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Wood AA, McCloskey DJ, Dontschuk N, Lozovoi A, Goldblatt RM, Delord T, Broadway DA, Tetienne JP, Johnson BC, Mitchell KT, Lew CTK, Meriles CA, Martin AM. 3D-Mapping and Manipulation of Photocurrent in an Optoelectronic Diamond Device. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024:e2405338. [PMID: 39177116 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202405338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2024] [Revised: 07/28/2024] [Indexed: 08/24/2024]
Abstract
Establishing connections between material impurities and charge transport properties in emerging electronic and quantum materials, such as wide-bandgap semiconductors, demands new diagnostic methods tailored to these unique systems. Many such materials host optically-active defect centers which offer a powerful in situ characterization system, but one that typically relies on the weak spin-electric field coupling to measure electronic phenomena. In this work, charge-state sensitive optical microscopy is combined with photoelectric detection of an array of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers to directly image the flow of charge carriers inside a diamond optoelectronic device, in 3D and with temporal resolution. Optical control is used to change the charge state of background impurities inside the diamond on-demand, resulting in drastically different current flow such as filamentary channels nucleating from specific, defective regions of the device. Conducting channels that control carrier flow, key steps toward optically reconfigurable, wide-bandgap optoelectronics are then engineered using light. This work might be extended to probe other wide-bandgap semiconductors (SiC, GaN) relevant to present and emerging electronic and quantum technologies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alexander A Wood
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- CUNY-The City College of New York, New York, 10031, USA
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- CUNY-The City College of New York, New York, 10031, USA
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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- School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- CUNY-The City College of New York, New York, 10031, USA
- CUNY - The Graduate Center, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Blankenship B, Li J, Jones Z, Parashar M, Zhao N, Singh H, Li R, Arvin S, Sarkar A, Yang R, Meier T, Rho Y, Ajoy A, Grigoropoulos CP. Spatially Resolved Quantum Sensing with High-Density Bubble-Printed Nanodiamonds. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:9711-9719. [PMID: 39052913 PMCID: PMC11311541 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c02519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2024] [Revised: 07/19/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024]
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Nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centers in nanodiamonds have emerged as a versatile platform for a wide range of applications, including bioimaging, photonics, and quantum sensing. However, the widespread adoption of nanodiamonds in practical applications has been hindered by the challenges associated with patterning them into high-resolution features with sufficient throughput. In this work, we overcome these limitations by introducing a direct laser-writing bubble printing technique that enables the precise fabrication of two-dimensional nanodiamond patterns. The printed nanodiamonds exhibit a high packing density and strong photoluminescence emission, as well as robust optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) signals. We further harness the spatially resolved ODMR of the nanodiamond patterns to demonstrate the mapping of two-dimensional temperature gradients using high frame rate widefield lock-in fluorescence imaging. This capability paves the way for integrating nanodiamond-based quantum sensors into practical devices and systems, opening new possibilities for applications involving high-resolution thermal imaging and biosensing.
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- Brian
W. Blankenship
- Laser
Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Laser
Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Advanced
Biofuels and Bioproducts Process Development Unit (ABPDU), Biological
Systems and Engineering Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Laser
Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Laser
Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Laser
Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Laser
Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Laser
Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Mechanical Engineering, Ulsan National
Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Chemical
Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- CIFAR
Azrieli Global Scholars Program, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1M1, Canada
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- Laser
Thermal Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Xu K, Pagliero D, López-Morales GI, Flick J, Wolcott A, Meriles CA. Photoinduced Charge Injection from Shallow Point Defects in Diamond into Water. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2024; 16:37226-37233. [PMID: 38976775 PMCID: PMC11261567 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c06298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2024] [Revised: 06/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
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Thanks to its low or negative surface electron affinity and chemical inertness, diamond is attracting broad attention as a source material of solvated electrons produced by optical excitation of the solid-liquid interface. Unfortunately, its wide bandgap typically imposes the use of wavelengths in the ultraviolet range, hence complicating practical applications. Here, we probe the photocurrent response of water surrounded by single-crystal diamond surfaces engineered to host shallow nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers. We observe clear signatures of diamond-induced photocurrent generation throughout the visible range and for wavelengths reaching up to 594 nm. Experiments as a function of laser power suggest that NV centers and other coexisting defects─likely in the form of surface traps─contribute to carrier injection, though we find that NVs dominate the system response in the limit of high illumination intensities. Given our growing understanding of near-surface NV centers and adjacent point defects, these results open new perspectives in the application of diamond-liquid interfaces to photocarrier-initiated chemical and spin processes in fluids.
