Super-resolution quantum sensing using NV centers based on rotating linear polarized light and Monte-Carlo method

2016/11/29 by Huayu Zhang, Xiang-Dong Chen, Zhang, Hua-Yu +5
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Photonic and Optical Devices #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Magneto-Optical Properties and Applications

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1611.09609

Abstract

The nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond has been widely applied for quantum information and sensing in last decade. Based on the laser polarization dependent excitation of fluorescence emission, we propose a super-resolution microscopy of NV center. A series of wide field images of NV centers are taken with different polarizations of the linear polarized excitation laser. The fluorescence intensity of NV center is changed with the relative angle between excitation laser polarization and the orientation of NV center dipole. The images pumped by different excitation laser polarizations are analyzed with Monte Carlo method. Then the symmetry axis and position of NV center are obtained with sub-diffraction resolution.

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