Search results for nitrogen-vacancy

Optics & Photonics Jun 20, 2023

Fast magnetic imaging with diamond-based quantum sensor technology

Microscopic imaging of magnetic fields, enabled by quantum sensing, allows the measurement of the unique magnetic fingerprint of objects. This opens the door for fundamentally new applications in various fields such as materials ...

Quantum Physics Jun 14, 2023

Researchers achieve coherent control of two-dimensional material solid-state spin defects

A team led by Prof. Guo Guangcan, with the collaborative efforts from Wigner Research Centre for Physics, revealed a new approach to discovering a new spin defect with an excellent probability of 85% and achieved coherent ...

Nanophysics Jun 14, 2023

Single-atom vacancies in atomically thin insulators created in ultra-high vacuum

Single photons have applications in quantum computation, information networks, and sensors, and these can be emitted by defects in the atomically thin insulator hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). Missing nitrogen atoms have been ...

Nanophysics Jun 14, 2023

Researchers succeed in arranging nanoscale quantum sensors on desired targets

University of Tokyo scientists have achieved the delicate task of arranging quantum sensors at a nanoscale, allowing them to detect extremely small variations in magnetic fields. The high-resolution quantum sensors will have ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 11, 2023

Prolonged photostability in hexagonal boron nitride quantum emitters

Single-photon emitters are crucial building materials suited for optical quantum technologies. Among them, hexagonal boron nitride is a promising two-dimensional material that retains bright, room-temperature single-photon ...

Optics & Photonics Apr 6, 2023

Researchers make an important step towards the quantum internet using diamond nanostructures

Diamond material is of great importance for future technologies such as the quantum internet. Special defect centers can be used as quantum bits (qubits) and emit single light particles that are referred to as single photons.

Bio & Medicine Mar 30, 2023

Researchers use tiny diamonds to create intracellular sensors

Researchers have developed a new way to study the intricate dynamics within living cells by using optically trapped nanodiamond particles as intracellular sensors. Using custom built optical tweezers, the research team trapped ...

Superconductivity Mar 23, 2023

Researchers make breakthrough in high-pressure magnetic detection

According to a study published in Nature Materials, a collaborative research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the University of Science and Technology of China ...

Nanophysics Feb 27, 2023

New strategy proposed for bandgap engineering and maintaining material properties under high pressure

Prof. Ding Junfeng and his team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Science, together with Prof. Zhang Genqiang from the University of Science and Technology of China, have achieved ...

Condensed Matter Feb 13, 2023

Scientists present a new method for imaging individual electrons

Imagine going for an MRI scan of your knee. This scan measures the density of water molecules present in your knee, at a resolution of about one cubic millimeter—which is great for determining whether, for example, a meniscus ...

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