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Frontiers in Optics

A Single Photon Source Based on SiV Centers in Diamond

Chunlang Wang, Asli Ugur, Vladimir Chernyshev, Jan Meijer, Harald Weinfurter

Published Jan 1, 2006• 3 citations
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Abstract

Single SiV color centers are fabricated in diamond by ion implantation and detected means confocal microscopy. Antibunching of the fluorescence is demonstrated. Through nitrogen doping the quantum efficiency of single photon generation can be enhanced.
DOI
10.1364/fio.2006.jwd106

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