Journal article · Preprint article
Observation of the magneto-optic Voigt effect in a paramagnetic diamond membrane
Quantum Physics and Information Technology, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark1
Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark2
Process engineering, National Centre for Nano Fabrication and Characterization, Technical University of Denmark3
Center for Macroscopic Quantum States, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark4
The magneto-optic Voigt effect is observed in a synthetic diamond membrane with a substitutional nitrogen defect concentration in the order of 200 ppm and a nitrogen-vacancy defect subensemble generated through neutron irradiation and annealing. The measured polarization rotation in the reflected light is observed to be quadratically proportional to the applied magnetic field and to the incident reflection angle.
Additionally, it is observed to be modifiable by illuminating the diamond with a 532 nm laser. Spectral analysis of the reflected light under 532 nm illumination shows a slow narrowing of the spectral distribution, indicating a small increase in the overall magnetization, as opposed to magnetization degradation caused by heating.
Further analysis of the optical power dependence suggest this may be related to a shift in the spin ensembles charge state equilibrium and, by extension, the resulting ensemble magnetization.
| Language: | English |
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| Year: | 2020 |
| Pages: | 6 |
| ISSN: | 1550235x , 10980121 , 24699969 and 24699950 |
| Types: | Journal article and Preprint article |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.134402 |
| ORCIDs: | Rasmussen, Kristian H. , Huck, Alexander , Andersen, Ulrik L. , Radko, Ilya P. and 0000-0002-1030-9365 |
