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Microwave-free magnetometry based on cross-relaxation resonances in diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers

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Publication Date2017-07-06
JournalPhysical review. A/Physical review, A
AuthorsР. А. Ахмеджанов, Л. А. Гущин, Н. А. Низов, В. А. Низов, D. A. Sobgayda
InstitutionsInstitute of Applied Physics
Citations29

We study cross-relaxation resonances between differently oriented groups of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers at small external magnetic fields. These resonances are observed using resonant optical pumping on the NV-center zero phonon line. We suggest a magnetometry protocol that is based on measuring the positions of cross-relaxation resonances on the fluorescence scan. This protocol does not require microwave radiation and can be used to find all components of the unknown magnetic field vector. A room-temperature variant of the protocol with off-resonant optical pumping is also briefly discussed.