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- Kang Xu
- Department
of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department
of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department
of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
- CUNY-The
Graduate Center, New York, New York 10016, United States
- Center
for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron
Institute, New York, New York 10010, United States
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- Department
of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
- Department
of Chemistry, San José State University, San José, California 95192, United States
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- Department
of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
- CUNY-The
Graduate Center, New York, New York 10016, United States
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Ma MQ, Wu YK, Liu ZW, Zang HX, Shan LK, Jiang W, Liu Y, Ren XF, Chen XD, Guo GC, Sun FW. Integrated Manipulation and Addressing of Spin Defect in Diamond. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:1660-1666. [PMID: 38266180 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2024]
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Scalable and addressable integrated manipulation of qubits is crucial for practical quantum information applications. Different waveguides have been used to transport the optical and electrical driving pulses, which are usually required for qubit manipulation. However, the separated multifields may limit the compactness and efficiency of manipulation and introduce unwanted perturbation. Here, we develop a tapered fiber-nanowire-electrode hybrid structure to realize integrated optical and microwave manipulation of solid-state spins at nanoscale. Visible light and microwave driving pulses are simultaneously transported and concentrated along an Ag nanowire. Studied with spin defects in diamond, the results show that the different driving fields are aligned with high accuracy. The spatially selective spin manipulation is realized. And the frequency-scanning optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) of spin qubits is measured, illustrating the potential for portable quantum sensing. Our work provides a new scheme for developing compact, miniaturized quantum sensors and quantum information processing devices.
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- Meng-Qi Ma
- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, School of Physical Sciences,University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- CAS Center For Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, People's Republic of China
- Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, People's Republic of China
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He G, Ye B, Gong R, Liu Z, Murch KW, Yao NY, Zu C. Quasi-Floquet Prethermalization in a Disordered Dipolar Spin Ensemble in Diamond. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 131:130401. [PMID: 37832016 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.131.130401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
Abstract
Floquet (periodic) driving has recently emerged as a powerful technique for engineering quantum systems and realizing nonequilibrium phases of matter. A central challenge to stabilizing quantum phenomena in such systems is the need to prevent energy absorption from the driving field. Fortunately, when the frequency of the drive is significantly larger than the local energy scales of the many-body system, energy absorption is suppressed. The existence of this so-called prethermal regime depends sensitively on the range of interactions and the presence of multiple driving frequencies. Here, we report the observation of Floquet prethermalization in a strongly interacting dipolar spin ensemble in diamond, where the angular dependence of the dipolar coupling helps to mitigate the long-ranged nature of the interaction. Moreover, we extend our experimental observation to quasi-Floquet drives with multiple incommensurate frequencies. In contrast to a single-frequency drive, we find that the existence of prethermalization is extremely sensitive to the smoothness of the applied field. Our results open the door to stabilizing and characterizing nonequilibrium phenomena in quasiperiodically driven systems.
