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Quantum sensors based on the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centre in diamond are rapidly advancing from scientific exploration towards the first generation of commercial applications. While significant progress has been made in developing suitable…

We propose an original analog method to perform instantaneous and quantitative spectral analysis of microwave signals. An ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers held in a diamond plate is pumped by a 532 nm laser. Its photoluminescence…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-01-20 M. Chipaux , L. Toraille , C. Larat , L. Morvan , S. Pezzagna , J. Meijer , T. Debuisschert

The negatively-charged NV$^-$-center in diamond has shown great success in nanoscale, high-sensitivity magnetometry. Efficient fluorescence detection is crucial for improving the sensitivity. Furthermore, integrated devices enable…

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can characterize and discriminate among tissues using their diverse physical and biochemical properties. Unfortunately, submicrometer screening of biological specimens is presently not possible, mainly due…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-11-03 C. A. Meriles , L. Jiang , G. Goldstein , J. S. Hodges , J. R. Maze , M. D. Lukin , P. Cappellaro

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond work as a quantum electrometer. Using an ensemble state of NV centers, we propose vector electrometry and demonstrate measurements in a diamond electronic device. A transverse electric field applied…

The ability to measure the passage of electrical current with high spatial and temporal resolution is vital for applications ranging from inspection of microscopic electronic circuits to biosensing. Being able to image such signals…

In this paper, we propose a non-invasive imaging method of microwave near field using a diamond containing nitrogen-vacancy centers. We applied synchronous pulsed sequence combined with charge coupled device camera to measure the amplitude…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-05-23 Bo Yang , Guanxiang Du , Yue Dong , Guoquan Liu , Zhenzhong Hu , Yongjin Wang

Recently there have been several theoretical and experimental studies of the prospects for magnetic field sensors based on crystal defects, especially nitrogen vacancy (NV) centres in diamond. Such systems could potentially be incorporated…

Materials Science · Physics 2011-11-15 Marcus Schaffry , Erik M. Gauger , John J. L. Morton , Simon C. Benjamin

The ability to sensitively detect charges under ambient conditions would be a fascinating new tool benefitting a wide range of researchers across disciplines. However, most current techniques are limited to low-temperature methods like…

We demonstrate the use of two-photon excitation for observing the ground state optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamonds at room temperature. An ultrafast femtosecond laser at 1040 nm was used for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-20 Lam T. Nguyen , Khanh Kieu

High spatial resolution magnetic imaging has driven important developments in fields ranging from materials science to biology. However, to uncover finer details approaching the nanoscale with greater sensitivity requires the development of…

Magnetic imaging based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond has emerged as a powerful tool for probing magnetic phenomena in fields ranging from biology to physics. A key strength of NV sensing is its local-probe nature, enabling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-09 Guillermo Nava Antonio , Iacopo Bertelli , Brecht G. Simon , Rajasekhar Medapalli , Dmytro Afanasiev , Toeno van der Sar

Nitrogen vacancy centres (NVC) in diamond have been widely used for near-dc magnetometry. The intrinsic properties of diamonds make them potential candidates for tokamak fusion power diagnostics, where radiation-hard magnetometers will be…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 S. M. Graham , C. J. Stephen , A. J. Newman , A. M. Edmonds , M. L. Markham , G. W. Morley

In this work we present results acquired by applying magnetic field imaging technique based on Nitrogen-Vacancy centres in diamond crystal for characterization of magnetic thin films defects. We used the constructed wide-field magnetic…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-11-02 Andris Berzins , Janis Smits , Andrejs Petruhins

The nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a versatile color center used for magnetometry, quantum computing, and quantum communications. In this article, using a single laser beam as a pump and probe, we measure the spin states of the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-05-28 Reza Kashtiban , Gavin W. Morley , Mark E. Newton , A T M Anishur Rahman

The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centre in diamond has many exciting applications in quantum nano-metrology, including magnetometry, electrometry, thermometry and piezometry. Indeed, it is possible for a single NV- centre to…

We demonstrate optical detection of a broad spectrum of ferromagnetic excitations using nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in an ensemble of nanodiamonds. Our recently developed approach exploits a straightforward CW detection scheme using…

The ability to measure magnetic fields on the nanometre scale at cryogenic temperatures is key to understand magnetism on the quantum level and to develop materials for new storage devices or quantum computers. Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centres…

An ensemble of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond can act as a precise quantum sensor even under ambient conditions. In particular, to optimize thier sensitivity, it is crucial to increase the number of spins sampled and…

We demonstrate magnetometry by detection of the spin state of high-density nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in diamond using optical absorption at 1042 nm. With this technique, measurement contrast, and collection efficiency can approach unity,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2010-11-13 V. M. Acosta , E. Bauch , A. Jarmola , L. J. Zipp , M. P. Ledbetter , D. Budker