Coherent population trapping in diamond N-V centers at zero magnetic
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Coherent population trapping in diamond N-V centers at zero magnetic field

Charles Santori, David Fattal, Sean M. Spillane, Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil, Andrew D. Greentree, Paolo Olivero, Martin Draganski, James R. Rabeau, Patrick Reichart, Brant C. Gibson, Sergey Rubanov, David N. Jamieson, and Steven Prawer »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 17, pp. 7986-7993 (2006)
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Coherent population trapping at zero magnetic field was observed for nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond under optical excitation. This was measured as a reduction in photoluminescence when the detuning between two excitation lasers matched the 2.88 GHz crystal-field splitting of the color center ground states. This behavior is highly sensitive to strain, which modifies the excited states, and was unexpected following recent experiments demonstrating optical readout of single nitrogen-vacancy electron spins based on cycling transitions. These results demonstrate for the first time that three-level Lambda configurations suitable for proposed quantum information applications can be realized simultaneously for all four orientations of nitrogen-vacancy centers at zero magnetic field.

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(270.1670) Quantum optics : Coherent optical effects
(300.6250) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, condensed matter
(300.6420) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, nonlinear

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Original Manuscript: June 2, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: August 3, 2006
Published: August 21, 2006

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Charles Santori, David Fattal, Sean M. Spillane, Marco Fiorentino, Raymond G. Beausoleil, Andrew D. Greentree, Paolo Olivero, Martin Draganski, James R. Rabeau, Patrick Reichart, Brant C. Gibson, Sergey Rubanov, David N. Jamieson, and Steven Prawer, "Coherent population trapping in diamond N-V centers at zero magnetic field," Opt. Express 14, 7986-7993 (2006)
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J. P. D. Martin, "Fine structure of excited 3E state in nitrogen-vacancy centre in diamond," J. Lumin. 81,237-247 (1999). [CrossRef]
N. B. Manson, J. P. Harrison, and M.J. Sellars, "The nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond re-visited," preprint: http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601360.
N. B. Manson and J. P. Harrison, "Photo-ionization of the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond," Diamond & Related Materials 14,1705-1710 (2005). [CrossRef]
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P. Olivero, S. Rubanov, P. Reichart, B. Gibson, S. Huntington, J. Rabeau, A. D. Greentree, J. Salzman, D. Moore, D. N. Jamieson, and S. Prawer, "Ion beam assisted lift-off technique for three-dimensional micromachining of free standing single-crystal diamond," Advanced Materials 17,2427-2430 (2005). [CrossRef]

Arimondo, E.
Awschalom, D. D.
Beausoleil, R. G.
Beveratos, A.
Bhatia, P. S.
Brener, R.
Butler, J. E.
Childress, L.
Colton, J. S.
Craig, A. E.
Cytermann, C.
Davies, G.
Doering, P. J.
Domhan, M.
Draganski, M.
Epstein, R. J.
Gaebal, T.
Gaebel, T.
Gibson, B.
Gibson, B. C.
Glasbeek, M.
Greentree, A. D.
Gruber, A.
Hamer, M. F.
Harrison, J. P.
Hembree, D. M.
Hemmer, P. R.
Hunn, J. D.
Huntington, S.
Huntington, S. T.
Imamoglu, A.
Jamieson, D. N.
Jelezko, F.
Kalish, R.
Kane, B. E.
Kato, Y. K.
Kennedy, T. A.
Kilin, S.
Kilin, S. Ya.
Krausz, E. R.
Kurtsiefer, C.
Linares, R. C.
Lloyd, S.
Lukin, M. D.
Manson, N. B.
Martin, J. P. D.
Mayer, S.
Mendoza, F. M.
Moore, D.
Munro, W. J.
Musser, J. A.
Nemoto, K.
Nizovtsev, A.
Nizovtsev, A. P.
Nugent, K. W.
Olivero, P.
Orriols, G.
Orwa, J. O.
Popa, I.
Prawer, S.
Rabeau, J.
Rabeau, J. R.
Reddy, N. R. S.
Reichart, P.
Richter, V.
Rubanov, S.
Salzman, J.
Schmidt, H.
Shaanan, M.
Shahriar, M. S.
Sitters, R.
Sorensen, A. S.
Spiller, T. P.
Stroud, C. R.
Taylor, J. M.
Tietz, C.
Trajkov, E.
Turukhin, A. V.
Uzan-Saguy, C.
van der Kamp, B.
van Oort, E.
Wei, C.
Weinfurter, H.
White, C. W.
Whitley, R. M.
Wilson, E. A.
Withrow, S. P.
Wrachtrup, J.
Zarda, P.

