Abstract
Paramagnetic triplet centers produced by e-beam irradiation of synthetic microcrystalline Ib-type high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) diamonds were studied by continuous wave (CW) electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy at X-band (9.4 GHz), pulsed EPR at X- and Q-bands (34 GHz), and fluorescence spectroscopies as a function of radiation fluences up to 5 × 1019 e-/cm2. EPR spectra of mostly "forbidden" Δms = 2 electronic spin transitions observed at g ≈ 4 (i.e., so-called half-field EPR spectra) reveal the presence of the main W15 triplet defects associated with the fluorescent negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centers as well as additional triplet spin centers identified as W16, W17, W18, and W33 that appear upon increasing the e-beam fluence. Consequent annealing at 1,400 °C significantly reduces the content of W17, W18, and W33 but not W15 and W16 defects. The efficacy of NV- center fabrication as a function of fluence dependent e-beam irradiation is also reported.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 22335-22346 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Journal of Physical chemistry c |
Volume | 121 |
Issue number | 40 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 12 Oct 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- General Energy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films