Nitrogen-Vacancy Center (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Nitrogen-Vacancy Center

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Nitrogen-vacancy centers are defects in which a nitrogen atom substitutes for a carbon atom in the lattice and a vacancy left by a missing carbon atom is immediately adjacent, leaving unbonded electrons whose states can be precisely controlled. NV centers occur naturally in diamond or can be created artificially.

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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