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Enhanced Quantum Sensing with Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Nanodiamonds Using All-Optical Charge Control

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Publication Date2017-01-01
JournalConference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
AuthorsDavid A. Hopper, Richard R. Grote, Lee C. Bassett
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania

We demonstrate an all-optical protocol for ensemble charge readout and spin-to-charge conversion of nitrogen-vacancy centers in room-temperature nanodiamonds. This technique provides drastic improvements for electrochemical sensing and an order-of-magnitude speedup for spin-based quantum sensors.