Low Temperature Studies of the Excited-State Structure of Negatively Charged Nitrogen-Vacancy Color Centers in Diamond

Batalov, A; Jacques, V; Kaiser, F; Siyushev, P; Neumann, P; Rogers, Lachlan; McMurtrie, Roger; Manson, Neil; Jelezko, F; Wrachtrup, J

Low Temperature Studies of the Excited-State Structure of Negatively Charged Nitrogen-Vacancy Color Centers in Diamond

Date

2009

Authors

Batalov, A

Jacques, V

Kaiser, F

Siyushev, P

Neumann, P

Rogers, Lachlan

McMurtrie, Roger

Manson, Neil

Jelezko, F

Wrachtrup, J

Publisher

American Physical Society

Abstract

We report a study of the E3 excited-state structure of single negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defects in diamond, combining resonant excitation at cryogenic temperatures and optically detected magnetic resonance. A theoretical model is developed