Tailoring light matter coupling for ultrafast quantum optics with defect centers in diamond

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Rudolf Bratschitsch
• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2011 to 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 164674487

In this project the ultrafast dynamics and control of single color centers in diamond will be investigated. Two-color pump-probe experiments will reveal the transient phonon dynamics in this system and shed light on the conversion between different charge states. Furthermore, we will implement an ultrafast optical manipulation scheme of the electron spin of a single color center. Crucial for all these experiments is a strongly enhanced light-matter coupling between the ultrafast laser pulses and the color center. We will design and fabricate dielectric and metallic nanophotonic structures to reach this goal.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• Subproject of: FOR 1493: Diamond Materials for Quantum Application
• Participating Person: Dr. Steffen Michaelis de Vasconcellos