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Diamond sensors, detectors, and quantum devices

US8686377B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Element Six Limited · IE

Inventors

Daniel James Twitchen · Sunningdale, GB
Matthew Lee Markham · Ascot, GB

Key dates

Filing date	May 4, 2012
Grant date	Apr 1, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 4, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC30B25/105
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A single crystal synthetic CVD diamond material comprising: a growth sector; and a plurality of point defects of one or more type within the growth sector, wherein at least one type of point defect is preferentially aligned within the growth sector, wherein at least 60% of said at least one type of point defect shows said preferential alignment, and wherein the at least one type of point defect is a negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy defect (NV−).

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