Asymmetric Diamond Emitters for Unidirectional Photon Coupling

TL;DR

This paper introduces a hybrid asymmetric diamond nanowire with Bragg Grating that achieves highly efficient, unidirectional photon coupling from NV centers, enhancing quantum photonic device performance.

Contribution

It proposes a novel elliptically faceted diamond nanowire with Bragg Grating for improved unidirectional photon emission and coupling efficiency in quantum photonics.

Findings

Coupling efficiency of ~90% in the preferred direction

Enhanced Purcell factor due to electric field intensification

Higher chirality constant indicating efficient unidirectional emission

Abstract

The demand of single photon coupling to optical systems requires a suitable interface between negatively charged Nitrogen Vacancy (NV-) emitters in diamond to waveguides or optical circuits for applications in quantum network systems and in unidirectional emission with controlled photon states. Here, we propose a hybrid asymmetric structure of elliptically faceted (ELFA) diamond nanowire with Bragg Grating containing negatively charged NV center for efficient and unidirectional optical coupling to optical nanowire. Our calculations indicate that the structure can provide coupling efficiency of ~90% towards the elliptically facet direction and ~1% towards the opposite direction. Further, Purcell factor is enhanced due to the augmented electric field intensity in the Bragg Grating assisted ELFA structure. Further, we observe higher chirality constant for ELFA+BG structure -- an indicative of efficient unidirectional photon coupling. By integrating two ELFA diamond nanowire having opposite aligned elliptical facet can be used to design and develop complex optical circuits. Further, this structure can also be used as an inline polarizer filter where it can reflect only one particular mode (e.g. TE mode or TM mode) with higher extinct ratio. The hybrid structure can potentially be used for various applications in quantum photonics, quantum-nonlinear systems.