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ArticleScience advances2019

Anti-Stokes excitation of solid-state quantum emitters for nanoscale thermometry.

Toan Trong Tran, Blake Regan, Evgeny A Ekimov, Zhao Mu, Yu Zhou, Wei-Bo Gao, Prineha Narang, Alexander S Solntsev, Milos Toth, Igor Aharonovich and 1 more

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Article in Science advances, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Toan Trong TranSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8960-0253
Blake ReganSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8867-1268
Evgeny A EkimovInstitute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Troitsk 108840, Russia.ORCID 0000-0001-7644-0078
Zhao MuDivision of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
Yu ZhouDivision of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-9810-5307
Wei-Bo GaoDivision of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore.
Prineha NarangJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3956-4594
Alexander S SolntsevSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4981-9730
Milos TothSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.
Igor AharonovichSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-4304-3935
Carlo BradacSchool of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6673-7238
University of Technology Sydney · AUNanyang Technological University · SGHarvard University · USInstitute for High Pressure Physics · RU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Color centers in solids are the fundamental constituents of a plethora of applications such as lasers, light-emitting diodes, and sensors, as well as the foundation of advanced quantum information and communication technologies. Their photoluminescence properties are usually studied under Stokes excitation, in which the emitted photons are at a lower energy than the excitation ones. In this work, we explore the opposite anti-Stokes process, where excitation is performed with lower-energy photons. We report that the process is sufficiently efficient to excite even a single quantum system-namely, the germanium-vacancy center in diamond. Consequently, we leverage the temperature-dependent, phonon-assisted mechanism to realize an all-optical nanoscale thermometry scheme that outperforms any homologous optical method used to date. Our results frame a promising approach for exploring fundamental light-matter interactions in isolated quantum systems and harness it toward the realization of practical nanoscale thermometry and sensing.

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