X-ray nanoprobe strain measurements for diamond-based quantum sensing

ORAL

Abstract

Point defects in diamond are a popular, growing platform for quantum sensing and information. Nanoscale strain is a crucial challenge for many such applications, including high-resolution magnetometry and quantum information processing with fabricated optical devices. Additionally, measuring nanoscale strain is central to a proposed diamond-based technique for directional detection of dark matter. Scanning Bragg diffraction allows three-dimensional measurements of strain at the nanoscale. We discuss the application of this technique to lab-grown diamonds, including measurements of growth-defect-induced strain in a diamond optimized for magnetic sensing and background characterization measurements for a proposed dark matter detector.

*This work was supported by the DOE QuANTISED program under Award No. DE-SC0019396; the Army Research Laboratory MAQP program under Contract No. W911NF-19-2-0181; the DARPA DRINQS program under Grant No. D18AC00033; and the University of Maryland Quantum Technology Center. This research used resources of the Center for Nanoscale Materials and Advanced Photon Source, both DOE Office of Science User Facilities operated for the DOE Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract no. DE-AC02-06CH11357

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Presenters

  • Mason Marshall

    • University of Maryland, College Park

Authors

  • Mason Marshall

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • David F Phillips

    • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

  • Matthew J Turner

    • Quantum Technology Center, University of Maryland
    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • Mark Ku

    • Physics and Astronomy & Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware
    • University of Delaware

  • Tao Zhou

    • Argonne National Lab

  • Nazar Delegan

    • Argonne National Lab
    • Center for Molecular Engineering and Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory

  • F. Joseph

    • Argonne National Lab
    • Center for Molecular Engineering and Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
    • Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Molecular Engineering and Materials Science Division
    • Center for Molecular Engineering, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory

  • Martin Holt

    • Center for nanoscale materials, Argonne National Laboratory
    • Argonne National Laboratory
    • Argonne National Lab

  • Ronald L Walsworth

    • Quantum Technology Center, University of Maryland
    • University of Maryland, College Park