Tracking emission rate dynamics of nitrogen vacancy centers in nanodiamonds

F. A. Inam, A. M. Edmonds, M. J. Steel, S. Castelletto

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Abstract

Spontaneous emission from crystal centers is influenced by both the photonic local density of states and non-radiative processes. Here, we monitor the spontaneous emission of single nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers as their host diamond is reduced in size from a large monolithic crystal to a nanocrystal by successive cycles of oxidation. The size reduction induces a quenching of the NV radiative emission. Additional non-radiative channels lead to a decrease of the fluorescence intensity and the excited state lifetime. In one case, we observe the onset of blinking which may provide a route to understand these additional non-radiative decay channels.

Original languageEnglish
Article number253109
Pages (from-to)1-5
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume102
Issue number25
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Jun 2013

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Copyright 2013 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Applied physics letters 102, 253109 (2013) and may be found at http://apl.aip.org/resource/1/applab/v102/i25/p253109_s1

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