Efficient fabrication of high-density ensembles of color centers via ion implantation on a hot diamond substrate

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Autores principales: Hernandez, E. Nieto, Andrini, G., Crnjac, A., Brajkovic, M., Picariello, F., Corte, E., Pugliese, V., Matijević, M., Aprà, P., Varzi, V., Forneris, J., Genovese, M., Siketic, Z., Jaksic, M., Tchernij, S. Ditalia
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author Hernandez, E. Nieto
Andrini, G.
Crnjac, A.
Brajkovic, M.
Picariello, F.
Corte, E.
Pugliese, V.
Matijević, M.
Aprà, P.
Varzi, V.
Forneris, J.
Genovese, M.
Siketic, Z.
Jaksic, M.
Tchernij, S. Ditalia
author_facet Hernandez, E. Nieto
Andrini, G.
Crnjac, A.
Brajkovic, M.
Picariello, F.
Corte, E.
Pugliese, V.
Matijević, M.
Aprà, P.
Varzi, V.
Forneris, J.
Genovese, M.
Siketic, Z.
Jaksic, M.
Tchernij, S. Ditalia
contents Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are promising systems for quantum technologies, including quantum metrology and sensing. A promising strategy for the achievement of high sensitivity to external fields relies on the exploitation of large ensembles of NV centers, whose fabrication by ion implantation is upper limited by the amount of radiation damage introduced in the diamond lattice. In this works we demonstrate an approach to increase the density of NV centers upon the high-fluence implantation of MeV N2+ ions on a hot target substrate (>550 °C). Our results show that, with respect to room-temperature implantation, the high-temperature process increases the vacancy density threshold required for the irreversible conversion of diamond to a graphitic phase, thus enabling to achieve higher density ensembles. Furthermore, the formation efficiency of color centers was investigated on diamond substrates implanted at varying temperatures with MeV N2+ and Mg+ ions revealing that the formation efficiency of both NV centers and magnesium-vacancy (MgV) centers increases with the implantation temperature.
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spellingShingle Efficient fabrication of high-density ensembles of color centers via ion implantation on a hot diamond substrate
Hernandez, E. Nieto
Andrini, G.
Crnjac, A.
Brajkovic, M.
Picariello, F.
Corte, E.
Pugliese, V.
Matijević, M.
Aprà, P.
Varzi, V.
Forneris, J.
Genovese, M.
Siketic, Z.
Jaksic, M.
Tchernij, S. Ditalia
Materials Science
Quantum Physics
Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are promising systems for quantum technologies, including quantum metrology and sensing. A promising strategy for the achievement of high sensitivity to external fields relies on the exploitation of large ensembles of NV centers, whose fabrication by ion implantation is upper limited by the amount of radiation damage introduced in the diamond lattice. In this works we demonstrate an approach to increase the density of NV centers upon the high-fluence implantation of MeV N2+ ions on a hot target substrate (>550 °C). Our results show that, with respect to room-temperature implantation, the high-temperature process increases the vacancy density threshold required for the irreversible conversion of diamond to a graphitic phase, thus enabling to achieve higher density ensembles. Furthermore, the formation efficiency of color centers was investigated on diamond substrates implanted at varying temperatures with MeV N2+ and Mg+ ions revealing that the formation efficiency of both NV centers and magnesium-vacancy (MgV) centers increases with the implantation temperature.
title Efficient fabrication of high-density ensembles of color centers via ion implantation on a hot diamond substrate
topic Materials Science
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.19526