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Quantum optics and nanoscale sensing in diamond
Thursday February 26, 2015
| 3:30 pm
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Presenter: | Victor Acosta, Google Inc. |
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| Series: | CQuIC Seminars | |
| Abstract: |
Color centers in wide-bandgap semiconductors offer a way to merge atomic physics and condensed-matter nanotechnology to engineer a new class of devices with tailored interactions in a scalable platform. The nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a promising system due to its atom-scale electronic wavefunction, long-lived paramagnetic ground state, and spin-selective optical transitions even at room temperature. Towards applications in information processing, I will discuss progress in fabricating nanophotonic networks containing spectrally-pure NV centers embedded in high-quality optical cavities as well as using electromagnetically-induced transparency with NV ensembles for few-photon nonlinear optics. Towards applications in life sciences, I will discuss our recent work using nanostructured diamond devices for surface-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance. Here we seek to hyperpolarize room-temperature liquids/gases and perform nanoscale MRI with wide-field optical readout. Finally, I will highlight challenges with using NV centers, and discuss other emerging systems, including the Silicon-Vacancy center in diamond and defects in SiC, which have more favorable properties for certain applications. |
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| Host: | Akimasa Miyake | |
| Location: | PAIS-2540, PAIS | |
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