Stable Solid-State Source of Single Photons

Christian Kurtsiefer, Sonja Mayer, Patrick Zarda, and Harald Weinfurter
Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 290 – Published 10 July 2000
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Abstract

Fluorescence light observed from a single nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond exhibits strong photon antibunching: The measured pair correlation function g(2)(0) shows that only one photon is emitted at a time. Nitrogen-vacancy centers are well localized, stable against photobleaching even at room temperature, and can be addressed in simple experimental configurations.

  • Received 27 March 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.290

©2000 American Physical Society

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Christian Kurtsiefer1, Sonja Mayer1, Patrick Zarda2, and Harald Weinfurter1,2

  • 1Sektion Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, D-80799 München, Germany
  • 2Max-Planck-Insitut für Quantenoptik, D-85748 Garching, Germany

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Vol. 85, Iss. 2 — 10 July 2000

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