| Abstract |
Diamond has emerged as a unique material for a variety of applications, both because
it is very robust and because it has defects with interesting properties. One of
these defects, the nitrogen-vacancy center (NV center), has a single spin associated
with it that shows quantum behavior up to room temperature. Our group is harnessing
the properties of single NV centers for high resolution magnetic sensing
applications. In this talk, I will discuss the basics of diamond-based quantum
sensing and highlight some key applications pursued in our laboratory, including
nanoscale nuclear magnetic resonance experiments and scanning imaging of currents
and magnetism in two-dimensional materials. I will also give an outlook on the many
applications diamond nanocrystals may find as local probes in biological cells.
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