Ensuring a Bright Future for Diamond Electronics and Sensors

Credit: Michael Livingston / PPPL Communications Department

When a green laser shines on a special kind of diamond with atomic-scale defects, it can cause it to fluoresce red. This process is depicted in this photo of a quantum diamond sample as it was struck by the light of a green laser pointer, with a red light filter added to half of the sample to reveal the red fluorescence.

« Ensuring a Bright Future for Diamond Electronics and Sensors

Credit: Michael Livingston / PPPL Communications Department

A close-up of one of the quantum diamond reactors A close-up of one of the quantum diamond reactors at PPPL’s Quantum Diamond Lab. The glow inside the device comes from the plasma used to make quantum diamond using a process known as chemical vapor deposition.

« Ensuring a Bright Future for Diamond Electronics and Sensors

Credit: Michael Livingston / PPPL Communications Department

This model of quantum diamond shows the carbon atoms in black. The purple ball represents the nitrogen, while the blue ball represents an empty spot in the lattice. Together, the nitrogen and empty space create the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center used in quantum applications.

« Ensuring a Bright Future for Diamond Electronics and Sensors

Credit: Michael Livingston / PPPL Communications Department

Black graphite surrounding chunks of diamond with quantum defects.

« Ensuring a Bright Future for Diamond Electronics and Sensors

Credit: Michael Livingston / PPPL Communications Department

A peek into a diamond reactor at PPPL. The pink glow is a plasma used in the chemical vapor deposition process.

« Ensuring a Bright Future for Diamond Electronics and Sensors

Expert Pitch

Expert Query

Expert Directory