Room-temperature spontaneous superradiance from single diamond nanocrystals

Carlo Bradac; Mattias T. Johnsson; Matthew van Breugel; Ben Q. Baragiola; Rochelle Martin; Mathieu L. Juan; Gavin K. Brennen; Thomas Volz

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01397-4

Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Room-temperature spontaneous superradiance from single diamond nanocrystals

Carlo Bradac,
Mattias T. Johnsson,
Matthew van Breugel,
Ben Q. Baragiola,
Rochelle Martin,
Mathieu L. Juan,
Gavin K. Brennen,
Thomas Volz

Affiliations

Carlo Bradac: Department of Physics & Astronomy, Macquarie University
Mattias T. Johnsson: Department of Physics & Astronomy, Macquarie University
Matthew van Breugel: Department of Physics & Astronomy, Macquarie University
Ben Q. Baragiola: Department of Physics & Astronomy, Macquarie University
Rochelle Martin: Department of Physics & Astronomy, Macquarie University
Mathieu L. Juan: Department of Physics & Astronomy, Macquarie University
Gavin K. Brennen: Department of Physics & Astronomy, Macquarie University
Thomas Volz: Department of Physics & Astronomy, Macquarie University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01397-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Previously, superradiance was observed from sizeable crystals or close to liquid-helium temperatures. Here, Bradec et al. report the observation of room-temperature superradiance from single, highly luminescent diamond nanocrystals with spatial dimensions much smaller than the wavelength of light.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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