Controlling the Coupling of a Single Nitrogen Vacancy Center to a Silver Nanowire

Huck, A., Kumar, S., Shakoor, A. and Andersen, U. L. (2011) Controlling the Coupling of a Single Nitrogen Vacancy Center to a Silver Nanowire. In: 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference: Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), Munich, Germany, 11-26 May 2011, p. 1. ISBN 9781457705335 (doi: 10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5943589)

Abstract

Dipole emitters are expected to efficiently couple to the plasmonic mode propagating along a cylindrically shaped metallic nano-structure. Such a strongly coupled system could serve as a fundamental building block for a single photon source on demand and a device enabling strong non-linear interaction at the level of a few photons. In our contribution we demonstrate the controlled coupling of a single nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in a diamond nano crystal to a nanowire made of silver. This is in contrast to previous realizations, where the nanowire dipole system was assembled randomly. Ultimate control over the relative nanowire diamond nano-crystal position is achieved by using an atomic force microscope (AFM) in contact mode operation.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Shakoor, Dr Abdul
• Authors: Huck, A., Kumar, S., Shakoor, A., and Andersen, U. L.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
• ISBN: 9781457705335