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Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond provide a solid-state platform for quantum sensing. While optically detected magnetic resonance techniques offer high sensitivity, their reliance on microwaves introduces heating and stray…

Over the years, an enormous effort has been made to establish nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond as easily accessible and precise magnetic field sensors. However, most of their sensing protocols rely on the application of bias…

Nanodiamonds containing nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers offer a versatile platform for sensing applications spanning from nanomagnetism to in-vivo monitoring of cellular processes. In many cases, however, weak optical signals and poor…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-30 David A. Hopper , Richard R. Grote , Samuel M. Parks , Lee C. Bassett

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center is a potential atomic-scale spin sensor for electric field sensing. However, its natural susceptibility to the magnetic field hinders effective detection of the electric field. Here we propose a robust…

The methods for controlling spin states of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy centers using a combination of microwave (MW) or radiofrequency (RF) excitation field for electron spin transitions and RF excitation field for nuclear spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-28 A K Dmitriev , A K Vershovskii

Recent advancements in quantum technology have highlighted the potential of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. However, fully realizing this potential requires addressing challenges related to the size, complexity, and cost of…

We present a novel approach to the detection of weak magnetic fields that takes advantage of recently developed techniques for the coherent control of solid-state electron spin quantum bits. Specifically, we investigate a magnetic sensor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. M. Taylor , P. Cappellaro , L. Childress , L. Jiang , D. Budker , P. R. Hemmer , A. Yacoby , R. Walsworth , M. D. Lukin

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have attracted considerable interest in sensing of weak magnetic fields, such as those created by biological systems. Detecting such feeble signals requires near-surface NV centers, to reduce the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 R. Giri , C. Dorigoni , S. Tambalo , F. Gorrini , A. Bifone

Chemical sensors with high sensitivity that can be used in extreme conditions and can be miniaturized are of high interest in science and industry. The Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is an ideal candidate as a nanosensor due to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-02-16 Hossein T. Dinani , Enrique Muñoz , Jeronimo R. Maze

In this article we explore the requirements for enabling high quality optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) spectroscopy in a conventional gradient force optical tweezers using nanodiamonds containing nitrogen-vacancy (NV$^{-}$)…

Optics · Physics 2021-01-25 L. W. Russell , E. C. Dossetor , A. A. Wood , D. A. Simpson , P. J. Reece

Single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers are widely used as nanoscale sensors for magnetic and electric fields, strain and temperature. Nanoscale magnetometry using NV centers allows for example to quantitatively measure local magnetic fields…

Advances in sensing devices that utilize nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center ensembles in diamond are driving progress in microscale nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Utilizing quantum sensing techniques in the high-field regime…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-22 Ainitze Biteri-Uribarren , Ana Martin , Jorge Casanova

The nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond has been widely applied for quantum information and sensing in last decade. Based on the laser polarization dependent excitation of fluorescence emission, we propose a super-resolution microscopy…

Optics · Physics 2016-11-30 Hua-Yu Zhang , Xiang-Dong Chen , Guang-Can Guo , Fang-Wen Sun

The long-lived electronic spin of the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a promising quantum sensor for detecting nanoscopic magnetic and electric fields in a variety of experimental conditions. Nevertheless, an outstanding…

The core issue for the implementation of the diamond NV centre qubits technology is the sensitive readout of NV spin state. We have recently demonstrated the photoelectric detection of NV magnetic resonances (PDMR), anticipated to be faster…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-25 E. Bourgeois , E. Londero , K. Buczak , Y. Balasubramaniam , G. Wachter , J. Stursa , K. Dobes , F. Aumayr , M. Trupke , A. Gali , M. Nesladek

We demonstrate an all-optical method for magnetic sensing of individual molecules in ambient conditions at room temperature. Our approach is based on shallow nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers near the surface of a diamond crystal, which we use…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 A. O. Sushkov , N. Chisholm , I. Lovchinsky , M. Kubo , P. K. Lo , S. D. Bennett , D. Hunger , A. Akimov , R. L. Walsworth , H. Park , M. D. Lukin

We present a solid state magnetic field imaging technique using a two dimensional array of spins in diamond. The magnetic sensing spin array is made of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers created at shallow depths. Their optical response is used…

The last decade has seen an explosive growth in the use of color centers for metrology applications, the paradigm example arguably being the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond. Here, we focus on the regime of cryogenic temperatures and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-06 Richard Monge , Tom Delord , Gergő Thiering , Ádám Gali , Carlos A. Meriles

Accurate measurement of vector magnetic fields is critical for applications including navigation, geoscience, and space exploration. Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center spin ensembles offer a promising solution for high-sensitivity vector…

Quantum sensing using optically addressable atomic-scale defects, such as the nitrogen--vacancy (NV) center in diamond, provides new opportunities for sensitive and highly localized characterization of chemical functionality. Notably,…