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Reporter-Spin-Assisted T1 Relaxometry

Zhiran Zhang1, Maxime Joos1, Dolev Bluvstein1,2, Yuanqi Lyu1,3, and Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich1,*

  • 1Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
  • 2Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
  • 3Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

  • *ania@physics.ucsb.edu
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Phys. Rev. Applied 19, L031004 – Published 16 March, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.19.L031004

Abstract

A single-spin quantum sensor can quantitatively detect and image fluctuating electromagnetic fields via their effect on the sensor spin’s relaxation time, thus revealing important information about the target solid-state or molecular structures. However, the sensitivity and spatial resolution of spin relaxometry are often limited by the distance between the sensor and target. Here, we propose an alternative approach that leverages an auxiliary reporter spin in conjunction with a single-spin sensor, a diamond nitrogen-vacancy (N-V) center. We show that this approach can realize a 100-fold measurement sensitivity improvement for realistic working conditions and we experimentally verify the proposed method using a single shallow N-V center. Our work opens up a broad path of inquiry into a range of possible spin systems that can serve as relaxation sensors without the need for optical initialization and readout capabilities.

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Phys. Rev. Applied 19, L031004– Published 16 March, 2023
  • Received 21 August 2022
  • Revised 23 November 2022
  • Accepted 9 February 2023
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