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We demonstrate a magnetometry technique using nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond which makes use of coherent two-photon transitions. We find that the sensitivity to magnetic fields can be significantly improved in isotopically purified…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-09-08 A. Angerer , T. Nöbauer , G. Wachter , M. Markham , A. Stacey , J. Majer , J. Schmiedmayer , M. Trupke

The ability to perform nanoscale electric field imaging of elementary charges at ambient temperatures will have diverse interdisciplinary applications. While the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is capable of high-sensitivity…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-28 M. S. J Barson , L. M. Oberg , L. P. McGuinness , A. Denisenko , N. B. Manson , J. Wrachtrup , M. W. Doherty

The interplay between ion beam modification techniques in the MeV range and the controlled generation of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centers in nitrogen-doped synthetic diamond crystals is explored. An experimental approach…

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

Non-invasive imaging of microwave (MW) magnetic fields with microscale lateral resolution is pivotal for various applications, such as MW technologies and integrated circuit failure analysis. Diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center…

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in nanodiamonds have emerged as a promising quantum sensing platform for biomedical imaging applications, yet random orientations of individual particles present significant challenges in large-scale sensor…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Yizhou Wang , Haochen Shen , Zhongyuan Liu , Yue Yu , Shengwang Du , Chong Zu , Chuanwei Zhang

Magnetometry and magnetic imaging with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defects in diamond rely on the optical detection of electron spin resonance (ESR). However, this technique is inherently limited to magnetic fields that are weak enough to avoid…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-10-23 J. -P. Tetienne , L. Rondin , P. Spinicelli , M. Chipaux , T. Debuisschert , J. -F. Roch , V. Jacques

Ensemble diamond nitrogen-vacancy (DNV) centers have emerged as a promising platform for precise earth-field vector magnetic sensing, particularly in applications that require high mobility. Nevertheless, integrating all control utilities…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-06 Yulin Dai , Wenhui Tian , Qing liu , Bao Chen , Yushan Liu , Qidi Hu , Zheng Ma , Yunpeng Zhai , Haodong Wang , Ying Dong , Nanyang Xu

The detection of individual molecules and their dynamics has been a long-standing challenge in the field of nanotechnology. In this work, we present a method that utilizes a nitrogen vacancy (NV) center and a dangling-bond on the diamond…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-15 A. Biteri-Uribarren , P. Alsina-Bolívar , C. Munuera-Javaloy , R. Puebla , J. Casanova

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging with shallow nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond offers an exciting route toward sensitive and localized chemical characterization at the nanoscale. Remarkable progress has been made to combat…

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 nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centre in diamond is a unique optical defect that is used in many applications today and methods to enhance its fluorescence brightness are highly sought after. We observed experimentally an enhancement of the NV…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-23 M. Capelli , P. Reineck , D. W. M. Lau , A. Orth , J. Jeske , M. W. Doherty , T. Ohshima , A. D. Greentree , B. C. Gibson

A dense layer of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers near the surface of a diamond can be interrogated in a widefield optical microscope to produce spatially resolved maps of local quantities such as magnetic field, electric field and lattice…

Etching experiments were performed that reveal the vertical distribution of optically active nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond created in close proximity to a surface through ion implantation and annealing. The NV distribution…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 Charles Santori , Paul E. Barclay , Kai-Mei C. Fu , Raymond G. Beausoleil

As promising quantum sensors, nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have been widely used in frontier studies in condensed matter physics, material sciences, and life sciences. In practical applications, weak laser excitation is…

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond constitute a solid-state nanosensing paradigm. Specifically for high-precision magnetometry, the so-called Ramsey interferometry is the prevalent choice where the sensing signal is extracted from…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-05 Ekrem Taha Güldeste , Ceyhun Bulutay

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond offer a sensitive method of measuring the spatially localized dynamics of magnetization and associated spin textures in ferromagnetic materials. We use NV centers in a deterministically positioned…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-29 Jeffrey Rable , Jyotirmay Dwivedi , Nitin Samarth

We employ an optical fiber doped with randomly oriented fluorescent sub-micron diamonds and the novel zero-field resonance protocol to collect information on the localization and orientation of a magnetic-field source and its distribution.…

Magnetic sensing and imaging instruments are important tools in biological and material sciences. There is an increasing demand for attaining higher sensitivity and spatial resolution, with implementations using a single qubit offering…

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…