Higher magnetic sensitivity through fluorescence manipulation by phonon spectrum control
Methods and configuration are disclosed for providing higher magnetic sensitivity magnetometers through fluorescence manipulation by phonon spectrum control. A method for increasing the magnetic sensitivity for a DNV sensor may include providing a diamond having nitrogen vacancies of a DNV sensor and an acoustic driver and acoustically driving the diamond with the acoustic driver to manipulate a phonon spectrum of the DNV sensor. A DNV sensor may include a diamond having nitrogen vacancies, a photo detector configured to detect photon emissions from the diamond responsive to laser excitation of the diamond and an acoustic driver configured to manipulate a phonon spectrum for the DNV sensor by acoustically driving the diamond.
1. A method for increasing magnetic sensitivity for a diamond nitrogen vacancy (DNV) sensor comprising:
providing a diamond having nitrogen vacancies of the DNV sensor and an acoustic driver;
acoustically driving the diamond with the acoustic driver to manipulate a phonon spectrum for the DNV sensor; and
detecting, using a photo detector, a set of NV 0 photon emissions and a set of NV − photon emissions from the DNA sensor, the set of NV 0 photon emissions and set of NV − photon emissions having a wavelength difference between a peak of the set of NV 31 photon emissions and a peak of the set of NV − photon emissions based on the acoustic driving of the diamond.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic driver acoustically drives the diamond parallel to the nitrogen vacancies of a lattice of the diamond.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic driver is a piezoelectric acoustic driver.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
applying a long pass filter to filter NV 0 photon emissions from NV − photon emissions.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
modifying a shape of the diamond to manipulate the phonon spectrum based on resonance of the diamond from the shape.
6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
matching an optical drive of the DNV sensor with a NV 0 zero phonon line.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
filtering out the set of NV 0 photon emissions.
8. A diamond nitrogen-vacancy (DNV) sensor comprising:
a diamond having nitrogen vacancies;
a photo detector configured to detect photon emissions from the diamond responsive to laser excitation of the diamond; and
an acoustic driver configured to manipulate a phonon spectrum for the DNV sensor by acoustically driving the diamond,
wherein the photo detector detects a set of NV 0 photon emissions and a set of NV − photon emissions having a wavelength difference between a peak of the set of NV 0 photon emissions and a peak of the set of NV − photon emissions based on the acoustic driving of the diamond by the acoustic driver.
9. The DNV sensor of claim 8 , wherein the acoustic driver acoustically drives the diamond parallel to the nitrogen vacancies of a lattice of the diamond.
10. The DNV sensor of claim 8 , wherein the acoustic driver is a piezoelectric acoustic driver.
11. The DNV sensor of claim 8 further comprising:
a long pass filter to filter NV 0 photon emissions from NV − photon emissions detected by the photo detector.
12. The DNV sensor of claim 8 , wherein the diamond is formed to manipulate the phonon spectrum based on resonance of the diamond.
13. The DNV sensor of claim 8 further comprising:
a filter to filter out the set of NV 0 photon emissions.
14. The DNV sensor of claim 13 , wherein the filter is incorporated into the photo detector.
15. A diamond nitrogen-vacancy (DNV) sensor comprising:
a diamond having nitrogen vacancies along a plurality of lattices, the diamond shaped to manipulate the phonon spectrum based on resonance of the diamond for the plurality of lattices;
a photo detector configured to detect photon emissions from the diamond responsive to laser excitation of the diamond; and
an acoustic driver configured to manipulate a phonon spectrum for the I)NV sensor by acoustically driving the diamond,
wherein the photo detector detects a set of NV 0 photon emissions and a set of NV − photon emissions having a wavelength difference between a peak of the set of NV 0 photon emissions and a peak of the set of NV − photon emissions based on the acoustic driving of the diamond by the acoustic driver.
16. The DNV sensor of claim 15 , wherein the acoustic driver acoustically drives the diamond parallel to the nitrogen vacancies of a lattice of the diamond.
17. The DNV sensor of claim 15 , wherein the acoustic driver is a piezoelectric acoustic driver.
18. The DNV sensor of claim 15 further comprising:
a long pass filter to filter NV 0 photon emissions from NV − photon emissions detected by the photo detector.
19. The DNV sensor of claim 15 further comprising:
a filter to filter out the set of NV 0 photon emissions.
20. The DNV sensor of claim 19 , wherein the filter is incorporated into the photo detector.