The neutral silicon-vacancy center in diamond: spin polarization and lifetimes

B. L. Green, S. Mottishaw, B. G. Breeze +6

We demonstrate optical spin polarization of the neutrally-charged silicon-vacancy defect in diamond ($\mathrm{Si}{\mathrm{V}}^0$), an $S=1$ defect which emits with a zero-phonon line at 946…