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One of solution-state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)'s main weaknesses, is its relative insensitivity. J-driven Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (JDNP) was recently proposed for enhancing the sensitivity of solution-state NMR, by bypassing…
Nuclear spin hyperpolarization techniques, such as dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) and parahydrogen-induced polarization (PHIP), have revolutionized nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging. In these methods, a readily…
Rapid injection of spin polarization into an ensemble of nuclear spins is a problem of broad interest, spanning dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) to quantum information science. We report on a strategy to boost the spin injection rate by…
For applications of solid state quantum computing and quantum simulations, high fidelity initialisation of thermally mixed electronic and nuclear spin qubits is essential. Whereas electronic spins can readily be initialised optically to…
Characteristic photoluminescence (PL) of nanodiamonds (ND) of very different origin (detonation, HPHT, extracted from meteorite) was studied in situ at high temperatures in the range 20-450C. Luminescence was excited using 473 nm laser and…
In a dynamic nuclear polarization experiment on a 40 mM solution of 4-amino-TEMPO in a 40:60 water/glycerol mixture, we have observed that the bulk dipolar reservoir is cooled to a spin temperature of 15.5 micro-K, following microwave…
A new method for local dynamic nuclear polarization is demonstrated in a GaAs/AlGaAs heterostructure at the Landau level filling factor $\nu=3$. Using a narrow channel sample, where the width varies stepwise along the electron flow, we find…
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spans diverse fields from biology to quantum science. Employing NMR on a floating object could unveil novel possibilities beyond conventional operational paradigms. Here, we observe Nuclear Magnetic…
We report the detection and polarization of nuclear spins in diamond at room temperature by using a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center. We use Hartmann-Hahn double resonance to coherently enhance the signal from a single nuclear spin while…
Solid state defects such as nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond have been utilized for NMR sensing at ambient temperatures for samples at the nano-scale and up to the micro-scale. Similar to standard NMR, NV-sensitivities can be…
Taking inspiration from NMR spectroscopy, periodic irradiation schemes have recently shown remarkable performance when implemented into pulsed dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) sequences. This has prompted considerable interest in…
We propose a new, more efficient, and potentially cost effective, solid-state nuclear spin hyperpolarization method combining the Cross Effect mechanism and electron spin optical hyperpolarization in rotating solids. We first demonstrate…
Chemically induced dynamic nuclear polarization is a signature of spin order appearing in many photosynthetic reaction centers. Such polarization, significantly enhanced above thermal equilibrium, is known to result from the nuclear spin…
We introduce a method for the measurement of the lower bound on the initial polarization of spinful nuclei in a diamond by following the coherence evolution of an NV center spin qubit after a simple scheme is operated on the qubit to…
We report Electron Paramagnetic Resonance measurements on single crystalline and powder samples of Nd_0.5Ca_0.5MnO_3 across the charge-ordering transition at T_co=240 K down to the antiferromagnetic ordering transition at T_N = 140 K. The…
Statistical mechanics underlies our understanding of macroscopic quantum systems. It is based on the assumption that out-of-equilibrium systems rapidly approach their equilibrium states, forgetting any information about their microscopic…
Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) using the boron vacancy ($\mathrm{V_B^-}$) in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has gained increasing attention. Understanding this DNP requires systematically investigating the optically detected magnetic…
We propose a method for the estimation of the initial polarization of spinful nuclei of the 13 C isotope in diamond via a measurement of the evolution of the coherence of an NV center spin qubit. Existing polarization measurement methods…
Nuclear electric resonance (NER) is based on nuclear magnetic resonance mediated by spatial oscillations of electron spin domains excited by a radio frequency (RF) electric field, and it allows us to investigate the spatial distribution of…
Single crystal silicon is an excellent system in which to explore dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP), as it exhibits a continuum of properties from metallic to insulating as a function of doping concentration and temperature. At low doping…