High-sensitivity diamond magnetometer with nanoscale resolution

Nature Physics

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 810-816

  Taylor, J M ^a   Cappellaro, P ^b,c   Childress, L ^b,d   Jiang, L ^b   Budker, D ^e   Hemmer, P R ^f   Yacoby, A ^b   Walsworth, R ^b,c   Lukin, M D ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Texas A M University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTROSPINNING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETOMETERS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPIN DYNAMICS;

BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NANOSCALE RESOLUTIONS; NITROGEN VACANCIES; OPTICAL MAGNETIC FIELDS; SOLID-STATE ELECTRON; WEAK MAGNETIC FIELDS;

NANOMAGNETICS;

EID: 53349147021     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1075     Document Type: Article

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