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Multi-Angle Reconstruction of Domain Morphology with All-Optical Diamond Magnetometry

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2021-07-28 v1 Applied Physics Instrumentation and Detectors Quantum Physics

Abstract

Scanning diamond magnetometers based on the optically detected magnetic resonance of the nitrogen-vacancy centre offer very high sensitivity and non-invasive imaging capabilities when the stray fields emanating from ultrathin magnetic materials are sufficiently low (< 10 mT). Beyond this low-field regime, the optical signal quenches and a quantitative measurement is challenging. While the field-dependent NV photoluminescence can still provide qualitative information on magnetic morphology, this operation regime remains unexplored particularly for surface magnetisation larger than \sim 3 mA. Here, we introduce a multi-angle reconstruction technique (MARe) that captures the full nanoscale domain morphology in all magnetic-field regimes leading to NV photoluminescence quench. To demonstrate this, we use [Ir/Co/Pt]14_{14} multilayer films with surface magnetisation an order of magnitude larger than previous reports. Our approach brings non-invasive nanoscale magnetic field imaging capability to the study of a wider pool of magnetic materials and phenomena.

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@article{arxiv.2101.10331,
  title  = {Multi-Angle Reconstruction of Domain Morphology with All-Optical Diamond Magnetometry},
  author = {Lucio Stefan and Anthony K. C. Tan and Baptiste Vindolet and Michael Högen and Dickson Thian and Hang Khume Tan and Loïc Rondin and Helena S. Knowles and Jean-François Roch and Anjan Soumyanarayanan and Mete Atatüre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.10331},
  year   = {2021}
}