A robust scanning diamond sensor for nanoscale imaging with single nitrogen-vacancy centres

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 320-324

  Maletinsky, P ^a   Hong, S ^a   Grinolds, M S ^a   Hausmann, B ^a   Lukin, M D ^a   Walsworth, R L ^a,b   Loncar, M ^a   Yacoby, A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIAMONDS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOMAGNETICS; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SCANNING;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DIAMOND NANOCRYSTALS; ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSITIVITY; MECHANICAL ROBUSTNESS; NANO-SCALE IMAGING; QUANTUM-INFORMATION PROCESSING; SCANNING TECHNIQUES;

NITROGEN;

DIAMOND; NANOCRYSTAL; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEVICES; FLUORESCENCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NANOIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

EID: 84861096230     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2012.50     Document Type: Article

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