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- Guanghui He
- Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
- Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Wang G, Li C, Tang H, Li B, Madonini F, Alsallom FF, Calvin Sun WK, Peng P, Villa F, Li J, Cappellaro P. Manipulating solid-state spin concentration through charge transport. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2305621120. [PMID: 37527342 PMCID: PMC10410760 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2305621120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 08/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Solid-state defects are attractive platforms for quantum sensing and simulation, e.g., in exploring many-body physics and quantum hydrodynamics. However, many interesting properties can be revealed only upon changes in the density of defects, which instead is usually fixed in material systems. Increasing the interaction strength by creating denser defect ensembles also brings more decoherence. Ideally one would like to control the spin concentration at will while keeping fixed decoherence effects. Here, we show that by exploiting charge transport, we can take some steps in this direction, while at the same time characterizing charge transport and its capture by defects. By exploiting the cycling process of ionization and recombination of NV centers in diamond, we pump electrons from the valence band to the conduction band. These charges are then transported to modulate the spin concentration by changing the charge state of material defects. By developing a wide-field imaging setup integrated with a fast single photon detector array, we achieve a direct and efficient characterization of the charge redistribution process by measuring the complete spectrum of the spin bath with micrometer-scale spatial resolution. We demonstrate a two-fold concentration increase of the dominant spin defects while keeping the T2 of the NV center relatively unchanged, which also provides a potential experimental demonstration of the suppression of spin flip-flops via hyperfine interactions. Our work paves the way to studying many-body dynamics with temporally and spatially tunable interaction strengths in hybrid charge-spin systems.
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- Guoqing Wang
- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano20133, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ08544
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano20133, Italy
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- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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- Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA02139
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Gorrini F, Bifone A. Advances in Stabilization and Enrichment of Shallow Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond for Biosensing and Spin-Polarization Transfer. BIOSENSORS 2023; 13:691. [PMID: 37504090 PMCID: PMC10377017 DOI: 10.3390/bios13070691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
Abstract
Negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centers in diamond have unique magneto-optical properties, such as high fluorescence, single-photon generation, millisecond-long coherence times, and the ability to initialize and read the spin state using purely optical means. This makes NV- centers a powerful sensing tool for a range of applications, including magnetometry, electrometry, and thermometry. Biocompatible NV-rich nanodiamonds find application in cellular microscopy, nanoscopy, and in vivo imaging. NV- centers can also detect electron spins, paramagnetic agents, and nuclear spins. Techniques have been developed to hyperpolarize 14N, 15N, and 13C nuclear spins, which could open up new perspectives in NMR and MRI. However, defects on the diamond surface, such as hydrogen, vacancies, and trapping states, can reduce the stability of NV- in favor of the neutral form (NV0), which lacks the same properties. Laser irradiation can also lead to charge-state switching and a reduction in the number of NV- centers. Efforts have been made to improve stability through diamond substrate doping, proper annealing and surface termination, laser irradiation, and electric or electrochemical tuning of the surface potential. This article discusses advances in the stabilization and enrichment of shallow NV- ensembles, describing strategies for improving the quality of diamond devices for sensing and spin-polarization transfer applications. Selected applications in the field of biosensing are discussed in more depth.
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- Federico Gorrini
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, TO, Italy
- Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, TO, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, TO, Italy
- Center for Sustainable Future Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, TO, Italy
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Wood A, Lozovoi A, Zhang ZH, Sharma S, López-Morales GI, Jayakumar H, de Leon NP, Meriles CA. Room-Temperature Photochromism of Silicon Vacancy Centers in CVD Diamond. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:1017-1022. [PMID: 36668997 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The silicon vacancy (SiV) center in diamond is typically found in three stable charge states, SiV0, SiV-, and SiV2-, but studying the processes leading to their formation is challenging, especially at room temperature, due to their starkly different photoluminescence rates. Here, we use confocal fluorescence microscopy to activate and probe charge interconversion between all three charge states under ambient conditions. In particular, we witness the formation of SiV0 via the two-step capture of diffusing, photogenerated holes, a process we expose both through direct SiV0 fluorescence measurements at low temperatures and confocal microscopy observations in the presence of externally applied electric fields. In addition, we show that continuous red illumination induces the converse process, first transforming SiV0 into SiV- and then into SiV2-. Our results shed light on the charge dynamics of SiV and promise opportunities for nanoscale sensing and quantum information processing.
