Enhanced emission extraction and selective excitation of NV centers with all–dielectric nanoantennas

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

E-ISSN: 1863-8899|9|4|385-391

ISSN: 1863-8880

Source: LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS (ELECTRONIC), Vol.9, Iss.4, 2015-07, pp. : 385-391

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Abstract

A novel approach to facilitate excitation and readout processes of isolated negatively charged nitrogen‐vacancy (NV) centers is proposed. The approach is based on the concept of all‐dielectric nanoantennas. It is shown that the all‐dielectric nanoantenna can significantly enhance both the emission rate and emission extraction efficiency of a photoluminescence signal from a single NV center in a diamond nanoparticle on a dielectric substrate. The proposed approach provides high directivity, large Purcell factor, and efficient beam steering, thus allowing an efficient far‐field initialization and readout of several NV centers separated by subwavelength distances.