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Shallow nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are promising quantum sensors but suffer from noise-induced short coherence times due to bulk and surface impurities. We present interfacial engineering via oxygen termination and graphene…
Quantum enhanced sensing exploits the coherent dynamics of two-level systems (TLSs) to achieve exceptional sensitivities and measurement precision that surpass classical detection limits. While platforms such as nitrogen vacancy centers in…
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Spin defects in semiconductors are widely investigated for various applications in quantum sensing. Conventional host materials such as diamond and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) provide bulk or low-dimensional platforms for optically…