nLab quantum sensing

Idea

By quantum sensing (or quantum metrology) one means the theory technology of making high-resolution measurements by making use of quantum physics effects.

Related concepts

• nuclear magnetic resonance

• nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond

• quantum measurement

• quantum computing, quantum simulation

• quantum communication

• quantum information theory

References

• Vittorio Giovannetti, Seth Lloyd, Lorenzo Maccone, Quantum metrology, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 010401 [arXiv:quant-ph/0509179, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.010401]

• C. L. Degen, F. Reinhard, P. Cappellaro, Quantum sensing, Rev. Mod. Phys. 89 (2017) 035002 [arXiv:1611.02427, doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.89.035002]

See also:

• Wikipedia, Quantum sensor

• Wikipedia, Quantum metrology

Via spin resonance on a nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond:

• Jixing Zhang, Lixia Xu, Guodong Bian, Pengcheng Fan, Mingxin Li, Wuming Liu, Heng Yuan, Diamond Nitrogen-Vacancy Center Magnetometry: Advances and Challenges [arXiv:2010.10231]

• Mouzhe Xie et al., Biocompatible surface functionalization architecture for a diamond quantum sensor, PNAS 119 8 (2022) e2114186119 [arXiv:2108.04843, doi:10.1073/pnas.2114186119]

• M. Barson et al.: Nanomechanical sensing using spins in diamond, Nano Letters 17 3 (2017) [arXiv:1612.05325, doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04544]

Survey:

• Mouzhe Xie, Diamond-based quantum sensor for molecular analytics, talk at CQTS (Apr 2023) [slides: pdf]

• Dominik Bucher, Quantum Sensing with Spin Defects in Diamond, talk at CQTS (Oct 2023) [video:YT]