Scientific Reports (Jun 2018)

Coherent control theory and experiment of optical phonons in diamond

  • Hiroya Sasaki,
  • Riho Tanaka,
  • Yasuaki Okano,
  • Fujio Minami,
  • Yosuke Kayanuma,
  • Yutaka Shikano,
  • Kazutaka G. Nakamura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27734-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Abstract The coherent control of optical phonons has been experimentally demonstrated in various physical systems. While the transient dynamics for optical phonons can be explained by phenomenological models, the coherent control experiment cannot be explained due to the quantum interference. Here, we theoretically propose the generation and detection processes of the optical phonons and experimentally confirm our theoretical model using the diamond optical phonon by the doublepump-probe type experiment.