Using low-cost Blu-Ray Optical Pickup Units for Measurement of Single Photon Emission from NV-Centers

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Autores principales: Klug, Simon, Homrighausen, Jonas, Glösekötter, Peter, Schell, Andreas W., Gregor, Markus
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Publicado: 2024
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author Klug, Simon
Homrighausen, Jonas
Glösekötter, Peter
Schell, Andreas W.
Gregor, Markus
author_facet Klug, Simon
Homrighausen, Jonas
Glösekötter, Peter
Schell, Andreas W.
Gregor, Markus
contents This work presents a cost-effective method for collecting single photons emitted from single nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds. Conventional components of a confocal laser-scanning microscope, such as microscope objectives and the piezo translation stages, are replaced by two affordable Blu-ray optical pickup units. A Hanbury Brown and Twiss setup is used to identify single photon emission. The proposed approach is inexpensive and simple and lowers the entry-level to single photon research for quantum technologies. This enables student lab experiments or demonstration experiments at schools and shows that efficient sources of quantum light can be made from standard components compatible with established industry processes.
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spellingShingle Using low-cost Blu-Ray Optical Pickup Units for Measurement of Single Photon Emission from NV-Centers
Klug, Simon
Homrighausen, Jonas
Glösekötter, Peter
Schell, Andreas W.
Gregor, Markus
Quantum Physics
Applied Physics
Optics
This work presents a cost-effective method for collecting single photons emitted from single nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds. Conventional components of a confocal laser-scanning microscope, such as microscope objectives and the piezo translation stages, are replaced by two affordable Blu-ray optical pickup units. A Hanbury Brown and Twiss setup is used to identify single photon emission. The proposed approach is inexpensive and simple and lowers the entry-level to single photon research for quantum technologies. This enables student lab experiments or demonstration experiments at schools and shows that efficient sources of quantum light can be made from standard components compatible with established industry processes.
title Using low-cost Blu-Ray Optical Pickup Units for Measurement of Single Photon Emission from NV-Centers
topic Quantum Physics
Applied Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.00541