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- Alexander Wood
- Department. of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
- University of Melbourne, Parkville VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department. of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department. of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department. of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
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- Department. of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, United States
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- Department. of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, United States
- CUNY-Graduate Center, New York, New York 10016, United States
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Lozovoi A, Vizkelethy G, Bielejec E, Meriles CA. Imaging dark charge emitters in diamond via carrier-to-photon conversion. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabl9402. [PMID: 34995119 PMCID: PMC8741179 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl9402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
The application of color centers in wide-bandgap semiconductors to nanoscale sensing and quantum information processing largely rests on our knowledge of the surrounding crystalline lattice, often obscured by the countless classes of point defects the material can host. Here, we monitor the fluorescence from a negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV−) center in diamond as we illuminate its vicinity. Cyclic charge state conversion of neighboring point defects sensitive to the excitation beam leads to a position-dependent stream of photo-generated carriers whose capture by the probe NV− leads to a fluorescence change. This “charge-to-photon” conversion scheme allows us to image other individual point defects surrounding the probe NV, including nonfluorescent “single-charge emitters” that would otherwise remain unnoticed. Given the ubiquity of color center photochromism, this strategy may likely find extensions to material systems other than diamond.
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- Artur Lozovoi
- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
- CUNY-Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
- Corresponding author.
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Gorrini F, Dorigoni C, Olivares-Postigo D, Giri R, Aprà P, Picollo F, Bifone A. Long-Lived Ensembles of Shallow NV - Centers in Flat and Nanostructured Diamonds by Photoconversion. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:43221-43232. [PMID: 34468122 PMCID: PMC8447188 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/02/2021] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
Abstract
Shallow, negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy centers (NV-) in diamond have been proposed for high-sensitivity magnetometry and spin-polarization transfer applications. However, surface effects tend to favor and stabilize the less useful neutral form, the NV0 centers. Here, we report the effects of green laser irradiation on ensembles of nanometer-shallow NV centers in flat and nanostructured diamond surfaces as a function of laser power in a range not previously explored (up to 150 mW/μm2). Fluorescence spectroscopy, optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR), and charge-photoconversion detection are applied to characterize the properties and dynamics of NV- and NV0 centers. We demonstrate that high laser power strongly promotes photoconversion of NV0 to NV- centers. Surprisingly, the excess NV- population is stable over a timescale of 100 ms after switching off the laser, resulting in long-lived enrichment of shallow NV-. The beneficial effect of photoconversion is less marked in nanostructured samples. Our results are important to inform the design of samples and experimental procedures for applications relying on ensembles of shallow NV- centers in diamond.
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- Federico Gorrini
- Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Sustainable
Future Technologies, via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, Italy
- Molecular
Biology Center, University of Torino, via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Neuroscience
and Cognitive System, corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto (Tn), Italy
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- Molecular
Biology Center, University of Torino, via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
- Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Neuroscience
and Cognitive System, corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto (Tn), Italy
- Department
of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Neuroscience
and Cognitive System, corso Bettini 31, 38068 Rovereto (Tn), Italy
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- Department
of Physics and “NIS Inter-departmental Centre”, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria, 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
- National
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Section of Torino, Torino 10125, Italy
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- Department
of Physics and “NIS Inter-departmental Centre”, University of Torino, Via Pietro Giuria, 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
- National
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Section of Torino, Torino 10125, Italy
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- Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Sustainable
Future Technologies, via Livorno 60, 10144 Torino, Italy
- Molecular
Biology Center, University of Torino, via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
- Department
of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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Gardill A, Kemeny I, Cambria MC, Li Y, Dinani HT, Norambuena A, Maze JR, Lordi V, Kolkowitz S. Probing Charge Dynamics in Diamond with an Individual Color Center. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:6960-6966. [PMID: 34339601 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Control over the charge states of color centers in solids is necessary to fully utilize them in quantum technologies. However, the microscopic charge dynamics of deep defects in wide-band-gap semiconductors are complex, and much remains unknown. We utilize a single-shot charge-state readout of an individual nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center to probe the charge dynamics of the surrounding defects in diamond. We show that the NV center charge state can be converted through the capture of holes produced by optical illumination of defects many micrometers away. With this method, we study the optical charge conversion of silicon-vacancy (SiV) centers and provide evidence that the dark state of the SiV center under optical illumination is SiV2-. These measurements illustrate that charge carrier generation, transport, and capture are important considerations in the design and implementation of quantum devices with color centers and provide a novel way to probe and control charge dynamics in diamond.
