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A differential rate meter for real-time peak tracking in optically detected magnetic resonance at low photon count rates

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Author(s)

Kapildeb Ambal, Robert D. McMichael

Abstract

We describe a real-time data processing and frequency control method to track peaks in optically detected magnetic resonance of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond. This procedure allows us to measure magnetic field continuously with sensitivity ≈ 6 µT/Hz1/2 and to track resonances at sweep rates exceeding 110 µT/s. We use a custom-built differential photon rate detector and active feedback control (PID) to “lock” the microwave excitation frequency of the magnetic resonance. Our scheme covers a broad magnetic field range, limited by the frequency range of the microwave generator. This measurement procedure automates the processing of photon counters’ voltage pulse outputs, and it provides sensitivity that is comparable to traditional photon counting methods.
Citation
Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume
90
Issue
2
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5065515

Keywords

Magnetic resonance, Magnetometry, peak tracking
Nanomagnetics, Condensed matter, Electron physics and Spectroscopy

Citation

Ambal, K. and McMichael, R. (2019), A differential rate meter for real-time peak tracking in optically detected magnetic resonance at low photon count rates, Review of Scientific Instruments, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5065515 (Accessed April 24, 2024)

Created February 12, 2019, Updated February 13, 2019