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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2011
Thomas M. Babinec, Watertown, MA (US);
Birgit J. M. Hausmann, Watertown, MA (US);
Mughees Khan, Belmont, MA (US);
Yinan Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Philip R. Hemmer, College Station, TX (US);
Marko Loncar, Cambridge, MA (US);
Thomas M. Babinec, Watertown, MA (US);
Birgit J. M. Hausmann, Watertown, MA (US);
Mughees Khan, Belmont, MA (US);
Yinan Zhang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Philip R. Hemmer, College Station, TX (US);
Marko Loncar, Cambridge, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
In a general aspect, a system includes a plurality of diamond nanowires disposed on the surface of a diamond substrate, at least some of the nanowires including a color center. The system also includes a light source configured to illuminate at least one of the plurality of nanowires with excitation light at a wavelength corresponding to an excitation wavelength of the color center included in the illuminated nanowire; and an optical receiver configured to receive a fluorescence emitted from the color center included in the illuminated nanowire in response to the excitation light.