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- Aedan Gardill
- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Centro de Investigación DAiTA Lab, Facultad de Estudios Interdisciplinarios, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 7560908, Chile
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- Centro de Investigación DAiTA Lab, Facultad de Estudios Interdisciplinarios, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 7560908, Chile
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- Instituto de Física, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
- Centro de Investigación en Nanotecnología y Materiales Avanzados, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 7820436, Chile
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Lozovoi A, Jayakumar H, Daw D, Lakra A, Meriles CA. Probing Metastable Space-Charge Potentials in a Wide Band Gap Semiconductor. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:256602. [PMID: 33416343 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.256602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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While the study of space-charge potentials has a long history, present models are largely based on the notion of steady state equilibrium, ill-suited to describe wide band gap semiconductors with moderate to low concentrations of defects. Here we build on color centers in diamond both to locally inject carriers into the crystal and probe their evolution as they propagate in the presence of external and internal potentials. We witness the formation of metastable charge patterns whose shape-and concomitant field-can be engineered through the timing of carrier injection and applied voltages. With the help of previously crafted charge patterns, we unveil a rich interplay between local and extended sources of space-charge field, which we then exploit to show space-charge-induced carrier guiding.
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- Artur Lozovoi
- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
- CUNY-Graduate Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
- CUNY-Graduate Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Jayakumar H, Lozovoi A, Daw D, Meriles CA. Long-Term Spin State Storage Using Ancilla Charge Memories. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:236601. [PMID: 33337195 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.236601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We articulate confocal microscopy and electron spin resonance to implement spin-to-charge conversion in a small ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in bulk diamond and demonstrate charge conversion of neighboring defects conditional on the NV spin state. We build on this observation to show time-resolved NV spin manipulation and ancilla-charge-aided NV spin state detection via integrated measurements. Our results hint at intriguing opportunities in the development of novel measurement strategies in fundamental science and quantum spintronics as well as in the search for enhanced forms of color-center-based metrology down to the limit of individual point defects.
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
- CUNY-Graduate Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Chuang YT, Chen SD, Huang WC, Shen TL, Chang MS, Chen YF, Hsieh YP, Chang YH, Hofmann M. Multilevel Optical Labeling by Spectral Luminescence Control in Nanodiamond Color Centers. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:49006-49011. [PMID: 33064459 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c16228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Distinguishing a multitude of optical labels is crucial to improving the spatial and temporal resolution of bioimaging. However, current multicolor imaging approaches are limited by the spectral overlap of employed fluorophores. We here discern different instances of a single optical label type through their emission intensity. Such multilevel optical labels are enabled by an optical writing process that permanently modifies their spectral response in a predictable manner and by a separate spectral feature that serves as normalization in the presence of sample variability. The proposed approach was realized by independently controlling the emission properties of highly functionalized fluorescent nanodiamond. Upon laser irradiation, the contribution of the spectral region associated with the N3 color center decreases in a predictable and permanent fashion, while the nitrogen vacancy (NV) emission remains stable. This selective photobleaching of N3 centers was found to originate from a two-photon-assisted dissociation process that results in a 105 higher mobility of photoexcited carriers in N3 centers compared to NV. The resulting write once read many (WORM) memory exhibits multiple distinct memory levels that can be stored and read out with high robustness and reproducibility. The potential of our approach was demonstrated by characterizing markers in HeLa cells with high fidelity, despite the complex emission background. Finally, direct manipulation of label information inside of cells was demonstrated, opening up new routes in advanced bioimaging.
