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The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centre in diamond has many exciting applications in quantum nano-metrology, including magnetometry, electrometry, thermometry and piezometry. Indeed, it is possible for a single NV- centre to…

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) 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

We present a novel approach to the detection of weak magnetic fields that takes advantage of recently developed techniques for the coherent control of solid-state electron spin quantum bits. Specifically, we investigate a magnetic sensor…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. M. Taylor , P. Cappellaro , L. Childress , L. Jiang , D. Budker , P. R. Hemmer , A. Yacoby , R. Walsworth , M. D. Lukin

Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are optically addressable and versatile light-matter interfaces with practical application in magnetic field sensing, offering the ability to operate at room temperature and reach sensitivities below…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-15 Arezoo Afshar , Andrew Proppe , Noah Lupu-Gladstein , Lilian Childress , Aaron Z. Goldberg , Khabat Heshami

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are considered sensors for detecting magnetic fields. Pulsed optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) is typically used to detect AC magnetic fields; however, this technique can only be…

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center in diamond is an atom-like system in the solid-state which specific spin properties can be efficiently used as a sensitive magnetic sensor. An external magnetic field induces Zeeman shifts of the NV…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-17 M. Chipaux , A. Tallaire , J. Achard , S. Pezzagna , J. Meijer , V. Jacques , J. -F. Roch , T. Debuisschert

The magnetic fields generated by spins and currents provide a unique window into the physics of correlated-electron materials and devices. Proposed only a decade ago, magnetometry based on the electron spin of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) defects…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-04-25 Francesco Casola , Toeno van der Sar , Amir Yacoby

With the second quantum revolution underway, quantum-enhanced sensors are moving from laboratory demonstrations to field deployments, providing enhanced and even new capabilities. Signal processing and operational software is becoming…

In this Letter, we proposed and experimentally demonstrated a method to detect vector magnetic field with a single nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond. The magnetic field in parallel with the axis of the NV center can be obtained by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-24 X. -D. Chen , F. -W. Sun , C. -L. Zou , J. -M. Cui , L. -M. Zhou , G. -C. Guo

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond provide a solid-state platform for quantum sensing. While optically detected magnetic resonance techniques offer high sensitivity, their reliance on microwaves introduces heating and stray…

Damage in infrastructure is often hidden until it becomes costly or dangerous. Common examples include corrosion under insulation, early fatigue damage in steel, corrosion of embedded reinforcement, and abnormal current flow in batteries…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-04-07 Muhammad Mahmudul Hasan , Ingrid Torres , Alex Krasnok

Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centre quantum sensors provide unique opportunities in studying condensed matter systems: they are quantitative, noninvasive, physically robust, offer nanoscale resolution, and may be used across a wide range of…

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…

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…

Vector magnetometry is an essential tool in characterizing the distribution of currents and magnetization in a broad range of systems. Point defect sensors, like the nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond, have demonstrated impressive…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-10 N. M. Beaver , N. Voce , P. Meisenheimer , R. Ramesh , P. Stevenson

Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are atom-scale defects with long spin coherence times that can be used to sense magnetic fields with high sensitivity and spatial resolution. Typically, the magnetic field projection at a single…

We investigate the magnetic field dependent photo-physics of individual Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond under cryogenic conditions. At distinct magnetic fields, we observe significant reductions in the NV photoluminescence…

Magnetometry with nitrogen-vacancy color centers in diamond has gained significant interest among researchers in recent years. Absolute knowledge of the three-dimensional orientation of the magnetic field is necessary for many applications.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-01 S. Sengottuvel , M. Mrózek , M. Sawczak , M. J. Głowacki , M. Ficek , W. Gawlik , A. M. Wojciechowski

The measurement of vector magnetic fields with high sensitivity and spatial resolution is important for both fundamental science and engineering applications. In particular, magnetic-field sensing with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 Takuya Isogawa , Yuichiro Matsuzaki , Junko Ishi-Hayase