Room-temperature alignment-free magnetometry with boron vacancies in hot-pressed hexagonal boron nitride
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| author | Wen, Shuyu Coto, Raul Wen, Peiting Prucnal, Slawomir Helm, Manfred Luo, Jun-Wei Zhou, Shengqiang Berencén, Yonder |
| author_facet | Wen, Shuyu Coto, Raul Wen, Peiting Prucnal, Slawomir Helm, Manfred Luo, Jun-Wei Zhou, Shengqiang Berencén, Yonder |
| contents | Magnetic field sensing is essential for applications in communication, environmental monitoring, and biomedical diagnostics. Quantum sensors based on solid-state spin defects, such as nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond or boron vacancies in single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), typically require precise alignment between the external magnetic field and the defect's spin quantization axis to achieve reliable sensing. This alignment constraint complicates device integration and hinders scalability. Here, we demonstrate room-temperature optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) from negatively charged boron vacancies (VB-) in commercially available hot-pressed polycrystalline hBN. The random grain orientation inherently samples a broad range of spin quantization axes, enabling alignment-free magnetic field detection. Numerical modeling further confirms that sensing remains feasible despite anisotropic sensitivity, establishing hot-pressed hBN as a robust and practical platform for quantum magnetometry. This approach paves the way toward low-cost, scalable, and mechanically stable quantum magnetic field sensors suitable for real-world deployment. |
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| spellingShingle | Room-temperature alignment-free magnetometry with boron vacancies in hot-pressed hexagonal boron nitride Wen, Shuyu Coto, Raul Wen, Peiting Prucnal, Slawomir Helm, Manfred Luo, Jun-Wei Zhou, Shengqiang Berencén, Yonder Quantum Physics Applied Physics Atomic Physics Magnetic field sensing is essential for applications in communication, environmental monitoring, and biomedical diagnostics. Quantum sensors based on solid-state spin defects, such as nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond or boron vacancies in single-crystal hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), typically require precise alignment between the external magnetic field and the defect's spin quantization axis to achieve reliable sensing. This alignment constraint complicates device integration and hinders scalability. Here, we demonstrate room-temperature optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) from negatively charged boron vacancies (VB-) in commercially available hot-pressed polycrystalline hBN. The random grain orientation inherently samples a broad range of spin quantization axes, enabling alignment-free magnetic field detection. Numerical modeling further confirms that sensing remains feasible despite anisotropic sensitivity, establishing hot-pressed hBN as a robust and practical platform for quantum magnetometry. This approach paves the way toward low-cost, scalable, and mechanically stable quantum magnetic field sensors suitable for real-world deployment. |
| title | Room-temperature alignment-free magnetometry with boron vacancies in hot-pressed hexagonal boron nitride |
| topic | Quantum Physics Applied Physics Atomic Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00734 |