Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Absorption-based diamond spin microscopy on a plasmonic quantum metasurface
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Application No.: US17376234Application Date: 2021-07-15
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Publication No.: US11585870B2Publication Date: 2023-02-21
- Inventor: Laura Kim , Hyeongrak Choi , Matthew Edwin Trusheim , Dirk Robert Englund
- Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Applicant Address: US MA Cambridge
- Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Cambridge
- Agency: Smith Baluch LLP
- Main IPC: G01R33/032
- IPC: G01R33/032 ; G01R29/08

Abstract:
Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond combine exceptional sensitivity with nanoscale spatial resolution by optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR). Infrared (IR)-absorption-based readout of the NV singlet state transition can increase ODMR contrast and collection efficiency. Here, a resonant diamond metallodielectric metasurface amplifies IR absorption by concentrating the optical field near the diamond surface. This plasmonic quantum sensing metasurface (PQSM) supports plasmonic surface lattice resonances and balances field localization and sensing volume to optimize spin readout sensitivity. Combined electromagnetic and rate-equation modeling suggests a near-spin-projection-noise-limited sensitivity below 1 nT Hz−1/2 per μm2 of sensing area using numbers for contemporary NV diamond samples and fabrication techniques. The PQSM enables microscopic ODMR sensing with IR readout near the spin-projection-noise-limited sensitivity, making it appealing for imaging through scattering tissues and spatially resolved chemical NMR detection.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220082639A1 Absorption-Based Diamond Spin Microscopy on a Plasmonic Quantum Metasurface Public/Granted day:2022-03-17
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