Prediction and measurement of the size-dependent stability of fluorescence in diamond over the entire nanoscale

Carlo Bradac, Torsten Gaebel, Nishen Naidoo, James R. Rabeau, Amanda S. Barnard

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Abstract

Fluorescent defects in noncytotoxic diamond nanoparticles are candidates for qublts in quantum computing, optical labels in biomedical imaging, and sensors in magnetometry. For each application these defects need to be optically and thermodynamically stable and included in individual particles at suitable concentrations (singly or in large numbers). In this Letter, we combine simulations, theory, and experiment to provide the first comprehensive and generic prediction of the size, temperature, and nitrogen-concentration- dependent stability of optically active N-V defects in nanodiamonds.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3555-3564
Number of pages10
JournalNano Letters
Volume9
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Oct 2009
Externally publishedYes

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