Abstract: A method for forming a silicon carbide material with a plurality of negatively charged silicon mono-vacancy defects includes irradiating a silicon carbide sample, annealing the irradiated silicon carbide sample in an annealing operation, and quenching the annealed silicon carbide sample. Quenching may include heating the annealed silicon carbide sample to a maximum temperature and quenching the annealed silicon carbide sample to form the silicon carbide sample with the plurality of negatively charged silicon mono-vacancy defects.

Abstract: A keypad (200) including one or more keys and an illumination system (300) is provided. The one or more keys, such as a key (212), have a transparent side element (306). The light from the illumination system can be transferred to an opaque housing (202), adjacent to each of the one or more keys, through the transparent side element. Further, the illumination system illuminates one or more symbols, such as a symbol (302), located on the one or more keys and a symbol (304) on the opaque housing.

Abstract: A unique illuminated, flexible, portable reading material support apparatus permits the user to read more easily in certain situations, such as while sitting or lying in bed, due to the use of a special base, a goose-neck flexible support, and a swivel attachment means connecting the goose neck flexible support to a specially contoured reading support platform. The reading material support platform is comprised of a linear deep recess for receiving the binding (back) of a book or other reading material, top and bottom ledges, and left and right reading material page supports that vary in depth from that of the deep linear recess from whence they originate, to zero depth at the extreme left and right edges, respectively. This topography is designed to match the "natural" contours of opened reading material positioned upon the reading material support platform.