Detecting magnetic field is of great importance for many applications,such as magnetoencephalography and underground prospecting.There have been many magnetometers being widely used since the age of Hall magnetometer....Detecting magnetic field is of great importance for many applications,such as magnetoencephalography and underground prospecting.There have been many magnetometers being widely used since the age of Hall magnetometer.One of the magnetometers,the superconducting quantum interference device,is capable of measuring femtotesla magnetic fields at cryogenic temperature.However,a solid-state magnetometer with femtotesla sensitivity under ambient conditions remains elusive.Here we present a hybrid magnetometer based on the ensemble nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond with the sensitivity of(195±60)fT/Hz^(1/2)under ambient conditions,which can be further advanced to 11 fT/Hz^(1/2)at 100 Hz with cutting-edge fabrication technologies.Our method will find potential applications in biomagnetism and geomagnetism.展开更多
基金supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDC07000000, GJJSTD20200001, QYZDB-SSWSLH005)Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology (2021ZD0302200)+4 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFA0306600)Anhui Initiative in Quantum Information Technologies (AHY050000)Hefei Comprehensive National Science Centerand the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe Youth Innovation Promotion Association of C hinese Academy of Sciences for the support
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(2018YFA0306600 and 2016YFB0501603)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(11761131011)+2 种基金the Chinese Academy of Sciences(GJJSTD20170001,QYZDY-SSW-SLH004 and QYZDBSSW-SLH005)Anhui Initiative in Quantum Information Technologies(AHY050000)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences for the support。
文摘Detecting magnetic field is of great importance for many applications,such as magnetoencephalography and underground prospecting.There have been many magnetometers being widely used since the age of Hall magnetometer.One of the magnetometers,the superconducting quantum interference device,is capable of measuring femtotesla magnetic fields at cryogenic temperature.However,a solid-state magnetometer with femtotesla sensitivity under ambient conditions remains elusive.Here we present a hybrid magnetometer based on the ensemble nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond with the sensitivity of(195±60)fT/Hz^(1/2)under ambient conditions,which can be further advanced to 11 fT/Hz^(1/2)at 100 Hz with cutting-edge fabrication technologies.Our method will find potential applications in biomagnetism and geomagnetism.
