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We report a systematic study of the magnetic field sensitivity of a magnetic sensor based on a single Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) defect in diamond, by using continuous optically detected electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. We first…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-30 A. Dréau , M. Lesik , L. Rondin , P. Spinicelli , O. Arcizet , J. -F. Roch , V. Jacques

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center in diamond has demonstrated great promise in a wide range of quantum sensing. Recently, there have been a series of proposals and experiments using NV centers to detect spin noise of quantum materials…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-04-14 Jacob Henshaw , Pauli Kehayias , Luca Basso , Michael Jaris , Rong Cong , Michael Titze , Tzu-Ming Lu , Michael P. Lilly , Andrew M. Mounce

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 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…

Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have emerged as a leading quantum sensor platform, combining exceptional sensitivity with nanoscale spatial resolution by optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR). Because fluorescence-based ODMR…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-11-24 Laura Kim , Hyeongrak Choi , Matthew Trusheim , Dirk Englund

Sensitive nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of target spins using nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond will require a quantitative understanding of dominant noise at the surface. We probe this noise by applying dynamical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-07-11 Bryan A. Myers , Matthieu C. Dartiailh , Kenichi Ohno , Ananda Das , David D. Awschalom , Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich

Owing to the unique electronic spin properties, the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers hosted in diamond have emerged as a powerful quantum sensor for various physical parameters and biological species. In this work, a miniature optical-fiber…

Machine learning is a powerful tool in finding hidden data patterns for quantum information processing. Here, we introduce this method into the optical readout of electron-spin states in diamond via single-photon collection and demonstrate…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-17 Peng Qian , Xue Lin , Feifei Zhou , Runchuan Ye , Yunlan Ji , Bing Chen , Guangjun Xie , Nanyang Xu

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

High-fidelity projective readout of a qubit's state in a single experimental repetition is a prerequisite for various quantum protocols of sensing and computing. Achieving single-shot readout is challenging for solid-state qubits. For…

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…

Recent years have seen significant growth of quantum technologies, and specifically quantum sensing, both in terms of the capabilities of advanced platforms and their applications. One of the leading platforms in this context is…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Galya Haim , Stefano Martina , John Howell , Nir Bar-Gill , Filippo Caruso

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…

The studies of many-body dynamics of interacting spin ensembles, as well as quantum sensing in solid state systems, are often limited by the need for high spin concentrations, along with efficient decoupling of the spin ensemble of interest…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-05 D. Farfurnik , N. Alfasi , S. Masis , Y. Kauffmann , E. Farchi , Y. Romach , Y. Hovav , E. Buks , N. Bar-Gill

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

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are of great interest for nano- and macro-scale magnetic field sensing. Most sensing protocols rely on conventional optical readout, which is limited by photon shot noise. The recently developed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-24 Ilia Chuprina , Genko Genov , Christoph Findler , Johannes Lang , Petr Siyushev , Fedor Jelezko

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in millimeter-scale diamond samples were produced by irradiation and subsequent annealing under varied conditions. The optical and spin relaxation properties of these samples were characterized using confocal…

New schemes that exploit the unique properties of Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are presently being explored as a platform for high-resolution magnetic sensing. Here we focus on the ability of a NV center to monitor an adjacent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-10-12 Abdelghani Laraoui , Jonathan S. Hodges , Colm Ryan , Carlos A. Meriles

Spin-based applications of the negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamonds require efficient spin readout. One approach is the spin-to-charge conversion (SCC), relying on mapping the spin states onto the neutral (NV$^0$) and…

Optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) is a way to characterize the NV centers. Recently, a remarkably sharp dip was observed in the ODMR with a high-density ensemble of NV centers, and this was reproduced by a theoretical model in…