Advanced Materials

P. Olivero, S. Rubanov, P. Reichart, B. Gibson, S. Huntington, J. Rabeau, A. D. Greentree, J. Salzman, D. Moore, D. N. Jamieson, and S. Prawer, "Ion beam assisted lift-off technique for three-dimensional micromachining of free standing single-crystal diamond," Advanced Materials 17,2427-2430 (2005). [CrossRef]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

C. Uzan-Saguy, C. Cytermann, R. Brener, V. Richter,M. Shaanan and R. Kalish, "Damage threshold for ion-beam induced graphitization of diamond," Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 1194-1196 (1995). [CrossRef]
T. A. Kennedy, J. S. Colton, J. E. Butler, R. C. Linares and P. J. Doering, "Long coherence times at 300 K for nitrogen-vacancy center spins in diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition," Appl. Phys. Lett. 83,4190-4192 (2003). [CrossRef]
F. Jelezko, I. Popa, A. Gruber, C. Tietz, J. Wrachtrup, A. Nizovtsev, and S. Kilin, "Single spin states in a defect center resolved by optical spectroscopy," Appl. Phys. Lett. 81,2160-2162 (2002). [CrossRef]

Diamond & Related Materials

N. B. Manson and J. P. Harrison, "Photo-ionization of the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond," Diamond & Related Materials 14,1705-1710 (2005). [CrossRef]

Eur. Phys. J. D

A. Beveratos, S. K hn, R. Brouri, T. Gacoin, J.-P. Poizat, and P. Grangier, "Room temperature stable singlephoton source," Eur. Phys. J. D 18,191-196 (2002). [CrossRef]

J. Lumin.

N. R. S. Reddy, N. B. Manson, and E. R. Krausz, "Two-laser spectral hole burning in a colour centre in diamond," J. Lumin. 38,46-47 (1987). [CrossRef]
N. B. Manson and C. Wei, "Transient hole burning in N-V center in diamond," J. Lumin. 58,158-160 (1994). [CrossRef]
E. van Oort, B. van der Kamp, R. Sitters, and M. Glasbeek, "Microwave-induced line-narrowing of the N-V defect absorption in diamond," J. Lumin. 48 & 49,803-806 (1991). [CrossRef]
J. P. D. Martin, "Fine structure of excited 3E state in nitrogen-vacancy centre in diamond," J. Lumin. 81,237-247 (1999). [CrossRef]

J. Phys.: Condens. Matter

A. D. Greentree, P. Olivero, M. Draganski, E. Trajkov, J. R. Rabeau, P. Reichart, B. C. Gibson, S. Rubanov, S. T. Huntington, D. N. Jamieson, and S. Prawer, "Critical components for diamond-based quantum coherent devices," J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18S825-S842 (2006). [CrossRef]

Nature (London)

B. E. Kane, "A silicon-based nuclear spin quantum computer," Nature (London) 393,133-137 (1998). [CrossRef]

Nature Physics

R. J. Epstein, F. M. Mendoza, Y. K. Kato, and D. D. Awschalom, "Anisotropic interactions of a single spin and dark-spin spectroscopy in diamond," Nature Physics 1,94-98 (2005). [CrossRef]

Nuovo Cimento Lett.

E. Arimondo and G. Orriols, "Nonabsorbing atomic coherences by coherent two-photon transitions in a threelevel optical pumping," Nuovo Cimento Lett. 17,333-338 (1976). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

Opt. Spectrosc.

A. P. Nizovtsev, S. Ya. Kilin, F. Jelezko, T. Gaebal, I. Popa, A. Gruber, and J. Wrachtrup, "A quantum computer based on NV centers in diamond: optically detected nutations of single electron and nuclear spins," Opt. Spectrosc. 99,233-244 (2005). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. A

