A Glowing, Optically Levitated Nanodiamond (IMAGE)

University of Rochester

A Glowing, Optically Levitated Nanodiamond

Caption

A nanodiamond containing hundreds of nitrogen vacancies glows while levitated by a laser during an experiment in Nick Vamivakas' lab at the University of Rochester. The team have now continued the research to use nanodiamonds with single vacancies and to do the experiments in vacuum. They report their results in <em>Nature Photonics</em>.

Credit

Photo by J. Adam Fenster/University of Rochester.

Usage Restrictions

Please credit

License

Licensed content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.