{
  "id": "1210.5574",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2012-10-20T02:54:33.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-10-20T02:54:33.000Z",
  "title": "Light narrowing of magnetic resonances in ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond",
  "authors": [
    "K. Jensen",
    "V. M. Acosta",
    "A. Jarmola",
    "D. Budker"
  ],
  "categories": [
    "quant-ph",
    "physics.atom-ph"
  ],
  "abstract": "We investigate optically detected magnetic resonance signals from an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond. The signals are measured for different light powers and microwave powers, and the contrast and linewidth of the magnetic-resonance signals are extracted. For a wide range of experimental settings of the microwave and light powers, the linewidth decreases with increasing light power, and more than a factor of two \"light narrowing\" is observed.Furthermore, we identify that spin-spin interaction between nitrogen-vacancy centers and substitutional nitrogen atoms in the diamond leads to changes in the lineshape and the linewidth of the optically detected magnetic-resonance signals. Finally, the importance of the light-narrowing effect for optimizing the sensitivity of magnetic field measurements is discussed.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2012-10-20T02:54:33.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "76.30.Mi",
      "76.70.Hb",
      "81.05.ug",
      "76.60.Es"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "nitrogen-vacancy centers",
      "light narrowing",
      "light power",
      "optically detected magnetic resonance signals",
      "substitutional nitrogen atoms"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevB.87.014115",
      "journal": "Physical Review B",
      "year": 2013,
      "month": "Jan",
      "volume": 87,
      "number": 1,
      "pages": "014115"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2013PhRvB..87a4115J"
    }
  }
}