Nanoscale sensing based on nitrogen vacancy centersin single crystal diamond and nanodiamonds:achievements and challenges

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1909.03719
• Publication Date: 2019-01-01
• Authors: Mariusz Radtke; Ettore Bernardi; Abdallah Slablab; Richard Nelz; Elke Neu
• Keywords: Quantum sensor

Powered by the mutual developments in instrumentation, materials andtheoretical descriptions, sensing and imaging capabilities of quantum emitters insolids have significantly increased past two decades. Quantum insolids, whose properties resemble those atoms ions, provide alternative waysto probing natural artificial nanoscopic systems with minimum disturbance andultimate spatial resolution. Among emerging emitters, nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center diamond is an outstanding example due to its intrinsicproperties at room temperature (highly-luminescent, photo-stable, biocompatible,highly-coherent spin states). This review article summarizes recent advances andachievements using NV centers within nano- single crystal diamonds sensingand imaging. We also highlight prevalent challenges material aspects for differenttypes outline main parameters consider when centersas sensors. As a novel resource, we light emitting electrical dipoles their coupling other nanoscale e.g.graphene.