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Imaging crystal stress in diamond using ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy centers

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [4];  [2];  [5]
  1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); University of Maryland
  2. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  3. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
  5. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States); Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States)

We present a micrometer-resolution and millimeter-field-of-view stress imaging method for diamonds containing a thin surface layer of nitrogen vacancy (NV) color centers. In this method, we reconstruct stress tensor elements over a two-dimensional field of view from NV optically-detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) spectra. We use this technique to study how stress inhomogeneity affects NV magnetometry performance, and show how NV stress imaging is a useful and direct way to assess these effects. This new tool for mapping stress in diamond will aid optimization of NV-diamond sensing, with wide-ranging applications in the physical and life sciences.

Research Organization:
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA (United States); Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Graduate Fellowship; DARPA; DRINQS; Air Force Office of Scientific Research Award; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0019396; AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1594039
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1769915
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 17 Vol. 100; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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