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Sawfish photonic crystal cavities with resonances at NV and SnV transition frequencies

Marco E. Stucki, Tommaso Pregnolato, Julian M. Bopp, Maarten H. v. d. Hoeven, Alok Gokhale, Olaf Krüger, Tim Schröder

Published Jan 1, 2024• 0 citations
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We present the fabrication and characterization of “Sawfish” cavities in diamond, a new design of resonant photonic nanostructures to increase the emission rate of color centers into the zero-phonon-line, a requirement for efficient quantum communication.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2024.sth4r.3

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