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Determination of local defect density in diamond by double electron-electron resonance

Yasuhiro ShimizuHuijie ZhengSusumu TakahashiAndrey JarmolaTomoyuki NikiArne WickenbrockViktor StepanovDmitry BudkerDmitry BudkerMizuki KamiyaZaili PengShang Li

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Quantum PhysicsMaterials scienceCondensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale PhysicsRelaxation (NMR)FOS: Physical sciencesResonanceDiamond02 engineering and technologyElectronengineering.material021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology01 natural sciencesMolecular physicsElectron resonanceImpurityMesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)0103 physical sciencesengineeringddc:530Quantum Physics (quant-ph)010306 general physics0210 nano-technologySpin relaxation

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Magnetic impurities in diamond influence the relaxation properties and thus limit the sensitivity of magnetic, electric, strain, and temperature sensors based on nitrogen-vacancy color centers. Diamond samples may exhibit significant spatial variations in the impurity concentrations hindering the quantitative analysis of relaxation pathways. Here, we present a local measurement technique which can be used to determine the concentration of various species of defects by utilizing double electron-electron resonance. This method will help to improve the understanding of the physics underlying spin relaxation and guide the development of diamond samples, as well as offering protocols for optimized sensing.

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.094307