Friday, October 5, 2012

1210.1443 (M. Loretz et al.)

Radio-frequency magnetometry using a single electron spin    [PDF]

M. Loretz, T. Rosskopf, C. L. Degen
We experimentally demonstrate a simple and robust protocol for the detection of weak radio-frequency magnetic fields using a single electron spin in diamond. Our method relies on spin locking, where the Rabi frequency of the spin is adjusted to match the MHz signal frequency. In a proof-of-principle experiment we detect a 7.5 MHz magnetic probe field of 40 nT amplitude with <10 kHz spectral resolution over a T_1-limited noise floor of 0.3 nT/rtHz. Rotating-frame magnetometry may provide a direct and sensitive route to high-resolution spectroscopy of nanoscale nuclear spin signals.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.1443

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