The properties of the nitrogen-vacancy center in milled chemical vapor deposition nanodiamonds
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| author | Mameli, Alessandro Thalassinos, Giannis Capelli, Marco Ackermann, Johannes Mayes, Edwin Abe, Hiroshi Ohshima, Takeshi Luo, Tingpeng Cimalla, Volker Knittel, Peter Gibson, Brant Jeske, Jan Dontschuk, Nikolai Krueger, Anke Stacey, Alastair Healey, Alexander Reineck, Philipp |
| author_facet | Mameli, Alessandro Thalassinos, Giannis Capelli, Marco Ackermann, Johannes Mayes, Edwin Abe, Hiroshi Ohshima, Takeshi Luo, Tingpeng Cimalla, Volker Knittel, Peter Gibson, Brant Jeske, Jan Dontschuk, Nikolai Krueger, Anke Stacey, Alastair Healey, Alexander Reineck, Philipp |
| contents | Fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) containing negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centers are vital for many emerging quantum sensing applications from magnetometry to intracellular sensing in biology. However, developing a scalable fabrication method for FNDs hosting color centers with consistent bulk-like photoluminescence (PL) and spin coherence properties remains a highly desired but unrealized goal. Here, we investigate optimized ball milling of single-crystal diamonds produced via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and containing 2 ppm of substitutional nitrogen and 0.3 ppm of NV- to achieve this goal. The NV charge state, PL lifetime, and spin properties of bulk CVD diamond samples are directly compared to milled CVD FNDs and commercial high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) FNDs. We find that on average, the relative contribution of the NV- charge state to the total NV PL is lower and the NV PL lifetime is longer in CVD FNDs compared to HPHT FNDs, both likely due to the lower Ns0 concentration in CVD FNDs. The CVD bulk and CVD FNDs on average show similar average T1 spin relaxation times of 3.2 $\pm$ 0.7 ms and 4.7 $\pm$ 1.6 ms, respectively, compared to 0.17 $\pm$ 0.01 ms for commercial HPHT FNDs. Our results demonstrate that ball milling of CVD diamonds enables the large-scale fabrication of NV ensembles in FNDs with bulk-like T1 spin relaxation properties. |
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| spellingShingle | The properties of the nitrogen-vacancy center in milled chemical vapor deposition nanodiamonds Mameli, Alessandro Thalassinos, Giannis Capelli, Marco Ackermann, Johannes Mayes, Edwin Abe, Hiroshi Ohshima, Takeshi Luo, Tingpeng Cimalla, Volker Knittel, Peter Gibson, Brant Jeske, Jan Dontschuk, Nikolai Krueger, Anke Stacey, Alastair Healey, Alexander Reineck, Philipp Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) containing negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV-) centers are vital for many emerging quantum sensing applications from magnetometry to intracellular sensing in biology. However, developing a scalable fabrication method for FNDs hosting color centers with consistent bulk-like photoluminescence (PL) and spin coherence properties remains a highly desired but unrealized goal. Here, we investigate optimized ball milling of single-crystal diamonds produced via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and containing 2 ppm of substitutional nitrogen and 0.3 ppm of NV- to achieve this goal. The NV charge state, PL lifetime, and spin properties of bulk CVD diamond samples are directly compared to milled CVD FNDs and commercial high-pressure high-temperature (HPHT) FNDs. We find that on average, the relative contribution of the NV- charge state to the total NV PL is lower and the NV PL lifetime is longer in CVD FNDs compared to HPHT FNDs, both likely due to the lower Ns0 concentration in CVD FNDs. The CVD bulk and CVD FNDs on average show similar average T1 spin relaxation times of 3.2 $\pm$ 0.7 ms and 4.7 $\pm$ 1.6 ms, respectively, compared to 0.17 $\pm$ 0.01 ms for commercial HPHT FNDs. Our results demonstrate that ball milling of CVD diamonds enables the large-scale fabrication of NV ensembles in FNDs with bulk-like T1 spin relaxation properties. |
| title | The properties of the nitrogen-vacancy center in milled chemical vapor deposition nanodiamonds |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13725 |