Single-photon emission in the near infrared from diamond colour centre

E. Wu; V. Jacques; F. Treussart; H. Zeng; P. Grangier; J. F. Roch

doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2005.12.052

Single-photon emission in the near infrared from diamond colour centre

E. Wu
, V. Jacques
, F. Treussart^*
, H. Zeng
, P. Grangier
, J. F. Roch

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute for Advanced Study in Precision Spectroscopy

Laboratoire de Photonique Quantique et Moléculaire
Laboratoire Charles Fabry

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Abstract

Optically active colour centres based on nickel-nitrogen impurities are observed in natural diamond under continuous-wave excitation. The spectral analysis shows that the single emitters have a narrow band emission in the near infrared, around 780 nm, which is almost entirely concentrated in the zero phonon line even at room temperature. The colour centre excited-state lifetime is as short as 2 ns, and the photoluminescence light is linear polarized. These striking features pave the way to the realization of a triggered single-photon source based on this colour centre emission well suited for open-air single-photon Quantum Key Distribution operating in day-light conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	19-23
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Luminescence
Volume	119-120
Issue number	SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2005.12.052
State	Published - Jul 2006

Keywords

Colour centre
Diamond
Single fluorescence emitter

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