| Literature DB >> 20366270 |
Kai-Mei C Fu1, Charles Santori, Paul E Barclay, Lachlan J Rogers, Neil B Manson, Raymond G Beausoleil.
Abstract
The optical transition linewidth and emission polarization of single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers are measured from 5 K to room temperature. Interexcited state population relaxation is shown to broaden the zero-phonon line and both the relaxation and linewidth are found to follow a T(5) dependence for T < 100 K. This dependence indicates that the dynamic Jahn-Teller effect is the dominant dephasing mechanism for the NV optical transitions at low temperatures.Entities:
Year: 2009 PMID: 20366270 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.256404
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161