To describe experiments on fluorescence excitation of single N-V defect centers in diamond we have used the double well potential (DWP) model which incorporates the possibility of tunneling the nitrogen atom into the vacancy both in ground and excited electronic states of the center. Fluorescence and linear absorption spectra are calculated, DWP's parameter values for N-V centers are determined and manifestations of their variations due to local diamond lattice distortions in fluorescence spectra of various single N-V centers are studied.

Date Published: 20 March 2000
PDF: 11 pages
Proc. SPIE 4002, Saratov Fall Meeting '99: Laser Physics and Spectroscopy, (20 March 2000); doi: 10.1117/12.380118

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 4002:
Saratov Fall Meeting '99: Laser Physics and Spectroscopy
Vladimir L. Derbov; Leonid A. Melnikov; Vladimir P. Ryabukho, Editor(s)