Nanopositioning of a diamond nanocrystal containing a single NV defect center

T. van der Sar; E. C. Heeres; G. M. Dmochowski; G. de Lange; L. Robledo; T. H. Oosterkamp; R. Hanson

doi:10.1063/1.3120558

Nanopositioning of a diamond nanocrystal containing a single NV defect center

Quantum Physics 2009-05-08 v1

Authors: T. van der Sar , E. C. Heeres , G. M. Dmochowski , G. de Lange , L. Robledo , T. H. Oosterkamp , R. Hanson

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Abstract

Precise control over the position of a single quantum object is important for many experiments in quantum science and nanotechnology. We report on a technique for high-accuracy positioning of individual diamond nanocrystals. The positioning is done with a home-built nanomanipulator under real-time scanning electron imaging, yielding an accuracy of a few nanometers. This technique is applied to pick up, move and position a single NV defect center contained in a diamond nanocrystal. We verify that the unique optical and spin properties of the NV center are conserved by the positioning process.

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diamond nanocrystal NV defect center nanopositioning nanomanipulator scanning electron microscopy single quantum object

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@article{arxiv.0903.3336,
  title  = {Nanopositioning of a diamond nanocrystal containing a single NV defect center},
  author = {T. van der Sar and E. C. Heeres and G. M. Dmochowski and G. de Lange and L. Robledo and T. H. Oosterkamp and R. Hanson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0903.3336},
  year   = {2009}
}

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3 pages, 3 figures; high-resolution version available at http://www.ns.tudelft.nl/qt

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