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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Forty-fold Speedup of NV− Center Magnetometry with Sequential Bayesian Experiment Design

Sergey Dushenko, Sean M. Blakley, Kapildeb Ambal, R. D. McMichael

Published Jan 1, 2021• 0 citations
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Abstract

In magnetometry using quantum defects in diamond (NV− centers), we demonstrate forty-fold speedup with sequential Bayesian experiment design as compared with conventional NV- magnetometry using frequency-swept measurements.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_si.2021.sw2i.5

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