논문

Quantum diamond microscopy with optimized magnetic field sensitivity and sub-ms temporal resolution

2023 / 학술지 / JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS(0021-8979)
Oh Sangwon; Truong Thi Hien; 송남웅 심정현 이성주

외부 링크

초록

Quantum diamond magnetometers using lock-in detection have successfully detected weak bio-magnetic fields from neurons, a live mammalian muscle, and a live mouse heart. This opens up the possibility of quantum diamond magnetometers visualizing microscopic distributions of the bio-magnetic fields. Here, we demonstrate a lock-in-based widefield quantum diamond microscopy, achieving a mean volume-normalized per-pixel sensitivity of 43.9 nT μ m 1:5 =Hz 0:5 . We optimize the sensitivity by implementing a double resonance with hyperfine driving and magnetic field alignment along the h001i orientation of the diamond. Additionally, we show that sub-ms temporal resolution (0:4 ms) can be achieved while keeping the per-pixel sensitivity at a few tens of nanotesla per second using quantum diamond microscopy. This lock-in-based diamond quantum microscopy could be a step forward in mapping functional activity in neuronal networks in micrometer spatial resolution.