title: Single nitrogen vacancy centers in chemical vapor deposited diamond nanocrystals.
abstract: Nanodiamond crystals containing single color centers have been grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The fluorescence from individual crystallites was directly correlated with crystallite size using a combined atomic force and scanning confocal fluorescence microscope. Under the conditions employed, the optimal size for single optically active nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center incorporation was measured to be 60-70 nm. The findings highlight a strong dependence of NV incorporation on crystal size, particularly with crystals less than 50 nm in size.
authors: Department of Physics, Division of Information and Communication Science, Macquarie University, New South Wales 2109, Australia. jrabeau@ics.mq.edu.au
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Rabeau
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Stacey
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Rabeau
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Prawer
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Jelezko
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Mirza
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Wrachtrup
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D018130:Diamond; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry; D007834:Lasers; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D017785:Photons; D011791:Quartz; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D011791:Quartz; D018130:Diamond; D009584:Nitrogen