All-optical nuclear quantum sensing using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond
Abstract Solid state spins have demonstrated significant potential in quantum sensing with applications including fundamental science, medical diagnostics and navigation. The quantum sensing schemes showing best performance under ambient conditions all utilize microwave or radio-frequency driving, w...
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| author | B. Bürgler T. F. Sjolander O. Brinza A. Tallaire J. Achard P. Maletinsky |
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| description | Abstract Solid state spins have demonstrated significant potential in quantum sensing with applications including fundamental science, medical diagnostics and navigation. The quantum sensing schemes showing best performance under ambient conditions all utilize microwave or radio-frequency driving, which poses a significant limitation for miniaturization, energy efficiency, and non-invasiveness of quantum sensors. We overcome this limitation by demonstrating a purely optical approach to coherent quantum sensing. Our scheme involves the 15N nuclear spin of the Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center in diamond as a sensing resource, and exploits NV spin dynamics in oblique magnetic fields near the NV’s excited state level anti-crossing to optically pump the nuclear spin into a quantum superposition state. We demonstrate all-optical free-induction decay measurements—the key protocol for low-frequency quantum sensing—both on single spins and spin ensembles. Our results pave the way for highly compact quantum sensors to be employed for magnetometry or gyroscopy applications in challenging environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c1083986c64f43b8bd6b4bae5634b8382023-06-11T11:21:30ZengNature Portfolionpj Quantum Information2056-63872023-06-01911710.1038/s41534-023-00724-6All-optical nuclear quantum sensing using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamondB. Bürgler0T. F. Sjolander1O. Brinza2A. Tallaire3J. Achard4P. Maletinsky5Department of Physics, University of BaselDepartment of Physics, University of BaselLaboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux, LSPM, CNRS-UPR 3407, Université Sorbonne Paris NordLaboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux, LSPM, CNRS-UPR 3407, Université Sorbonne Paris NordLaboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux, LSPM, CNRS-UPR 3407, Université Sorbonne Paris NordDepartment of Physics, University of BaselAbstract Solid state spins have demonstrated significant potential in quantum sensing with applications including fundamental science, medical diagnostics and navigation. The quantum sensing schemes showing best performance under ambient conditions all utilize microwave or radio-frequency driving, which poses a significant limitation for miniaturization, energy efficiency, and non-invasiveness of quantum sensors. We overcome this limitation by demonstrating a purely optical approach to coherent quantum sensing. Our scheme involves the 15N nuclear spin of the Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center in diamond as a sensing resource, and exploits NV spin dynamics in oblique magnetic fields near the NV’s excited state level anti-crossing to optically pump the nuclear spin into a quantum superposition state. We demonstrate all-optical free-induction decay measurements—the key protocol for low-frequency quantum sensing—both on single spins and spin ensembles. Our results pave the way for highly compact quantum sensors to be employed for magnetometry or gyroscopy applications in challenging environments.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-023-00724-6 |
| spellingShingle | B. Bürgler T. F. Sjolander O. Brinza A. Tallaire J. Achard P. Maletinsky All-optical nuclear quantum sensing using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond npj Quantum Information |
| title | All-optical nuclear quantum sensing using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond |
| title_full | All-optical nuclear quantum sensing using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond |
| title_fullStr | All-optical nuclear quantum sensing using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond |
| title_full_unstemmed | All-optical nuclear quantum sensing using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond |
| title_short | All-optical nuclear quantum sensing using nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond |
| title_sort | all optical nuclear quantum sensing using nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41534-023-00724-6 |
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