Nanodiamond Integration with Photonic Devices

• Published in: Laser & photonics reviews Vol. 13; no. 8
• Main Authors: Radulaski, Marina, Zhang, Jingyuan Linda, Tzeng, Yan‐Kai, Lagoudakis, Konstantinos G., Ishiwata, Hitoshi, Dory, Constantin, Fischer, Kevin A., Kelaita, Yousif A., Sun, Shuo, Maurer, Peter C., Alassaad, Kassem, Ferro, Gabriel, Shen, Zhi‐Xun, Melosh, Nicholas A., Chu, Steven, Vučković, Jelena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2019; Wiley-VCH Verlag; Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
• Subjects: Color centers; Condensed Matter; Debye-Waller factor; Diamonds; Emitters; Engineering Sciences; Gallium phosphides; Light emission; Materials Science; Nanoparticles; nanophotonics; Nanostructure; Optical activity; Optics; Photonic; Photonics; Physics; Prefabrication; quantum optics; Refractivity; Silicon carbide; Silicon dioxide; Substrates
• ISSN: 1863-8880; 1863-8899
• DOI: 10.1002/lpor.201800316

The progress in integration of nanodiamond with photonic devices is analyzed in the light of quantum optical applications. Nanodiamonds host a variety of optically active defects, called color centers, which provide rich ground for photonic engineering. Theoretical introduction describing light and matter interaction between optical modes and a quantum emitter is presented, including the role of the Debye–Waller factor typical of color center emission. The synthesis of diamond nanoparticles is discussed in an overview of methods leading to experimentally realized hybrid platforms of nanodiamond with gallium phosphide, silicon dioxide, and silicon carbide. The trade‐offs in the substrate index of refraction values are reviewed in the context of the achieved strength of light and matter interaction. Thereby, the recent results on the growth of color center‐rich nanodiamond on prefabricated silicon carbide microdisk resonators are presented. These hybrid devices achieve up to fivefold enhancement of the diamond color‐center light emission and can be employed in integrated quantum photonics.  Integration of color center‐rich nanodiamonds with photonic devices in various substrates achieves regimes of light and matter interaction applicable for quantum optical applications.