Optical charge state manipulation of divacancy spins in silicon carbide under resonant excitation

Jun-Feng Wang; Ji-Yang Zhou; Qiang Li; Fei-Fei Yan; Mu Yang; Wu-Xi Lin; Ze-Yan Hao; Zhi-Peng Li; Zheng-Hao Liu; Wei Liu; Kai Sun; Yu Wei; Jian-Shun Tang; Jin-Shi Xu; Chuan-Feng Li; Guang-Can Guo

doi:10.1364/PRJ.431618

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