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Microscopy with single spins

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Two teams of researchers have exploited defects in diamond to demonstrate a new approach to magnetic sensing and imaging at the nanoscale.

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Figure 1: A variety of techniques have been developed to measure small magnetic moments.

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  1. Christian Degen is at the IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California 95120, USA. degenc@gmail.com,

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Degen, C. Microscopy with single spins. Nature Nanotech 3, 643–644 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2008.328

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