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Strain Tunable Silicon Vacancy Centers in Diamond Nanocavities

Umut Yazlar, Pavel D. Kurilovich, Pieter-Jan Stas, Yan-Cheng Wei, Maxim A. Sirotin, Yan Qi Huan, Francisca Abdo Arias, E. Knyazev, Gefen Baranes, Bartholomeus Machielse, Hongkun Park, Marko Lončar, Mikhail D. Lukin

Published Jan 1, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

We demonstrate that optical transition frequencies of silicon vacancy centers embedded in diamond nanocavities can be tuned by applying strain. This enables future frequency-tunable single-photon sources and unlocks faster entanglement generation in quantum networks.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_at.2026.ath4c.2

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