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Investigation of Coherence Time of a Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in Diamond Created by a Low-Energy Nitrogen Implantation

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A nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond has been investigated extensively because of its promising spin and optical properties for applications to nanoscale magnetic sensing and magnetic resonance of magnetic elements outside the diamond. For those applications, a long decoherence time and positioning of an NV center on the diamond surface are desired. Here, we report the creation of NV centers near the diamond surface using a 3 keV nitrogen implantation and the coherence property of the created NV center.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (DMR-1508661 and CHE-1611134), the USC Anton B. Burg Foundation, and the Searle scholars program (S.T.).

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA

    Chathuranga Abeywardana, Zaili Peng, Laura C. Mugica & Susumu Takahashi

  2. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Edward Kleinsasser & Kai-Mei C. Fu

  3. Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA

    Kai-Mei C. Fu

  4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA

    Susumu Takahashi

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Abeywardana, C., Peng, Z., Mugica, L.C. et al. Investigation of Coherence Time of a Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in Diamond Created by a Low-Energy Nitrogen Implantation. Appl Magn Reson 48, 571–577 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00723-017-0885-x

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