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- Yan-Ting Chuang
- Graduate Institute of Applied Physics, Nation Taiwan University, 106 Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Nation Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Applied Physics, Nation Taiwan University, 106 Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Nation Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Nation Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Department of Physics, Nation Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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McCloskey DJ, Dontschuk N, Broadway DA, Nadarajah A, Stacey A, Tetienne JP, Hollenberg LCL, Prawer S, Simpson DA. Enhanced Widefield Quantum Sensing with Nitrogen-Vacancy Ensembles Using Diamond Nanopillar Arrays. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:13421-13427. [PMID: 32100531 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b19397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Surface micro- and nano-patterning techniques are often employed to enhance the optical interface to single photoluminescent emitters in diamond, but the utility of such surface structuring in applications requiring ensembles of emitters is still open to investigation. Here, we demonstrate scalable and fault-tolerant fabrication of closely packed arrays of fluorescent diamond nanopillars, each hosting its own dense, uniformly bright ensemble of near-surface nitrogen-vacancy centers. We explore the optimal sizes for these structures and realize enhanced spin and photoluminescence properties resulting in a 4.5 times increase in optically detected magnetic resonance sensitivity when compared to unpatterned surfaces. Utilizing the increased measurement sensitivity, we image the mechanical stress tensor in each diamond pillar across the arrays and show that the fabrication process has a negligible impact on in-built stress compared to the unpatterned surface. Our results represent a valuable pathway toward future multimodal and vector-resolved imaging studies, for instance in biological contexts.
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- Daniel J McCloskey
- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
- Centre for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology, School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Anderson CP, Bourassa A, Miao KC, Wolfowicz G, Mintun PJ, Crook AL, Abe H, Ul Hassan J, Son NT, Ohshima T, Awschalom DD. Electrical and optical control of single spins integrated in scalable semiconductor devices. Science 2019; 366:1225-1230. [PMID: 31806809 DOI: 10.1126/science.aax9406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Spin defects in silicon carbide have the advantage of exceptional electron spin coherence combined with a near-infrared spin-photon interface, all in a material amenable to modern semiconductor fabrication. Leveraging these advantages, we integrated highly coherent single neutral divacancy spins in commercially available p-i-n structures and fabricated diodes to modulate the local electrical environment of the defects. These devices enable deterministic charge-state control and broad Stark-shift tuning exceeding 850 gigahertz. We show that charge depletion results in a narrowing of the optical linewidths by more than 50-fold, approaching the lifetime limit. These results demonstrate a method for mitigating the ubiquitous problem of spectral diffusion in solid-state emitters by engineering the electrical environment while using classical semiconductor devices to control scalable, spin-based quantum systems.
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- Christopher P Anderson
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University, SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
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- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 1233 Watanuki, Takasaki, Gunma 370-1292, Japan
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. .,Department of Physics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.,Center for Molecular Engineering and Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439, USA
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Gorrini F, Giri R, Avalos CE, Tambalo S, Mannucci S, Basso L, Bazzanella N, Dorigoni C, Cazzanelli M, Marzola P, Miotello A, Bifone A. Fast and Sensitive Detection of Paramagnetic Species Using Coupled Charge and Spin Dynamics in Strongly Fluorescent Nanodiamonds. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:24412-24422. [PMID: 31199615 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b05779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Sensing of a few unpaired electron spins, such as in metal ions and radicals, is a useful but difficult task in nanoscale physics, biology, and chemistry. Single negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centers in diamond offer high sensitivity and spatial resolution in the optical detection of weak magnetic fields produced by a spin bath but often require long acquisition times on the order of seconds. Here, we present an approach based on coupled spin and charge dynamics in dense NV ensembles in strongly fluorescent nanodiamonds (NDs) to sense external magnetic dipoles. We apply this approach to various paramagnetic species, including gadolinium complexes, magnetite nanoparticles, and hemoglobin in whole blood. Taking advantage of the high NV density, we demonstrate a dramatic reduction in acquisition time (down to tens of milliseconds) while maintaining high sensitivity to paramagnetic centers. Strong luminescence, high sensitivity, and short acquisition time make dense NV- ensembles in NDs a potentially promising tool for biosensing and bioimaging applications.
