A Compact, Portable Device for Microscopic Magnetic Imaging Based on Diamond Quantum Sensors
Abstract Magnetic imaging based on ensembles of diamond nitrogen‐vacancy quantum sensors has emerged as a useful technique for the spatial characterization of magnetic materials and current distributions. However, demonstrations have so far been restricted to laboratory‐based experiments using relat...
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| author | Alex Shaji Kevin J. Rietwyk Islay O. Robertson Philipp Reineck David A. Broadway Jean‐Philippe Tetienne |
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| description | Abstract Magnetic imaging based on ensembles of diamond nitrogen‐vacancy quantum sensors has emerged as a useful technique for the spatial characterization of magnetic materials and current distributions. However, demonstrations have so far been restricted to laboratory‐based experiments using relatively bulky apparatus and requiring manual handling of the diamond sensing element, hampering broader adoption of the technique. Here a simple, compact device that can be deployed outside a laboratory environment and enables robust, simplified operation is presented. It relies on a specially designed sensor head that directly integrates the diamond sensor while incorporating a microwave antenna and all necessary optical components. This integrated sensor head is complemented by a small control unit and a laptop computer that displays the resulting magnetic image. The device is tested by imaging a magnetic sample, demonstrating a spatial resolution of 4 µm over a field of view exceeding 1 mm, and a best sensitivity of 45 µT Hz−1 per (5 µm)2 pixel. The portable magnetic imaging instrument may find use in situations where taking the sample to be measured to a specialist lab is impractical or undesirable. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8e0f25762db845348f1dc495507307f92025-01-09T21:16:46ZengWiley-VCHAdvanced Sensor Research2751-12192025-01-0141n/an/a10.1002/adsr.202400108A Compact, Portable Device for Microscopic Magnetic Imaging Based on Diamond Quantum SensorsAlex Shaji0Kevin J. Rietwyk1Islay O. Robertson2Philipp Reineck3David A. Broadway4Jean‐Philippe Tetienne5School of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 AustraliaSchool of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 AustraliaSchool of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 AustraliaSchool of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 AustraliaSchool of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 AustraliaSchool of Science RMIT University Melbourne VIC 3001 AustraliaAbstract Magnetic imaging based on ensembles of diamond nitrogen‐vacancy quantum sensors has emerged as a useful technique for the spatial characterization of magnetic materials and current distributions. However, demonstrations have so far been restricted to laboratory‐based experiments using relatively bulky apparatus and requiring manual handling of the diamond sensing element, hampering broader adoption of the technique. Here a simple, compact device that can be deployed outside a laboratory environment and enables robust, simplified operation is presented. It relies on a specially designed sensor head that directly integrates the diamond sensor while incorporating a microwave antenna and all necessary optical components. This integrated sensor head is complemented by a small control unit and a laptop computer that displays the resulting magnetic image. The device is tested by imaging a magnetic sample, demonstrating a spatial resolution of 4 µm over a field of view exceeding 1 mm, and a best sensitivity of 45 µT Hz−1 per (5 µm)2 pixel. The portable magnetic imaging instrument may find use in situations where taking the sample to be measured to a specialist lab is impractical or undesirable.https://doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202400108magnetic imagingNV centre in diamondoptically detected magnetic resonance |
| spellingShingle | Alex Shaji Kevin J. Rietwyk Islay O. Robertson Philipp Reineck David A. Broadway Jean‐Philippe Tetienne A Compact, Portable Device for Microscopic Magnetic Imaging Based on Diamond Quantum Sensors Advanced Sensor Research magnetic imaging NV centre in diamond optically detected magnetic resonance |
| title | A Compact, Portable Device for Microscopic Magnetic Imaging Based on Diamond Quantum Sensors |
| title_full | A Compact, Portable Device for Microscopic Magnetic Imaging Based on Diamond Quantum Sensors |
| title_fullStr | A Compact, Portable Device for Microscopic Magnetic Imaging Based on Diamond Quantum Sensors |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Compact, Portable Device for Microscopic Magnetic Imaging Based on Diamond Quantum Sensors |
| title_short | A Compact, Portable Device for Microscopic Magnetic Imaging Based on Diamond Quantum Sensors |
| title_sort | compact portable device for microscopic magnetic imaging based on diamond quantum sensors |
| topic | magnetic imaging NV centre in diamond optically detected magnetic resonance |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/adsr.202400108 |
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