Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Detection of nanoscale electron spin resonance spectra demonstrated using nitrogen-vacancy centre probes in diamond

  • L. T. Hall,
  • P. Kehayias,
  • D. A. Simpson,
  • A. Jarmola,
  • A. Stacey,
  • D. Budker,
  • L. C. L. Hollenberg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10211
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The application of resonant electron spin ensembles to the study electronic systems can be limited in spatial resolution above the micrometre scale. Here, the authors use nitrogen vacancies to probe the paramagnetic background in diamond via spin resonance spectra dominated by single local spins.