In this work we present a compact and portable tabletop magnetometer that utilizes negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. The magnetometer is operated using a dual microwave resonance detection approach in combination with an optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) technique (mitigating drifts in results due to changes of the diamond temperature), capable of simultaneously exciting and registering two ODMR transitions. The experimentally measured magnetic field noise-floor is ≈2.3nTHz while the calculated shot-noise-limited magnetic field sensitivity is ≈585pTHz when excited with a continuous wave laser at 0.5~W. These results pave the way for realizing a simple set-up magnetometer for precise single axis magnetic field measurements for example for accurate electric current measurements for stabilization purposes and magnetic communication applications.
@article{arxiv.2512.24273,
title = {Using NV centers in diamond to detect DC to very-low frequency magnetic fields},
author = {Valts Krumins and Ivars Krastins and Oskars Rudzitis and Reinis Lazda and Florian Gahbauer and Marcis Auzinsh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24273},
year = {2026}
}