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Magnetic imaging with an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond

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The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center in diamond is an atom-like system in the solid-state which specific spin properties can be efficiently used as a sensitive magnetic sensor. An external magnetic field induces Zeeman shifts of the NV center levels which can be measured using optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR). In this work, we quantitatively map the vectorial structure of the magnetic field produced by a sample close to the surface of a CVD diamond hosting a thin layer of NV centers. The magnetic field reconstruction is based on a maximum-likelihood technique which exploits the response of the four intrinsic orientations of the NV center inside the diamond lattice. The sensitivity associated to a 1 μm2 area of the doped layer, equivalent to a sensor consisting of approximately 104 NV centers, is of the order of 2 μT/√Hz. The spatial resolution of the imaging device is 480 nm, limited by the numerical aperture of the optical microscope which is used to collect the photoluminescence of the NV layer. The effectiveness of the method is illustrated by the accurate reconstruction of the magnetic field created by a DC current inside a copper wire deposited on the diamond sample.

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  1. Thales Research & Technology, 1 av. Augustin Fresnel, 91767, Palaiseau CEDEX, France

    Mayeul Chipaux & Thierry Debuisschert

  2. Laboratoire des Sciences des Procédés et des Matériaux, CNRS and Université Paris 13, 93340, Villetaneuse, France

    Alexandre Tallaire & Jocelyn Achard

  3. Institut für Experimentelle Physik II, University Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

    Sébastien Pezzagna & Jan Meijer

  4. Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud and Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, 91405, Orsay, France

    Vincent Jacques & Jean-François Roch

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Chipaux, M., Tallaire, A., Achard, J. et al. Magnetic imaging with an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond. Eur. Phys. J. D 69, 166 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2015-60080-1

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