{
  "id": "1005.4428",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2010-05-24T20:44:45.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-05-24T20:44:45.000Z",
  "title": "Control and coherence of the optical transition of single defect centers in diamond",
  "authors": [
    "Lucio Robledo",
    "Hannes Bernien",
    "Ilse van Weperen",
    "Ronald Hanson"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages,4 figures",
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 177403 (2010)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.177403",
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We demonstrate coherent control of the optical transition of single Nitrogen-Vacancy defect centers in diamond. On applying short resonant laser pulses, we observe optical Rabi oscillations with a half-period as short as 1 nanosecond, an order of magnitude shorter than the spontaneous emission time. By studying the decay of Rabi oscillations, we find that the decoherence is dominated by laser-induced spectral jumps. By using a low-power probe pulse as a detuning sensor and applying post-selection, we demonstrate that spectral diffusion can be overcome in this system to generate coherent photons.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2010-05-24T20:44:45.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "78.47.jp",
      "42.50.Md",
      "61.72.jn",
      "78.55.Ap"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "single defect centers",
      "optical transition",
      "rabi oscillations",
      "single nitrogen-vacancy defect centers",
      "applying short resonant laser pulses"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2010,
      "month": "Oct",
      "volume": 105,
      "number": 17,
      "pages": 177403
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2010PhRvL.105q7403R"
    }
  }
}