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Research Progress on Silicon Vacancy Color Centers in Diamond

Chengke Chen ,
Bo Jiang ,
Xiaojun Hu
Volume 4, Issue 1 (2024)
DOI: 10.1080/26941112.2024.2332346
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Keywords

Diamond; SiV color centers; photoluminescence; charge state; single-photon source

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