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High-efficiency fluorescence collection for NV- center ensembles in diamond

Lixia Xu, Heng Yuan, Ning Zhang, Jixing Zhang, Guodong Bian, Pengcheng Fan, Mingxin Li, Chen Zhang, Yueyang Zhai, Jiancheng Fang

Published Apr 3, 2019• 47 citations
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Abstract

centers in a large volume and can be used in weak fluorescence detection systems.
DOI
10.1364/oe.27.010787

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