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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

The protocols for the control and readout of Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) centres electron spins in diamond offer an advanced platform for quantum computation, metrology and sensing. These protocols are based on the optical readout of photons…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-06-26 E. Bourgeois , A. Jarmola , M. Gulka , J. Hruby , D. Budker , M. Nesladek

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 nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a heavily studied defect due to its potential applications to quantum metrology and computation, particularly in ambient conditions. The key mechanism to using the NV in any application lies in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-03 Liam Hanlon , Michael Olney-Fraser , Lukas Razinkovas , Marcus W. Dohert

We experimentally demonstrate precision addressing of single quantum emitters by combined optical microscopy and spin resonance techniques. To this end we utilize nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color centers in diamond confined within a few ten…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-10-20 Matthias Pfender , Nabeel Aslam , Gerald Waldherr , Jörg Wrachtrup

Effective control and readout of qubits form the technical foundation of next-generation, transformative quantum information sciences and technologies. The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center, an intrinsic three-level spin system, is naturally…

Optically addressable electron spin clusters are of interest for quantum computation, simulation and sensing. However, with interaction length scales of a few tens of nanometers in the strong coupling regime, they are unresolved in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-12-30 Matthew Joliffe , Vadim Vorobyov , Jörg Wrachtrup

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centres in diamond are a key platform for quantum sensing and quantum information, combining long coherence times with controllable spin-spin interactions. Most of current quantum algorithms rely on optical access,…

The spin readout of an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond can be realized by a photoconductive detection that is a complementary method to the optical detection of the NV electron spin magnetic resonance. Here, we…

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

Spin ensembles of nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are emerging as powerful spin-based sensors for magnetic, electric and thermal field imaging with high spatial and temporal resolution. Here we characterize the formation of…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-11-13 Tim R. Eichhorn , Claire A. McLellan , Ania C. B. Jayich

We utilize nonlinear absorption to design all-optical protocols that improve both charge state initialization and spin readout for the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond. Non-monotonic variations in the equilibrium charge state as a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-14 David A. Hopper , Richard R. Grote , Annemarie L. Exarhos , Lee C. Bassett

Spin ensembles are central to quantum science, from frequency standards and fundamental physics searches to magnetic resonance spectroscopy and quantum sensing. Their performance is ultimately constrained by spin projection noise, yet…

We use the electronic spin of a single Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) defect in diamond to observe the real-time evolution of neighboring single nuclear spins under ambient conditions. Using a diamond sample with a natural abundance of $^{13}$C…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 A. Dréau , P. Spinicelli , J. R. Maze , J. -F. Roch , V. Jacques

Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers, optically-active atomic defects in diamond, have attracted tremendous interest for quantum sensing, network, and computing applications due to their excellent quantum coherence and remarkable versatility in a…

High fidelity single-shot readout of qubits is a crucial component for fault-tolerant quantum computing and scalable quantum networks. In recent years, the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond has risen as a leading platform for the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-28 Qi Zhang , Yuhang Guo , Wentao Ji , Mengqi Wang , Jun Yin , Fei Kong , Yiheng Lin , Chunming Yin , Fazhan Shi , Ya Wang , Jiangfeng Du

The study of individual quantum systems in solids, for use as quantum bits (qubits) and probes of decoherence, requires protocols for their initialization, unitary manipulation, and readout. In many solid-state quantum systems, these…

Precise coherent control of the individual electronic spins associated with atom-like impurities in the solid state is essential for applications in quantum information processing and quantum metrology. We demonstrate all-optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-05 Yiwen Chu , Matthew Markham , Daniel J. Twitchen , Mikhail D. Lukin

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a method to strongly increase the sensitivity of spin measurements on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond, which can be readily implemented in existing quantum sensing experiments. While charge…

Nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond are among the leading solid state quantum platforms, offering exceptional spatial resolution and sensitivity for applications such as magnetic field sensing, thermometry, and bioimaging. However, in high…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-05 Florian Boehm , Yan Liu , Chengliang Yue , Xianqi Dong , Huaxue Zhou , Dong Wu , E Wu , Renfu Yang