Conspectus Fluorescent nanodiamond (FND) has recently played a central role in fueling
new discoveries in interdisciplinary fields spanning biology, chemistry, physics, and …

The field of fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) has advanced greatly over the past few
years. Though historically limited primarily to red fluorescence, the wavelengths available for …

Conventional wisdom holds that macroscopic classical phenomena naturally emerge from
microscopic quantum laws,,,,,–. However, despite this mantra, building direct connections …

Colour centres in wide-bandgap semiconductors feature metastable charge states that can
be interconverted with the help of optical excitation at select wavelengths. The distinct …

Measuring magnetic response from spin and current is of fundamental interest in condensed
matter physics. Negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV^−) centers in diamond are …

Highlights•Basics of Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center in diamond—optical and spin
properties.•Recent developments in NV—focus on optical imaging and super resolution …

Single-photon sources and their optical spin readout are at the core of applications in
quantum communication, quantum computation, and quantum sensing. Their integration in …

The continuous scaling of semiconductor-based technologies to micrometer and
submicrometer regimes has resulted in higher device density and lower power dissipation …

An outstanding challenge in large-scale quantum platforms is to simultaneously achieve
strong interactions, giving rise to the most interesting behaviours, and local addressing …

The negatively charged nitrogen vacancy (NV−) center in diamond is the focus of
widespread attention for applications ranging from quantum information processing to …