Observation of Shear Strain in Ion-Implanted Diamond Substrate and Diamond Nanophotonic Structures

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Main Authors: Majumder, Ayan, Shukla, Vivek K, Bathla, Anuj, Yadav, Brajesh S., Singh, Nanhey, Rai, Padmnabh, Saha, Kasturi
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author Majumder, Ayan
Shukla, Vivek K
Bathla, Anuj
Yadav, Brajesh S.
Singh, Nanhey
Rai, Padmnabh
Saha, Kasturi
author_facet Majumder, Ayan
Shukla, Vivek K
Bathla, Anuj
Yadav, Brajesh S.
Singh, Nanhey
Rai, Padmnabh
Saha, Kasturi
contents Negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers and other color centers in diamonds have emerged as promising platforms for quantum communication, quantum information processing, and nanoscale sensing, owing to their long spin coherence times, fast spin control, and efficient photon coupling. Deterministic placement of individual color centers into nanophotonic structures is critical for scalable device integration, and ion implantation is the most viable technique. Nanofabrication processes, including diamond etching, are essential to realize these structures but can introduce crystal strain through lattice damage. In this work, we investigate the impact of ion implantation and nanofabrication-induced strain on the electronic spin levels of NV-centers. We demonstrate that the zero-field continuous-wave optically detected magnetic resonance (CW-ODMR) spectroscopy serves as a sensitive probe of local crystal strain. We report the presence of a shear strain feature in diamond substrates arising from the ion-implantation and nanofabrication processes, as evidenced by the asymmetric splitting black observed in the zero-field CW-ODMR spectrum of NV-centers.
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spellingShingle Observation of Shear Strain in Ion-Implanted Diamond Substrate and Diamond Nanophotonic Structures
Majumder, Ayan
Shukla, Vivek K
Bathla, Anuj
Yadav, Brajesh S.
Singh, Nanhey
Rai, Padmnabh
Saha, Kasturi
Quantum Physics
Negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers and other color centers in diamonds have emerged as promising platforms for quantum communication, quantum information processing, and nanoscale sensing, owing to their long spin coherence times, fast spin control, and efficient photon coupling. Deterministic placement of individual color centers into nanophotonic structures is critical for scalable device integration, and ion implantation is the most viable technique. Nanofabrication processes, including diamond etching, are essential to realize these structures but can introduce crystal strain through lattice damage. In this work, we investigate the impact of ion implantation and nanofabrication-induced strain on the electronic spin levels of NV-centers. We demonstrate that the zero-field continuous-wave optically detected magnetic resonance (CW-ODMR) spectroscopy serves as a sensitive probe of local crystal strain. We report the presence of a shear strain feature in diamond substrates arising from the ion-implantation and nanofabrication processes, as evidenced by the asymmetric splitting black observed in the zero-field CW-ODMR spectrum of NV-centers.
title Observation of Shear Strain in Ion-Implanted Diamond Substrate and Diamond Nanophotonic Structures
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16335