Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Microwave-free nuclear magnetic resonance at molecular scales

  • James D. A. Wood,
  • Jean-Philippe Tetienne,
  • David A. Broadway,
  • Liam T. Hall,
  • David A. Simpson,
  • Alastair Stacey,
  • Lloyd C. L. Hollenberg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15950
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Nitrogen vacancy centres can be used for nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance detection but this typically involves strong microwave control pulses, making practical realizations difficult. Here the authors demonstrate a microwave-free spectroscopic protocol that can detect spins in external samples.