Robust GHz-range AC Magnetometry with an ensemble of NV Centers in Diamond using Concatenated Continuous Dynamical Decoupling

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Main Authors: Kitamura, Takuya, Genov, Genko, Salhov, Alon, Kobayashi, Yutaka, Onoda, Shinobu, Isoya, Junichi, Retzker, Alex, Jelezko, Fedor
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author Kitamura, Takuya
Genov, Genko
Salhov, Alon
Kobayashi, Yutaka
Onoda, Shinobu
Isoya, Junichi
Retzker, Alex
Jelezko, Fedor
author_facet Kitamura, Takuya
Genov, Genko
Salhov, Alon
Kobayashi, Yutaka
Onoda, Shinobu
Isoya, Junichi
Retzker, Alex
Jelezko, Fedor
contents Sub-picotesla level magnetometry has been demonstrated using negatively-charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond by increasing the number of spins simultaneously used for sensing in an NV ensemble. However, such scale-up often introduces spatial inhomogeneities in detuning and control field amplitudes, which degrade sensitivity. Although several techniques have been utilized to overcome these challenges, including pulsed dynamical decoupling or shaped pulses, these are not generally compatible with the current state-of-the-art techniques for GHz-range AC magnetometry with NV ensembles, which are typically based on Rabi oscillations. In this work we experimentally demonstrate GHz-range AC magnetometry using a large ensemble of NV centers under spatially inhomogeneous drive fields by employing concatenated continuous dynamical decoupling, which is designed for robustness against such imperfections. We compare its performance with the conventional direct Rabi method and show that the robust dressed states in our method extend significantly the measuring range to weaker signals in GHz-range AC magnetometry.
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spellingShingle Robust GHz-range AC Magnetometry with an ensemble of NV Centers in Diamond using Concatenated Continuous Dynamical Decoupling
Kitamura, Takuya
Genov, Genko
Salhov, Alon
Kobayashi, Yutaka
Onoda, Shinobu
Isoya, Junichi
Retzker, Alex
Jelezko, Fedor
Quantum Physics
Sub-picotesla level magnetometry has been demonstrated using negatively-charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond by increasing the number of spins simultaneously used for sensing in an NV ensemble. However, such scale-up often introduces spatial inhomogeneities in detuning and control field amplitudes, which degrade sensitivity. Although several techniques have been utilized to overcome these challenges, including pulsed dynamical decoupling or shaped pulses, these are not generally compatible with the current state-of-the-art techniques for GHz-range AC magnetometry with NV ensembles, which are typically based on Rabi oscillations. In this work we experimentally demonstrate GHz-range AC magnetometry using a large ensemble of NV centers under spatially inhomogeneous drive fields by employing concatenated continuous dynamical decoupling, which is designed for robustness against such imperfections. We compare its performance with the conventional direct Rabi method and show that the robust dressed states in our method extend significantly the measuring range to weaker signals in GHz-range AC magnetometry.
title Robust GHz-range AC Magnetometry with an ensemble of NV Centers in Diamond using Concatenated Continuous Dynamical Decoupling
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.20401