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Atomic-scale magnetic field sensors based on nitrogen vacancy (NV) defects in diamonds are an exciting platform for nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. The detection of NMR signals from a few zeptoliters to single…

Quantum sensing based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond has been developed as a powerful tool for microscopic magnetic resonance. However, the reported sensor-to-sample distance is limited within tens of nanometers because the…

We demonstrate a method of imaging spatially varying magnetic fields using a thin layer of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers at the surface of a diamond chip. Fluorescence emitted by the two-dimensional NV ensemble is detected by a CCD array,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-16 L. M. Pham , D. Le Sage , P. L. Stanwix , T. K. Yeung , D. Glenn , A. Trifonov , P. Cappellaro , P. R. Hemmer , M. D. Lukin , H. Park , A. Yacoby , R. L. Walsworth

Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamonds have been explored for realizing a wide range of sensing applications in the last decade due to their unique quantum properties. Here we realize a compact and portable magnetometer with an ensemble…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Himanshu Kumar , Dasika Shishir , Maheshwar Mangat , Siddharth Tallur , Kasturi Saha

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.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-03-01 Louis-S. Bouchard , Victor M. Acosta , Erik Bauch , Dmitry Budker

Small volume nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) has recently made considerable progress due to rapid developments in the field of quantum sensing using nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers. These optically active defects in the diamond…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-11-19 Fleming Bruckmaier , Karl Briegel , Dominik B. Bucher

We present theoretical proposals for two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy protocols based on Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond that are strongly coupled to the target nuclei. Continuous microwave and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-31 Matthias Kost , Jianming Cai , Martin B. Plenio

In search of two level quantum systems that implement a qubit, the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond has been intensively studied for years. Despite favorable properties such as remarkable defect spin coherence times, the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-15 Clara Mühlherr , V. O. Shkolnikov , Guido Burkard

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond was found to be a powerful tool for various sensing applications. The main work horse of this center so far has been optically detected electron resonance. Utilization of the nuclear spin has the…

We demonstrate a robust experimental method for determining the depth of individual shallow Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers in diamond with $\sim1$ nm uncertainty. We use a confocal microscope to observe single NV centers and detect the…

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a leading solid-state platform for room-temperature quantum magnetometry owing to its long spin coherence times, optical spin initialization and readout, and high sensitivity to magnetic,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Satyam Pandey , Abhimanyu Magapu , Prabhat Anand , Ankit Khandelwal , M. Girish Chandra

Quantum sensing with individual spin defects has emerged as a versatile platform to probe microscopic properties of condensed matter systems. Here we demonstrate that quantum relaxometry with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-13 V. A. S. V. Bittencourt , Hossein Hosseinabadi , Jairo Sinova , Libor Šmejkal , Jamir Marino

Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) spin in diamond is a versatile quantum sensor, being able to measure physical quantities such as magnetic field, electric field, temperature, and pressure. In the present work, we demonstrate a multiplexed sensing of…

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have shown promise as inherently localized electric-field sensors, capable of detecting individual charges with nanometer resolution. Working with NV ensembles, we demonstrate that a detailed…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-09-28 M. Block , B. Kobrin , A. Jarmola , S. Hsieh , C. Zu , N. L. Figueroa , V. M. Acosta , J. Minguzzi , J. R. Maze , D. Budker , N. Y. Yao

Optically active quantum defects in solids, such as the nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond, are a leading modality for micron-scale and nanoscale (ultralow-mass) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and imaging under ambient…

We propose a novel quantum sensing protocol that leverages the dynamical response of physical observables to quenches in quantum systems. Specifically, we use the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center in diamond to realize both scalar and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 Wenkui Ding , Xingyu Zhang , Jing Liu , Xiaoguang Wang

Sensing of a few unpaired electron spins, such as metal ions and radicals, is a useful but difficult task in nanoscale physics, biology, and chemistry. Single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond offer high sensitivity and spatial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-13 F. Gorrini , R. Giri , C. E. Avalos , S. Tambalo , S. Mannucci , L. Basso , N. Bazzanella , C. Dorigoni , M. Cazzanelli , P. Marzola , A. Miotello , A. Bifone

The localized spin triplet ground state of a nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond can be used in atomic-scale detection of local magnetic fields. Here we present a technique using these defects in diamond to image fields around magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 B. J. Maertz , A. P. Wijnheijmer , G. D. Fuchs , M. E. Nowakowski , D. D. Awschalom

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) spin ensembles in diamond provide an advanced magnetic sensing platform, with applications in both the physical and life sciences. The development of isotopically engineered $^{15}$NV diamond offers advantages over…

We present a study of the spin properties of dense layers of near-surface nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres in diamond created by nitrogen ion implantation. The optically detected magnetic resonance contrast and linewidth, spin coherence time,…