Control and Coherence of the Optical Transition of Single Nitrogen Vacancy Centers in Diamond

被引：91

作者：

Robledo, Lucio ^{[1
]}

Bernien, Hannes ^{[1
]}

van Weperen, Ilse ^{[1
]}

Hanson, Ronald ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Delft Univ Technol, Kavli Inst Nanosci Delft, NL-2600 GA Delft, Netherlands

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2010年 / 105卷 / 17期

关键词：

PHOTONS; SPIN;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.177403

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate coherent control of the optical transition of single nitrogen-vacancy defect centers in diamond. On applying short resonant laser pulses, we observe optical Rabi oscillations with a half period as short as 1 ns, an order of magnitude shorter than the spontaneous emission time. By studying the decay of Rabi oscillations, we find that the decoherence is dominated by laser-induced spectral jumps. By using a low-power probe pulse as a detuning sensor and applying postselection, we demonstrate that spectral diffusion can be overcome in this system to generate coherent photons.

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