摘要:
A single crystal diamond material comprising: neutral nitrogen-vacancy defects (NV0); negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy defects (NV-); and single substitutional nitrogen defects (Ns) which transfer their charge to the neutral nitrogen- vacancy defects (NV0) to convert them into the negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy defects (NV ), characterized in that the single crystal diamond material has a magnetometry figure of merit (FOM) of at least 2, wherein the magnetometry figure of merit is defined by (I) where R is a ratio of concentrations of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy defects to neutral nitrogen-vacancy defects ([NV-]/[NV0]), [NV- ] is the concentration of negatively charged nitrogen- vacancy defects measured in parts-per-million (ppm) atoms of the single crystal diamond material, [NV0] is a concentration of neutral nitrogen-vacancy defects measured in parts-per-million (ppm) atoms of the single crystal diamond material, and T2' is a decoherence time of the NV- defects, where T2' is T2* for DC magnetometry or T2 for AC magnetometry.
摘要:
A method comprising: selecting a diamond material; irradiating the diamond material with electrons to increase toughness and/or wear resistance of the diamond material; and processing the diamond material into one or more diamond tool pieces, wherein the irradiating comprises controlling energy and dosage of irradiation to provide the diamond material with a plurality of isolated vacancy point defects, the isolated vacancy point defects having a concentration in a range 1 x 10 14 to 1 x 10 22 vacancies/cm -3
摘要:
Disclosed herein is a multilayer nanocrystal structure (300) comprising a nanocrystal alloy core (100) comprising two or more nanocrystals (10,50) and including an alloy interlayer (30) formed at an interface between the two or more nanocrystals (10,50), and one or more layers of nanocrystal shells (110,120) formed sequentially on the surface of the nanocrystal alloy core, wherein the nanocrystal shells (110,120) each have different band gaps. The multilayer nanocrystal structure (300) can be applied to various electronic devices owing to its advantages of high luminescence efficiency, superior optical stability, and superior chemical stability.
摘要:
The purity and toughness of a batch of diamond grains is increased by separating a portion containing undesirable inclusions from a remaining higher purity portion and annealing the higher purity portion in a reducing atmosphere for a sufficient period of time to enhance the toughness of the higher purity portion.
摘要:
There has been provided by the present invention a process for producing a single crystal of potassium niobate which comprises disposing a positive electrode directly or via a semi-insulating substance layer on one c-plane of a single crystal of potassium niobate and also a negative electrode via a semi-insulating substance layer on the other c-plane of the single crystal of potassium niobate, said positive and negative electrodes being disposed in mutually facing relationship, and applying voltage between the positive and negative electrodes so as to poll (convert to the single-domain state) the single crystal of potassium niobate, and which enables to poll the entire region of the single crystal of potassium niobate without quality deterioration.
摘要:
A diamond laser formed of synthetic diamond and providing high output power and variable wavelength in the near infrared region. The maximum value of the optical density of H2 centers in the direction of pumping light is in the range of 0.01 - 4. Laser action is effected in the range of 1000 - 1400 nm by means of external pumping light at 650 - 950 nm. Such diamond laser is produced by preparing a synthetic Ib type diamond whose nitrogen concentration is 1 x 10 - 8.5 10 atoms/cm , subjecting this synthetic diamond to electron irradiation to a dose of not less than 5 x 10 electrons/cm , and heat-treating the synthetic diamond in a vacuum of not more than 1 Torr or in an inert gas atmosphere and at 1400 - 1850 DEG C. Let Ith the threshold value of pumping light intensity necessary for laser action. Then, to make the pumping light intensity I greater than Ith throughout the laser crystal, it is important that the maximum value of optical density of H2 centers be between 0.01 and 4.