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Enhancing the measurement signal from solid state quantum sensors such as the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is an important problem for sensing and imaging of condensed matter systems. Here we engineer diamond scanning probes with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-04 N. Hedrich , D. Rohner , M. Batzer , P. Maletinsky , B. J. Shields

Wide-field magnetic microscopy using nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond can yield high-quality magnetic images of DC and AC magnetic fields. The unique combination of micron-scale spatial resolution of scalar or vector fields at room…

The current generation of quantum sensing technologies using color centers in diamond crystals is primarily based on the principle that the resonant microwave frequency of the luminescence between quantum levels of the nitrogen-vacancy (NV)…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 Ryosuke Sakurai , Yuta Kainuma , Toshu An , Hidemi Shigekawa , Muneaki Hase

Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have useful properties for detecting both AC and DC magnetic fields with high sensitivity at nano-scale resolution. Vector detection of AC magnetic fields can be achieved by using NV centers having…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Pooja Lamba , Akshat Rana , Sougata Halder , Siddharth Dhomkar , Dieter Suter , Rama K. Kamineni

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

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center is a well utilized system for quantum technology, in particular quantum sensing and microscopy. Fully employing the NV center's capabilities for metrology requires a strong understanding of the behavior of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-13 M. S. J. Barson , P. M. Reddy , S. Yang , N. B. Manson , J. Wrachtrup , M. W. Doherty

An important feature of strong correlated electron systems is the tunability between interesting ground states such as unconventional superconductivity and exotic magnetism. Pressure is a clean, continuous and systematic tuning parameter.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-04 King Yau Yip , Kin On Ho , King Yiu Yu , Yang Chen , Wei Zhang , S. Kasahara , Y. Mizukami , T. Shibauchi , Y. Matsuda , Swee K. Goh , Sen Yang

NV centers in diamond are generally recognized as highly promising as indefinitely stable highly efficient single-photon sources. We report an experimental quantification of the brightness, radiative decay rate, nonradiative decay rate and…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-12 Abbas Mohtashami , A. Femius Koenderink

Quantum sensing with solid-state spins offers the promise of high spatial resolution, bandwidth, and dynamic range at sensitivities comparable to more mature quantum sensing technologies, such as atomic vapor cells and superconducting…

Magnetic imaging with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) spins in diamond is becoming an established tool for studying nanoscale physics in condensed matter systems. However, the optical access required for NV spin readout remains an important hurdle…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-26 Yufan Li , Fabian A. Gerritsma , Samer Kurdi , Nina Codreanu , Simon Gröblacher , Ronald Hanson , Richard Norte , Toeno van der Sar

Quantum sensing with spin defects in diamond, such as the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center, enables the detection of various chemical species on the nanoscale. Molecules or ions with unpaired electronic spins are typically probed by their…

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are among the most promising solid-state qubit candidates, owing to their exceptionally long spin coherence times, efficient spin-photon coupling, room-temperature operation, and steadily advancing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-21 Arjun Raghavan , Seokjin Bae , Nazar Delegan , F. Joseph Heremans , Vidya Madhavan

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 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

The integration of light and materials technology is key to the creation of innovative sensing technologies. Sensing of electric and magnetic fields, and temperature with high spatio-temporal resolution is a critical task for the…

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

Alkali metal ions such as sodium and potassium cations play fundamental roles in biology. Developing highly sensitive and selective methods to both detect and quantify these ions is of considerable importance for medical diagnostics and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-01-10 Changhao Li , Shao-Xiong Lennon Luo , Daniel M. Kim , Guoqing Wang , Paola Cappellaro

In this work we present a compact and portable tabletop magnetometer that utilizes negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. The magnetometer is operated using a dual microwave resonance detection approach in combination…

The point-like nature and exquisite magnetic field sensitivity of the nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond can provide information about the inner workings of magnetic nanocircuits in complement with traditional transport techniques.…

While nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centers have been extensively investigated in the context of spin-based quantum technologies, the spin-state readout is conventionally performed optically, which may limit miniaturization and scalability. Here,…