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The controlled and coherent manipulation of individual quantum systems is a fundamental key for the development of quantum information processing. The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center in diamond is a promising system since its…

We report on the observation of quantum interference of the emission from two separate nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. Taking advantage of optically induced spin polarization in combination with polarization filtering, we isolate…

We present a technique that uses an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond to image magnetic fields with high spatio-temporal resolution and sensitivity. A focused laser beam is raster-scanned using an acousto-optic deflector…

In recent years, nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond have become excellent solid-state quantum sensors due to their electronic spin properties. Especially for their easy optical initialization and detection, together with their…

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond enables optical initialization and readout of its electronic spin, forming the basis of a wide range of quantum sensing and metrology applications. A central challenge in such measurements is the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-16 Neil B. Manson , Morgan Hedges , Michael S. J. Barson , Carlos A. Meriles , Ronald Ulbricht , Marcus W. Doherty

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond has a wide range of potential applications in quantum metrology, communications and computation. The key to its use lies in how large the optical spin contrast is and the associated fidelity of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-08-23 Liam Hanlon , Lachlan Oberg , Yun Heng Chen , Marcus W. Doherty

We demonstrate fluorescence thermometry techniques with sensitivities approaching 10 mK Hz^(-1/2) based on the spin-dependent photoluminescence of nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. These techniques use dynamical decoupling protocols…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-24 David M. Toyli , Charles F. de las Casas , David J. Christle , Viatcheslav V. Dobrovitski , David D. Awschalom

A controlled qubit in a rotating frame opens new opportunities to probe fundamental quantum physics, such as geometric phases in physically rotating frames, and can potentially enhance detection of magnetic fields. Realising a single qubit…

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

Solid-state electronic spin systems such as nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond are promising for applications of quantum information, sensing, and metrology. However, a key challenge for such solid-state systems is to realize a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Nir Bar-Gill , Linh M. Pham , Andrejs Jarmola , Dmitry Budker , Ronald L. Walsworth

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

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is supposed to be a building block for quantum computing and nanometer scale metrology at ambient conditions. Therefore, precise knowledge of its quantum states is crucial. Here, we experimentally…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 G. Waldherr , J. Beck , M. Steiner , P. Neumann , A. Gali , Th. Frauenheim , F. Jelezko , J. Wrachtrup

As a potential candidate for quantum computation and metrology, the nitrogen vacancy (NV)center in diamond presented both challenges and opportunities resulted from charge state conversion. By utilizing different lasers for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-20 Xiangdong Chen , Changling Zou , Zhaojun Gong , Chunhua Dong , Guangcan Guo , Fangwen Sun

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…

The Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) defect in diamond is a unique quantum system that offers precision sensing of nanoscale physical quantities beyond the current state-of-the-art. Here we present a method to controllably encode the interactions in…

Solid state spins have demonstrated significant potential in quantum sensing with applications including fundamental science, medical diagnostics and navigation. The quantum sensing schemes showing best performance under ambient conditions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-14 Beat Bürgler , Tobias F. Sjolander , Ovidiu Brinza , Alexandre Tallaire , Jocelyn Achard , Patrick Maletinsky

We examine the quantum spin state of a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond at room temperature as it makes a transition from the orbital ground-state (GS) to the orbital excited-state (ES) during non-resonant optical excitation.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 G. D. Fuchs , A. L. Falk , V. V. Dobrovitski , D. D. Awschalom

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…

The spin readout of an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond can be realized by a photoconductive detection that is a complementary method to the optical detection of the NV electron spin magnetic resonance. Here, we…

The nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond, a well-studied, optically active spin defect, is the prototypical system in many state of the art quantum sensing and communication applications. In addition to the enticing properties intrinsic…