Granted Patent
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US 12,656,281 · App. 18/624,257 · Granted Jun 16, 2026
NV-center-based microwave-free quantum sensor and uses and characteristics thereof
Inventors:
Jan Berend Meijer (Bochum, DE); Robert Staacke (Leipzig, DE); Nils Meijer (Bochum, DE); Bernd Burchard (Essen, DE)
Assignee:
QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES GmbH
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Abstract
A sensor system is based on diamonds with a high density of NV centers. The description includes a) methods for producing the necessary diamonds of high NV center density, b) characteristics of such diamonds, c) sensing elements for utilizing the fluorescence radiation of such diamonds, d) sensing elements for utilizing the photocurrent of such diamonds, e) systems for evaluating these quantities, f) reduced noise systems for evaluating these systems, g) enclosures for using such systems in automatic placement equipment, h) methods for testing these systems, and i) a musical instrument as an example of an ultimate application of all these devices and methods.
Claims (29)
1 . A sensor system, comprising:
a sensor element, wherein:
the sensor element comprises or can be equal to a substrate;
a volume of space can be selected in the substrate;
the substrate comprises in the selected volume of space a group of at least two paramagnetic centers;
the sensor system comprises a pump radiation source for exciting a fluorescence radiation of the group of at least two paramagnetic centers;
the fluorescence radiation has a fluorescence radiation wavelength (I fl );
the sensor system comprises a radiation detector for detecting and evaluating the fluorescence radiation;
external dimensions of the selected volume of space do not exceed twice the fluorescence radiation wavelength (I fl );
the volume of space is larger than half a pump radiation wavelength (I pmp ) of a pump radiation to a third power of the pump radiation source;
the sensor system generating and/or providing a measured value by the pump radiation source and the radiation detector as a function of the fluorescence radiation of the group of at least two paramagnetic centers;
the fluorescence radiation depends on a physical parameter;
the measured value depends on the physical parameter;
the measured value is used as a measured value of the physical parameter; and
a concentration of paramagnetic centers of the group of at least two paramagnetic centers, generated by irradiation with particles in the volume of space is on average greater than 10 ppm relative to a number of atoms of the substrate per unit volume in the volume of space.
2 . A sensor system comprising:
a sensor element, wherein:
the sensor element comprises or can be equal to a substrate;
a volume of space can be selected in the substrate;
the substrate in the volume of space comprises a group of paramagnetic centers;
the sensor system comprises a pump radiation source for exciting a photocurrent of photoelectrons of the group of paramagnetic centers by means of a pump radiation having a pump radiation wavelength (I pmp );
the sensor system comprises a radiation detector for detecting and evaluating the photocurrent of the photoelectrons of the group of paramagnetic centers;
external dimensions of the volume of space do not exceed twice the pump radiation wavelength (I pmp );
the volume of space is larger than half the pump radiation wavelength (I pmp ) of the pump radiation to a third power;
the sensor system generates and/or provides a measured value by the pump radiation source and the radiation detector in dependence on the photocurrent;
the photocurrent depends on a physical parameter;
the measured value thus depends on the physical parameter;
the measured value is used as a measured value of the physical parameter; and
a concentration of paramagnetic centers of the group of paramagnetic centers, generated by irradiation with particles in the volume of space is on average greater than 10 ppm relative to a number of atoms of the substrate per unit volume in the volume of space.
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From: MEIJER, JAN BEREND; STAACKE, ROBERT; MEIJER, NILS; BURCHARD, BEREND
To: QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES UG
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