20 Years of Science for Diamond

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physica status solidi (a)Volume 212, Issue 11 p. 2364-2364 PrefaceFree Access 20 Years of Science for Diamond First published: 16 November 2015 https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201570476AboutSectionsPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Dear colleagues, It is our pleasure to present this Special Issue of physica status solidi (a), which highlights the most recent activity and advances in diamond science and engineering. The 41 papers presented here reflect progress in a variety of subjects, ranging from growth and doping to surface chemistry, and applications such as electronic devices or photonics. This special issue reveals a transition. Diamond has been studied for almost 40 years for its exceptional properties and potential applications in various fields. Pioneering studies focused on the optimization of the nucleation and growth of diamond, and were followed by continuous efforts to improve the quality by the reduction of growth defects. Based on the tremendous progress that has been made, exceptional diamond quality has now been obtained. In this almost pure material, the research effort now turns towards the controlled incorporation of specific defects. Centers that were unwanted are becoming the key to functionalizing diamond. These include, for example, the color centers for photonic applications and magnetic sensors, and also electronic doping for electronic devices. This transition is well illustrated by the Feature Article by Tokuyuki Teraji and co-workers 1, which reports on the introduction of point defects in high quality, high purity, homoepitaxial diamond films, leading to exceptional single photon source properties. Besides this research effort on defect engineering, significant advancements in technological processes are presented, and impressive devices are proposed. This is exemplified by the Feature Article written by Wolfram H. P. Pernice and co-workers 2, who realized integrated optical and optomechanical diamond devices, showing that diamond holds strong promise for quantum photonic circuits which are reconfigurable via optomechanical interactions at high resonance frequencies. The Special Issue is organized into fundamental and applied subjects, such as diamond growth and doping, color centers and defects engineering, surface chemistry and electronic properties and devices. Note that while they represent their own research fields, these subjects are also obviously interrelated. These articles branded as a Topical Section on “20 Years of Science for Diamond” highlight the diversity of research in the diamond scientific community, and we hope that they may stimulate your own investigations! Grenoble & Hasselt, October 26th, 2015 Etienne Gheeraert Stoffel D. Janssens Paulius Pobedinskas Miloš Nesládek References 1 T. Teraji, T. Yamamoto, K. Watanabe, Y. Koide, J. Isoya, S. Onoda, T. Ohshima, L. J. Rogers, F. Jelezko, P. Neumann, J. Wrachtrup,and S. Koizumi, Phys. Status Solidi A 212 (11), 2365– 2384 (2015), this issue. 2 P. Rath, S. Ummethala, C. Nebel, and W. H. P. Pernice Phys. Status Solidi A 212 11, 2385– 2399 (2015), this issue. Volume212, Issue11Special Issue: 20 Years of Science for DiamondNovember 2015Pages 2364-2364 ReferencesRelatedInformation