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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 21: Quantum Technologies: Color Centers II (joint session Q/QI)
Q 21.6: Talk
Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 12:15–12:30, F442
Advances in Nanoscale Nuclear Magnetic Resonance with NV centers in diamond — •Marcel Martin1, Nicolas Palazzo2,3, Erik Knall2, Daniel Kim2,3, Nadine Meister2, Ryan Gelly2,3, Ryan Cimmino2, Bartholomeus Machielse2, Elana Urbach2, Mikhail Lukin2, Hongkun Park2,3, and Nabeel Aslam1 — 1Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany — 2Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA — 3Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Limitations of traditional nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) can be overcome by using Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond as local NMR probes which rely on statistical rather than thermal polarisation.
Proof-of-concept NMR measurements with NV centers have successfully been demonstrated in the past but revealed new challenges. One of them being the fast diffusion of molecules in liquids out of the detection volume, prohibiting NMR sensing by the NV centers. This can be solved by confining liquids in close proximity to the NV sensor. We realized this by structuring the diamond surface with nanowells, which function as traps for zeptoliter scale samples. In addition we demonstrated the controlled creation of NV centers underneath these nanostructures. We present NMR data measured with NV centers in such devices.
The promising technique of nanoscale NMR using NV centers is not restricted to liquids though but can be applied to a wide variety of materials. We will discuss a selection of potential applications.