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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Optical Characterization of Single Tin-Vacancy Centers in Diamond Nanopillars

Alison E. Rugar, Constantin Dory, Shuo Sun, Jelena Vuckovic A

Published Jan 1, 2019• 0 citations
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Abstract

We characterize the optical and spin properties of tin-vacancy centers isolated in diamond nanopillars. We measure spectrometer-limited linewidths < 15 GHz, a strong polarization dependence of the emission, and Zeeman splitting behavior consistent with previous theoretical predictions.
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10.1364/cleo_qels.2019.fm4a.2

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