Hybrid Sensing of Electric Field with Quantum Spin Defects Coupled to Nanomagnets
Nanomagnet-coupled spin defects dramatically enhance electric field sensitivity for quantum devices.
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a new method for hybrid sensing of electric fields using quantum spin defects (QSD). Currently, electric sensing for small electric field sensitivity (about 1000 V cm^-1) are possible, but dynamic range remains uncertain. The new highly sensitive technique created by Purdue researchers can detect small changes in electric fields by optimizing coupling excitations in nanomagnets with QSD, including those of nitrogen-vacancy centers found in nanodiamonds offering measurable signals that orders of magnitude higher in resolution. This can be implemented in quantum spintronics devices, single spin probes of multiferroic order, and NV-sensing of electric fields.
Advantages:
-Enhanced Dynamic Range
-Improved Electric Field Sensing
-Highly Sensitive
Potential Applications:
-Quantum Spintronics
-Nitrogen-Vacancy Sensing of Electric Fields
-Single Spin Probes of Multiferroic Order
Technology Validation: The ferroelectric polarization changes nitrogen-vacancy spin relaxation rates by 400%, improving the patterning of the ferromagnetics by three orders of magnitude.
Recent Publication:
"Quantum-Classical Spin Hybrids: Leveraging Spintronic Tools for Information Processing Applications"
SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering
​DOI: 10.1117/12.2567795
TRL: 3
Intellectual Property:
Provisional-Gov. Funding, 2020-11-30, United States
Utility-Gov. Funding, 2021-11-30, United States
CON-Gov. Funding, 2023-10-13, United States
Keywords: Advanced Sensing, Diamond, Electric Fields, Electrical Engineering, Electromagnetics, Magnetics, Materials and Manufacturing, Micro & Nanotechnologies, Nano-electronics, Nanocrystals, Nanoelectronics, Nanomaterial, Nanomaterials, Nanoscale, Nanotechnology, Nitrogen, quantum electronics, Sensing, spintronic devices, Spintronics