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Probing spin and charge on the nanoscale

We are building a scanning probe microscope to study spin and charge on the nanoscale. The magnetic sensing element is a nitrogen-vacancy center (NV) in diamond, which should afford single electron spin sensitivity with 10 nm spatial resolution.

Schematic of diamond-based scanning probe magnetometer

Confocal fluorescence images showing relative locations of NV and Gd-functionalized tip

T1 reduced by ~1000x  with nanoscale control