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Symposium Latsis on Diamond Photonics - Physics, Technologies and Applications

Towards room-temperature coherent spin-photon interfaces using diamond defects

Stephen C. Wein, Roohollah Ghobadi, Nikolai Lauk, Hamidreza Kaviani, Paul E. Barclay, Christoph Simon

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

Diamond defects can have excellent properties at room temperature, but it is still challenging to achieve coherent spin-photon interactions. We analyze hybrid plasmonic cavities and spin-optomechanical transduction as two approaches to overcome this challenge. We show how these approaches can be successful and that they are within reach.
DOI
10.1364/dp.2019.26

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