W. J. Munro, K. Nemoto, R. G. Beausoleil, and T. P. Spiller, "High-efficiency quantum nondemolition singlephoton-number-resolving detector," Phys. Rev. A 71,033819 (2005). [CrossRef]
R. M. Whitley and C. R. Stroud, Jr., "Double optical resonance," Phys. Rev. A 14,1498-1513 (1976). [CrossRef]
L. Childress, J. M. Taylor, A. S. Sorensen, and M. D. Lukin, "Fault-tolerant quantum repeaters with minimal physical resources and implementations based on single-photon emitters," Phys. Rev. A 72,052330 (2005). [CrossRef]
M. S. Shahriar, P. R. Hemmer, S. Lloyd, P. S. Bhatia, and A. E. Craig, "Solid-state quantum computing using spectral holes," Phys. Rev. A 66,032301 (2002). [CrossRef]
E. A. Wilson, N. B. Manson, and C. Wei, "Perturbing an electromagnetic induced transparency within an inhomogeneously broadened transition," Phys. Rev. A 67,023812 (2003). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. B

J. D. Hunn, S. P. Withrow, C. W. White and D. M. Hembree, "Raman scattering from MeV-ion implanted diamond," Phys. Rev. B 52, 8106-8111 (1995). [CrossRef]
J. O. Orwa, K. W. Nugent, D. N. Jamieson, and S. Prawer, "Raman investigation of damage caused by deep ion implantation in diamond," Phys. Rev. B 62, 5461-5472 (2000). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

F. Jelezko, T. Gaebel, I. Popa,M. Domhan, A. Gruber, and J. Wrachtrup, "Observation of Coherent Oscillation of a Single Nuclear Spin and Realization of a Two-Qubit Conditional Quantum Gate," Phys. Rev. Lett. 93,130501 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
C. Kurtsiefer, S. Mayer, P. Zarda, and H. Weinfurter, "Stable solid-state source of single photons," Phys. Rev. Lett. 85,290-293 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. R. Soc. London Ser. A

G. Davies and M. F. Hamer, "Optical studies of the 1.945 eV vibronic band in diamond," Proc. R. Soc. London Ser. A 348,285-298 (1976). [CrossRef]

Other

A. M. Zaitsev, Optical Properties of Diamond: A Data Handbook (Berlin: Springer, 2001).
N. B. Manson, J. P. Harrison, and M.J. Sellars, "The nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond re-visited," preprint: http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601360.

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[1] B. E. Kane, "A silicon-based nuclear spin quantum computer," Nature (London) 393,133-137 (1998). [CrossRef]

[2] T. A. Kennedy, J. S. Colton, J. E. Butler, R. C. Linares and P. J. Doering, "Long coherence times at 300 K for nitrogen-vacancy center spins in diamond grown by chemical vapor deposition," Appl. Phys. Lett. 83,4190-4192 (2003). [CrossRef]

[3] F. Jelezko, I. Popa, A. Gruber, C. Tietz, J. Wrachtrup, A. Nizovtsev, and S. Kilin, "Single spin states in a defect center resolved by optical spectroscopy," Appl. Phys. Lett. 81,2160-2162 (2002). [CrossRef]

[4] E. A. Wilson, N. B. Manson, and C. Wei, "Perturbing an electromagnetic induced transparency within an inhomogeneously broadened transition," Phys. Rev. A 67,023812 (2003). [CrossRef]

[5] F. Jelezko, T. Gaebel, I. Popa,M. Domhan, A. Gruber, and J. Wrachtrup, "Observation of Coherent Oscillation of a Single Nuclear Spin and Realization of a Two-Qubit Conditional Quantum Gate," Phys. Rev. Lett. 93,130501 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] R. J. Epstein, F. M. Mendoza, Y. K. Kato, and D. D. Awschalom, "Anisotropic interactions of a single spin and dark-spin spectroscopy in diamond," Nature Physics 1,94-98 (2005). [CrossRef]

[7] C. Kurtsiefer, S. Mayer, P. Zarda, and H. Weinfurter, "Stable solid-state source of single photons," Phys. Rev. Lett. 85,290-293 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] A. Beveratos, S. K hn, R. Brouri, T. Gacoin, J.-P. Poizat, and P. Grangier, "Room temperature stable singlephoton source," Eur. Phys. J. D 18,191-196 (2002). [CrossRef]

[9] L. Childress, J. M. Taylor, A. S. Sorensen, and M. D. Lukin, "Fault-tolerant quantum repeaters with minimal physical resources and implementations based on single-photon emitters," Phys. Rev. A 72,052330 (2005). [CrossRef]

