Nonclassical radiation from diamond nanocrystals
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- 19 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 64 (6), 061802
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.64.061802
Abstract
The quantum properties of the fluorescence light emitted by diamond nanocrystals containing a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) colored center are investigated. We have observed photon antibunching with very low background light. This system is therefore a very good candidate for the production of single photon on demand. In addition, we have measured a larger NV center lifetime in nanocrystals than in the bulk, in good agreement with a simple quantum electrodynamical model.Keywords
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