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Quantum sensors based on Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are highly capable of sensing multiple physical quantities. In this study, we use amplitude-modulated lock-in detection of optically detected magnetic resonance of NV…

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Cavity-optomechanical systems realized in single-crystal diamond are poised to benefit from its extraordinary material properties, including low mechanical dissipation and a wide optical transparency window. Diamond is also rich in…

Spin impurities in diamond have emerged as a promising building block in a wide range of solid-state-based quantum technologies. The negatively charged silicon-vacancy centre combines the advantages of its high-quality photonic properties…

We propose a system to achieve sub-zeptonewton force sensing and robust spin-mechanical entanglement in a levitated diamond system. By coupling a Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center spin to the motion of its host diamond within a magnetic trap, we…

Using light to measure an object's motion is central to operating mechanical sensors that probe forces and fields. Cavity optomechanical systems embed mechanical resonators inside optical resonators. This enhances the sensitivity of…

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in nanodiamond offer a promising platform for quantum information processing due to their room-temperature spin coherence and optical addressability. However, scalable quantum processors remain limited by the…

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The confluence of quantum physics and biology is driving a new generation of quantum-based sensing and imaging technology capable of harnessing the power of quantum effects to provide tools to understand the fundamental processes of life.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 D. Maclaurin , L. T. Hall , A. M. Martin , L. C. L. Hollenberg

We examine the possibility of probing superconductivity effects in metal nanoclusters via diamond magnetometry. Metal nanoclusters have been proposed as constitutive elements of high T$_c$ superconducting nanostructured materials.…

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Quantum sensors based on solid-state defects, in particular nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond, enable precise measurement of magnetic fields, temperature, rotation, and electric fields. However, the sensitivity of leading NV spin…

Optical fibres have transformed the way people interact with the world and now permeate many areas of science. Optical fibres are traditionally thought of as insensitive to magnetic fields, however many application areas from mining to…

Ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamonds are widely utilized for magnetometry, magnetic-field imaging and magnetic-resonance detection. They have not been used for magnetometry at zero ambient field because Zeeman sublevels…

Optically detected magnetic resonance of nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond offers novel routes to both DC and AC magnetometry in diamond anvil cells under high pressures ($>3$ GPa). However, a serious challenge to realizing experiments…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-11-29 L. Steele , M. Lawson , M. Onyszczak , B. T. Bush , Z. Mei , A. P. Dioguardi , J. King , A. Parker , A. Pines , S. T. Weir , W. Evans , K. Visbeck , Y. K. Vohra , N. J. Curro

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

The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in nano- or micro- diamonds has emerged as a promising magnetic field sensor, as a candidate for hyper-polarizing paramagnetic species, as well as a tool for spin-mechanics at the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-06 M. Perdriat , P. Huillery , C. Pellet-Mary , G. Hétet

Vector magnetometry provides more information than scalar measurements for magnetic surveys utilized in space, defense, medical, geological and industrial applications. These areas would benefit from a mobile vector magnetometer that can…

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Magnetic sensing technology has found widespread application in industries as diverse as transportation, medicine, and resource exploration. Such use cases often require highly sensitive instruments to measure the extremely small magnetic…

Cavity optomechanical magnetic field sensors, constructed by coupling a magnetostrictive material to a micro-toroidal optical cavity, act as ultra-sensitive room temperature magnetometers with tens of micrometre size and broad bandwidth,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-08-18 Yimin Yu , Stefan Forstner , Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop , Warwick P. Bowen

Nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond are attractive as quantum sensors owing to their remarkable optical and spin properties under ambient conditions. Here we experimentally demonstrated a hybrid fiber-based thermometer coupled with…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-07-29 Shao-Chun Zhang , Shen Li , Bo Du , Yang Dong , Yu Zheng , Hao-Bin Lin , Bo-Wen Zhao , Wei Zhu , Guan-Zhong Wang , Xiang-Dong Chen , Guang-Can Guo , Fang-Wen Sun

We discuss the side resonances of optically detected magnetic resonance in diamond crystal and propose the new approach to the calculation of hyperfine interaction in composed system, consisted of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy NV-…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-17 Alexander Ivanov , Alexei Ivanov

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are a promising platform for high-precision magnetometry. In contrast to the use of spontaneous emission in a number of NV-magnetometers, laser threshold magnetometry (LTM) exploits stimulated…