Electronic properties and metrology applications of the diamond NV- center under pressure

Marcus W Doherty; Viktor V Struzhkin; David A Simpson; Liam P McGuinness; Yufei Meng; Alastair Stacey; Timothy J Karle; Russell J Hemley; Neil B Manson; Lloyd C L Hollenberg; Steven Prawer

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.047601

Electronic properties and metrology applications of the diamond NV- center under pressure

Phys Rev Lett. 2014 Jan 31;112(4):047601. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.047601. Epub 2014 Jan 31.

Affiliations

¹ Laser Physics Centre, Research School of Physics and Engineering, Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia.
² Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington DC 20015, USA.
³ Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
⁴ Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia and Institute for Quantum Optics, University of Ulm, D-89081 Ulm, Germany.
⁵ School of Physics and Melbourne Materials Institute, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.

PMID: 24580492
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.047601

Abstract

The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) center in diamond has realized new frontiers in quantum technology. Here, the optical and spin resonances of the NV- center are observed under hydrostatic pressures up to 60 GPa. Our results motivate powerful new techniques to measure pressure and image high-pressure magnetic and electric phenomena. Additionally, molecular orbital analysis and semiclassical calculations provide insight into the effects of compression on the electronic orbitals of the NV- center.