Sensitivity optimization for NV-diamond magnetometry

JF Barry, JM Schloss, E Bauch, MJ Turner, CA Hart… - Reviews of Modern …, 2020‏ - APS
Solid-state spin systems including nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond constitute an
increasingly favored quantum sensing platform. However, present NV ensemble devices …

Quantum sensing and imaging with spin defects in hexagonal boron nitride

S Vaidya, X Gao, S Dikshit, I Aharonovich… - Advances in Physics …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
Color centers in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) have recently emerged as promising
candidates for a new wave of quantum applications. Thanks to hBN's high stability and two …

Quantum sensing

CL Degen, F Reinhard, P Cappellaro - Reviews of modern physics, 2017‏ - APS
“Quantum sensing” describes the use of a quantum system, quantum properties, or quantum
phenomena to perform a measurement of a physical quantity. Historical examples of …

Quantum microscopy with van der Waals heterostructures

AJ Healey, SC Scholten, T Yang, JA Scott… - Nature Physics, 2023‏ - nature.com
Solid-state spin sensors have the capacity to act as quantum microscopes for probing
material properties and physical processes. However, so far, these tools have relied on …

Ab initio theory of the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond

Á Gali - Nanophotonics, 2019‏ - degruyter.com
The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a solid-state defect qubit with favorable
coherence time up to room temperature, which could be harnessed in several quantum …

Principles and techniques of the quantum diamond microscope

EV Levine, MJ Turner, P Kehayias, CA Hart… - …, 2019‏ - degruyter.com
We provide an overview of the experimental techniques, measurement modalities, and
diverse applications of the quantum diamond microscope (QDM). The QDM employs a …

Optical magnetic detection of single-neuron action potentials using quantum defects in diamond

JF Barry, MJ Turner, JM Schloss, DR Glenn… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - pnas.org
Magnetic fields from neuronal action potentials (APs) pass largely unperturbed through
biological tissue, allowing magnetic measurements of AP dynamics to be performed …

Widefield quantum microscopy with nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond: Strengths, limitations, and prospects

SC Scholten, AJ Healey, IO Robertson… - Journal of Applied …, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT A dense layer of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers near the surface of a diamond
can be interrogated in a widefield optical microscope to produce spatially resolved maps of …

Nitrogen in diamond

MNR Ashfold, JP Goss, BL Green, PW May… - Chemical …, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
Nitrogen is ubiquitous in both natural and laboratory-grown diamond, but the number and
nature of the nitrogen-containing defects can have a profound effect on the diamond …

Micrometer‐scale magnetic imaging of geological samples using a quantum diamond microscope

DR Glenn, RR Fu, P Kehayias… - Geochemistry …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Remanent magnetization in geological samples may record the past intensity and direction
of planetary magnetic fields. Traditionally, this magnetization is analyzed through …