Quantum Sensing with Fiber-Coupled Diamond Emitters

ORAL

Abstract

Fluorescent defects in diamond are at the cutting edge of quantum sensor technology. When coupled to an optical fiber platform, in situ laser excitation and signal collection from these sensors is possible. The advent of microstructured fibers has enabled measurement modalities employing vector gradient field measurements, common-mode noise rejection, and scanning microresolution thermal and magnetic field imaging that can now be performed in environments without easy optical access.

In this work we have demonstrated microresolution quantum sensors based on diamond color-centers incorporated into microstructured optical fiber probes. These sensors are capable of in situ magnetic field and temperature measurements with 160 pT/√Hz and 25 mK/√Hz sensitivities via a variety of bias and noise-cancelling measurement modes.

*S.B. acknowledges the UMD-NIST Cooperative Research Agreement (70NANB14H209). S.B., C.V., X.L., I.F., and A.Z. acknowledge the Welch Foundation (A-1801-20180324) and ONR (N00014-16-1-2578). A.A. and A.Z. acknowledge NUST “MISIS” (211). I.F. and A.Z. acknowledge RFBR (18-29-20031, 18-52-00025), RSF (20-12-00088), and the Education and Science Ministry of the Russian Federation (14.Z50.31.0040). P.H. acknowledges the Government of the Russian Federation (14.W03.31.0028)

Presenters

  • Sean Blakley

    • Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Authors

  • Sean Blakley

    • Physical Measurement Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Ilya Fedotov

    • Physics Department, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
  • Xinghua Liu

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
  • Christapher Vincent

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
  • Alexey Akimov

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University
  • Philip Hemmer

    • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University
  • Aleksei M Zheltikov

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A&M University