ministry of Science and Technology, Israel and the Israel Science Foundation (grant No. 750/14).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 COPYRIGHT SPIE.

Keywords

  • Nitrogen-vacancy
  • Purcell enhancement
  • SNR
  • plasmonic stracture

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