Enhancement of single-photon emission from nitrogen-vacancy centers with TiN/(Al,Sc)N hyperbolic metamaterial

Mikhail Y. Shalaginov, Vadim V. Vorobyov, Jing Liu, Marcello Ferrera, Alexey V. Akimov, Alexei Lagutchev, Andrey N. Smolyaninov, Vasily V. Klimov, Joseph Irudayaraj, Alexander V. Kildishev, Alexandra Boltasseva, Vladimir M. Shalaev*

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Abstract

The broadband enhancement of single-photon emission from nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds coupled to a planar multilayer metamaterial with hyperbolic dispersion is studied experimentally. The metamaterial is fabricated as an epitaxial metal/dielectric superlattice consisting of CMOS-compatible ceramics: titanium nitride (TiN) and aluminum scandium nitride (AlxSc1-xN). It is demonstrated that employing the metamaterial results in significant enhancement of collected single-photon emission and reduction of the excited-state lifetime. Our results could have an impact on future CMOS-compatible integrated quantum sources.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)120-127
Number of pages8
JournalLaser and Photonics Reviews
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • single-photon source
  • metamaterials
  • nitrogen-vacancy center
  • hyperbolic dispersion
  • OPTICAL HYPERLENS
  • TITANIUM NITRIDE
  • QUANTUM REGISTER
  • NUCLEAR-SPIN
  • DIAMOND
  • MOLECULES
  • MICROSCOPY
  • SURFACE

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