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- F Gorrini
- Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Bettini 31 , Rovereto, 38068 Trento , Italy
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Bettini 31 , Rovereto, 38068 Trento , Italy
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- Institut des Sciences et Ingénierie Chimiques , Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) , Batochime , CH-1015 Lausanne , Switzerland
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Bettini 31 , Rovereto, 38068 Trento , Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences , University of Verona , Strada Le Grazie 8 , 37134 Verona , Italy
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Bettini 31 , Rovereto, 38068 Trento , Italy
- Department of Physics , University of Trento , via Sommarive 14, Povo , 38123 Trento , Italy
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- Department of Physics , University of Trento , via Sommarive 14, Povo , 38123 Trento , Italy
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Bettini 31 , Rovereto, 38068 Trento , Italy
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Bettini 31 , Rovereto, 38068 Trento , Italy
- Department of Physics , University of Trento , via Sommarive 14, Povo , 38123 Trento , Italy
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- Department of Computer Science , University of Verona , Strada Le Grazie 15 , 37134 Verona , Italy
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- Department of Physics , University of Trento , via Sommarive 14, Povo , 38123 Trento , Italy
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems , Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia , Corso Bettini 31 , Rovereto, 38068 Trento , Italy
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences , University of Torino , Torino 10126 , Italy
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Bluvstein D, Zhang Z, Jayich ACB. Identifying and Mitigating Charge Instabilities in Shallow Diamond Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 122:076101. [PMID: 30848640 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.076101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The charge degree of freedom in solid-state defects fundamentally underpins the electronic spin degree of freedom, a workhorse of quantum technologies. Here we measure, analyze, and control charge-state behavior in individual near-surface nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond, where NV^{-} hosts the metrologically relevant electron spin. We find that NV^{-} initialization fidelity varies between individual centers and over time; we alleviate the deleterious effects of reduced NV^{-} initialization fidelity via logic-based initialization. Importantly, we also show that NV^{-} can ionize in the dark on experimentally relevant timescales, and we introduce measurement protocols that mitigate the compromising effects of charge conversion on spin measurements. We identify tunneling to a single local electron trap as the mechanism for ionization in the dark, and we develop novel NV-assisted techniques to control and read out the trap charge state. Our understanding and command of the NV's local electrostatic environment will simultaneously guide materials design and provide unique functionalities with NV centers.
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- Dolev Bluvstein
- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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Hopper DA, Shulevitz HJ, Bassett LC. Spin Readout Techniques of the Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in Diamond. MICROMACHINES 2018; 9:mi9090437. [PMID: 30424370 PMCID: PMC6187496 DOI: 10.3390/mi9090437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 08/23/2018] [Accepted: 08/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center is a leading platform for quantum information science due to its optical addressability and room-temperature spin coherence. However, measurements of the NV center’s spin state typically require averaging over many cycles to overcome noise. Here, we review several approaches to improve the readout performance and highlight future avenues of research that could enable single-shot electron-spin readout at room temperature.
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- David A Hopper
- Quantum Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Quantum Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Quantum Engineering Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Dhomkar S, Jayakumar H, Zangara PR, Meriles CA. Charge Dynamics in near-Surface, Variable-Density Ensembles of Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond. NANO LETTERS 2018; 18:4046-4052. [PMID: 29733616 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b01739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Although the spin properties of superficial shallow nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers have been the subject of extensive scrutiny, considerably less attention has been devoted to studying the dynamics of NV charge conversion near the diamond surface. Using multicolor confocal microscopy, here we show that near-surface point defects arising from high-density ion implantation dramatically increase the ionization and recombination rates of shallow NVs compared to those in bulk diamond. Further, we find that these rates grow linearly, not quadratically, with laser intensity, indicative of single-photon processes enabled by NV state mixing with other defect states. Accompanying these findings, we observe NV ionization and recombination in the dark, likely the result of charge transfer to neighboring traps. Despite the altered charge dynamics, we show that one can imprint rewritable, long-lasting patterns of charged-initialized, near-surface NVs over large areas, an ability that could be exploited for electrochemical biosensing or to optically store digital data sets with subdiffraction resolution.
