Solid-state spin systems including nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond constitute an
increasingly favored quantum sensing platform. However, present NV ensemble devices …

The long-dreamed-of capability of monitoring the molecular machinery in living systems has
not been realized yet, mainly due to the technical limitations of current sensing technologies …

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond is a solid-state defect qubit with favorable
coherence time up to room temperature, which could be harnessed in several quantum …

The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) colour centre in diamond is an important physical system for
emergent quantum technologies, including quantum metrology, information processing and …

The exploitation of emerging quantum technologies requires efficient fabrication of key
building blocks. Sources of single photons are extremely important across many …

The past two decades have seen great advances in developing color centers in diamond for
sensing, quantum information processing, and tests of quantum foundations. Increasingly …

Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in millimeter-scale diamond samples were produced by
irradiation and subsequent annealing under varied conditions. The optical and spin …

The robust generation of quantum states in the presence of decoherence is a primary
challenge for explorations of quantum mechanics at larger scales. Using the mechanical …

Diamond nanoparticles occupy a special niche among nanomaterials due to their
combination of outstanding mechanical performance, chemical resistance, biocompatibility …

Formation and excitation energies as well charge transition levels are determined for the
substitutional nitrogen (N s), the vacancy (V), and related point defects (NV, NVH, N 2, N 2 V …