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A fibre-coupled diamond magnetometer for magnetocardiography and finding corrosion in steel

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Publication Date2021-07-15
AuthorsGavin W. Morley
InstitutionsUniversity of Warwick

We are developing technologies based on nitrogen-vacancy centres (NVCs) in diamond for both quantum computing and magnetometry. Here I will focus on the latter: our fibre-coupled NVC-ensemble magnetometer has an unshielded sensitivity of 100 pT/√Hz in the frequency range of 10 150 Hz at room temperature. Fibre coupling means the sensor can be conveniently brought within 2 mm of the object under study. We aim to detect the magnetic fields created by the heart for medical diagnostics: magnetocardiography. By modifying our magnetometer we have imaged damage in steel which could be useful for finding corrosion.