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Optica Laser Congress (ASSL, LAC, LS&C)

Saturation spectroscopy of NV− centers in diamond

Shova D. Subedi, Vladimir Fedorov, Sergey Mirov, Linbo Shao, Marko Lončar

Published Jan 1, 2018• 4 citations
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Abstract

We report saturation of NV− centers resulting in ~40% inversion level under 632nm pumping. Δk/ko kinetics revealed long recovery time of NV− centers after photoionization under 532nm pump, which involved different relaxation channels depending on the probe beam wavelengths.
DOI
10.1364/assl.2018.am6a.11

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