[10] M. S. Shahriar, P. R. Hemmer, S. Lloyd, P. S. Bhatia, and A. E. Craig, "Solid-state quantum computing using spectral holes," Phys. Rev. A 66,032301 (2002). [CrossRef]

[11] A. P. Nizovtsev, S. Ya. Kilin, F. Jelezko, T. Gaebal, I. Popa, A. Gruber, and J. Wrachtrup, "A quantum computer based on NV centers in diamond: optically detected nutations of single electron and nuclear spins," Opt. Spectrosc. 99,233-244 (2005). [CrossRef]

[12] A. D. Greentree, P. Olivero, M. Draganski, E. Trajkov, J. R. Rabeau, P. Reichart, B. C. Gibson, S. Rubanov, S. T. Huntington, D. N. Jamieson, and S. Prawer, "Critical components for diamond-based quantum coherent devices," J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18S825-S842 (2006). [CrossRef]

[13] H. Schmidt and A. Imamoglu, "Giant Kerr nonlinearities obtained by electromagnetically induced transparency," Opt. Lett. 21,1936-1938 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[14] W. J. Munro, K. Nemoto, R. G. Beausoleil, and T. P. Spiller, "High-efficiency quantum nondemolition singlephoton-number-resolving detector," Phys. Rev. A 71,033819 (2005). [CrossRef]

[15] P. R. Hemmer, A. V. Turukhin, M. S. Shahriar, and J. A. Musser, "Raman-excited spin coherences in nitrogenvacancy color centers in diamond," Opt. Lett. 26,361-363 (2001). [CrossRef]

[16] N. R. S. Reddy, N. B. Manson, and E. R. Krausz, "Two-laser spectral hole burning in a colour centre in diamond," J. Lumin. 38,46-47 (1987). [CrossRef]

[17] N. B. Manson and C. Wei, "Transient hole burning in N-V center in diamond," J. Lumin. 58,158-160 (1994). [CrossRef]

[18] E. Arimondo and G. Orriols, "Nonabsorbing atomic coherences by coherent two-photon transitions in a threelevel optical pumping," Nuovo Cimento Lett. 17,333-338 (1976). [CrossRef]

[19] R. M. Whitley and C. R. Stroud, Jr., "Double optical resonance," Phys. Rev. A 14,1498-1513 (1976). [CrossRef]

[20] J. D. Hunn, S. P. Withrow, C. W. White and D. M. Hembree, "Raman scattering from MeV-ion implanted diamond," Phys. Rev. B 52, 8106-8111 (1995). [CrossRef]

[21] C. Uzan-Saguy, C. Cytermann, R. Brener, V. Richter,M. Shaanan and R. Kalish, "Damage threshold for ion-beam induced graphitization of diamond," Appl. Phys. Lett. 67, 1194-1196 (1995). [CrossRef]

[22] J. O. Orwa, K. W. Nugent, D. N. Jamieson, and S. Prawer, "Raman investigation of damage caused by deep ion implantation in diamond," Phys. Rev. B 62, 5461-5472 (2000). [CrossRef]

[23] A. M. Zaitsev, Optical Properties of Diamond: A Data Handbook (Berlin: Springer, 2001).

[24] G. Davies and M. F. Hamer, "Optical studies of the 1.945 eV vibronic band in diamond," Proc. R. Soc. London Ser. A 348,285-298 (1976). [CrossRef]

[25] J. P. D. Martin, "Fine structure of excited 3E state in nitrogen-vacancy centre in diamond," J. Lumin. 81,237-247 (1999). [CrossRef]

[26] N. B. Manson, J. P. Harrison, and M.J. Sellars, "The nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond re-visited," preprint: http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0601360.

[27] N. B. Manson and J. P. Harrison, "Photo-ionization of the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond," Diamond & Related Materials 14,1705-1710 (2005). [CrossRef]

[28] E. van Oort, B. van der Kamp, R. Sitters, and M. Glasbeek, "Microwave-induced line-narrowing of the N-V defect absorption in diamond," J. Lumin. 48 & 49,803-806 (1991). [CrossRef]

[29] P. Olivero, S. Rubanov, P. Reichart, B. Gibson, S. Huntington, J. Rabeau, A. D. Greentree, J. Salzman, D. Moore, D. N. Jamieson, and S. Prawer, "Ion beam assisted lift-off technique for three-dimensional micromachining of free standing single-crystal diamond," Advanced Materials 17,2427-2430 (2005). [CrossRef]

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