Temperature-dependent second-harmonic generation from color centers in diamond

Abstract

Under infrared ultrashort pulse laser stimulation, we investigate temperature-dependent second-harmonic generation (SHG) from nitrogen-vacancy (NV)-introduced bulk diamond. The SHG intensity decreases in the temperature range of 20–300°C, due to phase mismatching caused by refractive index modification. We discover that optical phonon scattering outperforms acoustic phonon scattering in NV diamond by fitting the temperature dependence of the SHG intensity using a model based on the bandgap change via the deformation potential interaction. This study presents an efficient and viable way for creating diamond-based nonlinear optical temperature sensing.