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Title: All-Optical Cryogenic Thermometry Based on Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Nanodiamonds

Journal Article · · Physical Review Applied
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [4];  [4];  [4]
  1. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  3. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States); Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom). Cavendish Lab.
  4. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

The nitrogen-vacancy (N-V) center in diamond has been viewed as a high-sensitivity nanometer-scale metrology platform. Thermometry has been a current focus, with attention largely confined to room-temperature applications. Temperature sensing at low temperatures, yet, remains challenging as the sensitivity decreases for many commonly used techniques, which rely on a temperature-dependent frequency shift of the N-V center's spin resonance and its control with microwaves. Here we use an alternative method that does not require microwaves, ratiometric all-optical thermometry, and demonstrate that it may be utilized to liquid-nitrogen temperatures without deterioration of the sensitivity. The use of an array of nanodiamonds embedded within a portable polydimethylsiloxane sheet provides a versatile temperature-sensing platform that can probe a wide variety of systems without the configurational restrictions needed for applying microwaves. With this device, we observe a temperature gradient over tens of microns in a ferromagnetic-insulator substrate (yttrium iron garnet) under local heating by a resistive heater. This thermometry technique provides a cryogenically compatible, microwave-free, minimally invasive approach capable of probing local temperatures with few restrictions on the substrate materials.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1557251
Journal Information:
Physical Review Applied, Vol. 12, Issue 1; ISSN 2331-7019
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 20 works
Citation information provided by
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