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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 use magnetic-field-dependent features in the photoluminescence of negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy centers to measure magnetic fields without the use of microwaves. In particular, we present a magnetometer based on the level…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Arne Wickenbrock , Huijie Zheng , Lykourgos Bougas , Nathan Leefer , Samer Afach , Andrey Jarmola , Victor M. Acosta , Dmitry Budker

We demonstrate a simple, robust and contactless method for non-destructive testing of magnetic materials such as steel. This uses a fiber-coupled magnetic sensor based on nitrogen vacancy centers (NVC) in diamond without magnetic shielding.…

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centre in diamond has emerged as a candidate to non-invasively hyperpolarise nuclear spins in molecular systems to improve the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments. Several promising proof of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 A. J. Healey , L. T. Hall , G. A. L. White , T. Teraji , M. -A. Sani , F. Separovic , J. -P. Tetienne , L. C. L. Hollenberg

Sensors based on spin qubits in 2D crystals offer the prospect of nanoscale sensing volumes, where the close proximity of the sensor and source could provide access to otherwise inaccessible signals. For AC magnetometry, the sensitivity and…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-03-14 Charlie J. Patrickson , Simon Baber , Blanka B. Gaál , Andrew J. Ramsay , Isaac J. Luxmoore

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

Color-center-hosting semiconductors are emerging as promising source materials for low-field dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) at or near room temperature, but hyperfine broadening, susceptibility to magnetic field heterogeneity, and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-01 J. Henshaw , D. Pagliero , P. R. Zangara , B. Franzoni , A. Ajoy , R. Acosta , J. A. Reimer , A. Pines , C. A. Meriles

The Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center in diamond is an intriguing electronic spin system with applications in quantum radiometry, sensing and computation. In those experiments, a bias magnetic field is commonly applied along the NV symmetry axis…

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

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in nanodiamonds can be utilized as low-cost, highly versatile quantum sensors for studying surface properties in condensed matter physics through the application of relaxometry protocols. For such…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Izidor Benedičič , Yuri Tanuma , Žiga Gosar , Bastien Anézo , Mariusz Mrózek , Adam Wojciechowski , Denis Arčon

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

We present nanoscale NMR measurements performed with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers located down to about 2 nm from the diamond surface. NV centers were created by shallow ion implantation followed by a slow, nanometer-by-nanometer removal…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-01-24 M. Loretz , S. Pezzagna , J. Meijer , C. L. Degen

We report a systematic study of the hyperfine interaction between the electron spin of a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defect in diamond and nearby $^{13}$C nuclear spins, by using pulsed electron spin resonance spectroscopy. We isolate a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 A. Dréau , J. -R. Maze , M. Lesik , J. -F. Roch , V. Jacques

After initial proof-of-principle demonstrations, optically pumped nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres in diamond have been proposed as a non-invasive platform to achieve hyperpolarisation of nuclear spins in molecular samples over macroscopic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-27 J. -P. Tetienne , L. T. Hall , A. J. Healey , G. A. L. White , M. -A. Sani , F. Separovic , L. C. L. Hollenberg

Near-surface nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers have been created in diamond through low energy implantation of 15N to sense electron spins that are external to the diamond. By performing double resonance experiments, we have verified the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 H. J. Mamin , M. H. Sherwood , D. Rugar

Nanoscale quantum probes such as the nitrogen-vacancy centre in diamond have demonstrated remarkable sensing capabilities over the past decade as control over the fabrication and manipulation of these systems has evolved. However, as the…

Ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond are a highly promising platform for high-sensitivity magnetometry, whose efficacy is often based on efficiently generating and monitoring magnetic-field dependent infrared fluorescence. Here…

Ultimate sensitivity for quantum magnetometry using nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond is limited by number of NV centers and coherence time. Microwave irradiation with a high and homogeneous power density for a large detection volume…

The nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond attracts a lot of attention in sensing applications, mainly for temperature, magnetic field, and rotation measurements. Nuclear spins of carbon-13 surrounding the nitrogen-vacancy center can be used as…

Recent developments in magnetic field sensing with negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy centers (NV) in diamond employ magnetic-field (MF) dependent features in the photoluminescence (PL) and eliminate the need for microwaves (MW). Here, we…