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= Germanium-vacancy center in diamond
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The Germanium-vacancy (GeV) center in diamond is a type of point defect that consists of a substitutional germanium atom in the diamond lattice and a neighboring vacancy (an absence of a carbon atom). This defect is similar to other well-known color centers in diamond, such as the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center.