Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc. (CIL), part of the Otsuka Group and the world's leading producer of stable isotopes and stable isotope-labeled compounds, was proud to launch the first commercially available ¹²C-enriched methane-grade gas for quantum applications.

"Quantum magnetometers and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) often rely on nitrogen-vacancy center diamonds, also known as NV centers or color centers diamonds," stated CIL's Director of European Business Development Joel Louette. "Regardless of which method is used to synthetize these NV centers diamonds, Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) or High-Pressure High-Temperature (HPHT), they require an ultrahigh-purity starting material, highly enriched in ¹²C and very low nitrogen content. The low nitrogen content facilitates the implementation of the exact number of NV centers in the diamond, while the high ¹²C enrichment dramatically increases the coherence time at room temperature."

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Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc.  Announces the First Commercially Available Quantum-Grade Gas, 12C Methane QG-alpha™, for High-Performance Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) Center Diamonds. 

Source: Cambridge Isotope Laboratories