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View SchemaImprovement of a focused ion beam fabricated diamond pillar for scanning ensemble nitrogen-vacancy magnetometry probe using an ultrapure diamond
| Authors | Dwi Prananto, Yifei Wang, Yuta Kainuma, Kunitaka Hayashi, Masahiko Tomitori, Toshu An |
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| ArXiv ID | 2601.07188vv1 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07188 |
| License | http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/ |
Abstract
Scanning diamond nitrogen-vacancy probe microscopy (SNVM) is an important tool for studying nanoscale condensed-matter phenomena. Ga$^+$-ion-focused-ion-beam (FIB) milling has been introduced as an available method for fabricating SNVM, while the probe diameter is limited to a few micrometers due to the Ga$^+$-induced damage. We report a method for improving the SNVM probes' quality, with an 800-nm diameter probe of ultrapure diamond, through polyvinyl alcohol and Pt/Pd capping, followed by UV/ozone exposure. The effectiveness of the method is confirmed by NVs' spin-coherence property measurements and magnetic domain structure imaging with a few-hundred-nanometer resolution and a 6.7 $\mu$T/Hz$^{1/2}$ sensitivity.
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"abstract": "Scanning diamond nitrogen-vacancy probe microscopy (SNVM) is an important tool for studying nanoscale condensed-matter phenomena. Ga$^+$-ion-focused-ion-beam (FIB) milling has been introduced as an available method for fabricating SNVM, while the probe diameter is limited to a few micrometers due to the Ga$^+$-induced damage. We report a method for improving the SNVM probes\u0027 quality, with an 800-nm diameter probe of ultrapure diamond, through polyvinyl alcohol and Pt/Pd capping, followed by UV/ozone exposure. The effectiveness of the method is confirmed by NVs\u0027 spin-coherence property measurements and magnetic domain structure imaging with a few-hundred-nanometer resolution and a 6.7 $\\mu$T/Hz$^{1/2}$ sensitivity.",
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"Dwi Prananto",
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"title": "Improvement of a focused ion beam fabricated diamond pillar for scanning ensemble nitrogen-vacancy magnetometry probe using an ultrapure diamond",
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