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Scanning nitrogen-vacancy magnetometry down to 350mK

Quantum Physics 2022-06-01 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Superconductivity Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

We report on the implementation of a scanning nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometer in a dry dilution refrigerator. Using pulsed optically detected magnetic resonance combined with efficient microwave delivery through a co-planar waveguide, we reach a base temperature of 350 mK, limited by experimental heat load and thermalization of the probe. We demonstrate scanning NV magnetometry by imaging superconducting vortices in a 50-nm-thin aluminum microstructure. The sensitivity of our measurements is approximately 3 {\mu}T per square root Hz. Our work demonstrates the feasibility for performing non-invasive magnetic field imaging with scanning NV centers at sub-Kelvin temperatures.

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@article{arxiv.2203.15527,
  title  = {Scanning nitrogen-vacancy magnetometry down to 350mK},
  author = {Patrick J. Scheidegger and Simon Diesch and Marius L. Palm and Christian L. Degen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.15527},
  year   = {2022}
}
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