Diffusion-related lifetime of indirect excitons in diamond

Abstract

We investigate the lifetime of indirect excitons in extremely high purity diamond grown by the chemical vapor deposition method. A clear correlation is found between the lifetime and small strain (magnitude $<$10${}^{-4}$) assessed using birefringence, thanks to the effective absence of impurity traps. A surface recombination model, extended for nonradiative recombination at dislocations due to exciton diffusion, is proposed to explain the temperature-dependent lifetime. Based on the derived radiative lifetime, our model enables the prediction of lifetimes at any temperature as well as the highest achievable internal quantum efficiency of exciton luminescence in diamond, which can generally be applicable to a wide range of materials with high exciton binding energies.

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