Jahn-Teller-induced femtosecond electronic depolarization dynamics of the nitrogen-vacancy defect in diamond

• Main Authors: Ulbricht, Ronald, Dong, Shuo, Chang, I-Ya, Mariserla, Bala Murali Krishna, Dani, Keshav M., Hyeon-Deuk, Kim, Loh, Zhi-Heng
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Chemical Physics; Optical Properties of Diamond
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/83903; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/42864
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Single-photon emission from the nitrogen-vacancy defect in diamond constitutes one of its many proposed applications. Owing to its doubly degenerate 3E electronic excited state, photons from this defect can be emitted by two optical transitions with perpendicular polarization. Previous measurements...