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- Siddharth Dhomkar
- Department of Physics , CUNY-City College of New York , New York , New York 10031 , United States
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- Department of Physics , CUNY-City College of New York , New York , New York 10031 , United States
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- Department of Physics , CUNY-City College of New York , New York , New York 10031 , United States
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- Department of Physics , CUNY-City College of New York , New York , New York 10031 , United States
- CUNY-Graduate Center , New York , New York 10016 , United States
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Hopper DA, Grote RR, Parks SM, Bassett LC. Amplified Sensitivity of Nitrogen-Vacancy Spins in Nanodiamonds Using All-Optical Charge Readout. ACS NANO 2018; 12:4678-4686. [PMID: 29652481 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Nanodiamonds containing nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers offer a versatile platform for sensing applications spanning from nanomagnetism to in vivo monitoring of cellular processes. In many cases, however, weak optical signals and poor contrast demand long acquisition times that prevent the measurement of environmental dynamics. Here, we demonstrate the ability to perform fast, high-contrast optical measurements of charge distributions in ensembles of NV centers in nanodiamonds and use the technique to improve the spin-readout signal-to-noise ratio through spin-to-charge conversion. A study of 38 nanodiamonds with sizes ranging between 20 and 70 nm, each hosting a small ensemble of NV centers, uncovers complex, multiple time scale dynamics due to radiative and nonradiative ionization and recombination processes. Nonetheless, the NV-containing nanodiamonds universally exhibit charge-dependent photoluminescence contrasts and the potential for enhanced spin readout using spin-to-charge conversion. We use the technique to speed up a T1 relaxometry measurement by a factor of 5.
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Dhomkar S, Zangara PR, Henshaw J, Meriles CA. On-Demand Generation of Neutral and Negatively Charged Silicon-Vacancy Centers in Diamond. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 120:117401. [PMID: 29601766 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.117401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2017] [Revised: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Point defects in wide-band-gap semiconductors are emerging as versatile resources for nanoscale sensing and quantum information science, but our understanding of the photoionization dynamics is presently incomplete. Here, we use two-color confocal microscopy to investigate the dynamics of charge in type 1b diamond hosting nitrogen-vacancy (NV) and silicon-vacancy (SiV) centers. By examining the nonlocal fluorescence patterns emerging from local laser excitation, we show that, in the simultaneous presence of photogenerated electrons and holes, SiV (NV) centers selectively transform into the negative (neutral) charge state. Unlike NVs, 532 nm illumination ionizes SiV^{-} via a single-photon process, thus hinting at a comparatively shallower ground state. In particular, slower ionization rates at longer wavelengths suggest the latter lies approximately ∼1.9 eV below the conduction band minimum. Building on the above observations, we demonstrate on-demand SiV and NV charge initialization over large areas via green laser illumination of variable intensity.
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- Siddharth Dhomkar
- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
- CUNY-Graduate Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
- CUNY-Graduate Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Dhomkar S, Henshaw J, Jayakumar H, Meriles CA. Long-term data storage in diamond. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2016; 2:e1600911. [PMID: 27819045 PMCID: PMC5091352 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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The negatively charged nitrogen vacancy (NV-) center in diamond is the focus of widespread attention for applications ranging from quantum information processing to nanoscale metrology. Although most work so far has focused on the NV- optical and spin properties, control of the charge state promises complementary opportunities. One intriguing possibility is the long-term storage of information, a notion we hereby introduce using NV-rich, type 1b diamond. As a proof of principle, we use multicolor optical microscopy to read, write, and reset arbitrary data sets with two-dimensional (2D) binary bit density comparable to present digital-video-disk (DVD) technology. Leveraging on the singular dynamics of NV- ionization, we encode information on different planes of the diamond crystal with no cross-talk, hence extending the storage capacity to three dimensions. Furthermore, we correlate the center's charge state and the nuclear spin polarization of the nitrogen host and show that the latter is robust to a cycle of NV- ionization and recharge. In combination with super-resolution microscopy techniques, these observations provide a route toward subdiffraction NV charge control, a regime where the storage capacity could exceed present technologies.
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- Siddharth Dhomkar
- Department of Physics, City University of New York (CUNY)–City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
| | - Jacob Henshaw
- Department of Physics, City University of New York (CUNY)–City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
- CUNY–Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
| | - Harishankar Jayakumar
- Department of Physics, City University of New York (CUNY)–City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
| | - Carlos A. Meriles
- Department of Physics, City University of New York (CUNY)–City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA
- CUNY–Graduate Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
- Corresponding author.
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