Started by Matteo Rossi (@roman_road) ·
a flaw in diamond is one of the best magnetic sensors we have
A missing carbon atom next to a nitrogen atom. Shine green light on it and it glows red, and how brightly it glows depends on its spin state, which shifts with the magnetic field. And it works at room temperature, which is rare for anything quantum.
6 sources · 41 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- How does a defect in diamond measure magnetic fields?
- Ended at
- “quantum diamond microscope”
The Trail
- “nitrogen vacancy diamond sensor how it works” (google.com)
- Nitrogen-vacancy center (en.wikipedia.org)
- Optically detected magnetic resonance (en.wikipedia.org)
- Crystallographic defect (en.wikipedia.org)
- Diamond (en.wikipedia.org)
- “quantum diamond microscope” (hn.algolia.com)
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