Color-Center-Compatible Freestanding Diamond Directional Couplers for Quantum Photonics

Abstract

Freestanding all-diamond color-center photonics is a promising platform for optical integration of spin-based quantum defects. Within this geometry, we realize a key building block for quantum-network interconnects: a directional coupler that acts as an on-chip beam splitter. We design and simulate directional couplers with triangular cross sections using eigenmode and finite-difference time-domain simulations and target near-50:50 splitting at visible wavelengths. We fabricate the devices directly from bulk single-crystal diamond by angled oxygen reactive-ion-beam etching followed by a dry post-release hard-mask removal process. Room-temperature measurements at ${\lambda }_0\approx 637\mathrm{nm}$ yield a mean coupling ratio of $C^{\mathrm{meas}}=46(16)\%$. Finally, we integrate SnV${}^{-}$ centers into the nanophotonic structures and observe near-lifetime-limited optical linewidths and coherent optical Rabi oscillations without post-fabrication annealing, identifying the platform as a viable route towards integrated diamond quantum photonics.

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