Color centers in diamonds have shown promising potential for luminescent thermometry. So far, the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center has demonstrated a high sensitivity for optical temperature monitoring in biological systems. However, the NV center requires microwave excitation which can cause unwanted heating, and the NV is also sensitive to non-axial magnetic fields, both of which can result in inaccurate temperature measurements. To overcome this drawback, the silicon-vacancy (SiV) and germanium-vacancy (GeV) color centers in diamonds have recently been explored and have shown good optical temperature sensitivity owing to the temperature dependent wavelength optical zero-phonon line. Here, we report optical temperature measurements using the recently discovered tin-vacancy (SnV) color center in diamond and show sensitivity better than 0.2 K in 10 s integration time. Also, we compare the relative merits of SnV with respect to SiV and GeV for luminescent thermometry. These results illustrate that there are likely to be many future options for nanoscale thermometry using diamonds.
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11 June 2018
Research Article|
June 11 2018
Tin-vacancy in diamonds for luminescent thermometry
Masfer Alkahtani;
Masfer Alkahtani
a)
1
Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
2
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
3
Center for Quantum Optics and Quantum Informatics
, KACST, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia
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Ivan Cojocaru
;
Ivan Cojocaru
1
Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
2
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
4
Russian Quantum Center
, 100A, Novaya Street, Skolkovo, 143025 Moscow, Russia
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Xiaohan Liu;
Xiaohan Liu
1
Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
2
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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Tobias Herzig;
Tobias Herzig
5
Felix-Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Leipzig
, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Jan Meijer;
Jan Meijer
5
Felix-Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Leipzig
, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Johannes Küpper;
Johannes Küpper
5
Felix-Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Leipzig
, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Tobias Lühmann;
Tobias Lühmann
5
Felix-Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Leipzig
, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Alexey V. Akimov
;
Alexey V. Akimov
1
Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
2
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
4
Russian Quantum Center
, 100A, Novaya Street, Skolkovo, 143025 Moscow, Russia
6
PN Lebedev Institute RAS
, Leninsky Prospect 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Philip R. Hemmer
Philip R. Hemmer
1
Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
2
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
7
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
8
Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Federal Research Center “Kazan Scientific Center of RAS,”
420029 Kazan, Russia
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Masfer Alkahtani
1,2,3,a)
Ivan Cojocaru
1,2,4
Xiaohan Liu
1,2
Tobias Herzig
5
Jan Meijer
5
Johannes Küpper
5
Tobias Lühmann
5
Alexey V. Akimov
1,2,4,6
Philip R. Hemmer
1,2,7,8
1
Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
2
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
3
Center for Quantum Optics and Quantum Informatics
, KACST, Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia
4
Russian Quantum Center
, 100A, Novaya Street, Skolkovo, 143025 Moscow, Russia
5
Felix-Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Leipzig
, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
6
PN Lebedev Institute RAS
, Leninsky Prospect 53, 119991 Moscow, Russia
7
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
8
Zavoisky Physical-Technical Institute, Federal Research Center “Kazan Scientific Center of RAS,”
420029 Kazan, Russia
Appl. Phys. Lett. 112, 241902 (2018)
Article history
Received:
April 20 2018
Accepted:
May 28 2018
Citation
Masfer Alkahtani, Ivan Cojocaru, Xiaohan Liu, Tobias Herzig, Jan Meijer, Johannes Küpper, Tobias Lühmann, Alexey V. Akimov, Philip R. Hemmer; Tin-vacancy in diamonds for luminescent thermometry. Appl. Phys. Lett. 11 June 2018; 112 (24): 241902. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5037053
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