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Integration of Color Centers in Diamond into Fabry-Perot Cavities

Robert Berghaus, Gregor W. Bayer, Selene Sachero, Florian Feuchtmayr, Niklas Lettner, V. Agafonov, Alexander Kubanek

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

Color centers in diamond, including defects like silicon vacancy and germanium vacancy, offer optical accessibility and spin transition for quantum bits. Our investigation focuses on integrating diamond into optical microcavities to enhance the signal and enable fast quantum communication.
DOI
10.1364/quantum.2024.qw4b.8

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