Minimizing sensor-sample distances in scanning nitrogen-vacancy magnetometry

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.04244v2
• Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2025 10:16:05 GMT
• Title: Minimizing sensor-sample distances in scanning nitrogen-vacancy magnetometry
• Authors: Zhewen Xu, Marius L. Palm, William S. Huxter, Konstantin Herb, John M. Abendroth, Karim Bouzehouane, Olivier Boulle, Mihai S. Gabor, Joseba Urrestarazu Larranaga, Andrea Morales, Jan Rhensius, Gabriel F. Puebla-Hellmann, Christian L. Degen,
• Abstract summary: The spatial resolution of magnetometry with nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond remains limited to tens to hundreds of nanometers.<n>Here, we present a correlated investigation of the crucial parameters that determine the spatial resolution.<n>We first show that the stand-off distance is mainly limited by features on the surface of the diamond tip, hindering mechanical access.<n>Next, we demonstrate that frequency-modulated atomic force microscopy (FM-AFM) feedback partially overcomes this issue, leading to closer and more consistent magnetic stand-off distances.
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• Abstract: Scanning magnetometry with nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond has led to significant advances in the sensitive imaging of magnetic systems. The spatial resolution of the technique, however, remains limited to tens to hundreds of nanometers, even for probes where NV centers are engineered within 10 nm from the tip apex. Here, we present a correlated investigation of the crucial parameters that determine the spatial resolution: the mechanical and magnetic stand-off distances, as well as the sub-surface NV center depth in diamond. We study their contributions using mechanical approach curves, photoluminescence measurements, magnetometry scans, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of surface adsorbates. We first show that the stand-off distance is mainly limited by features on the surface of the diamond tip, hindering mechanical access. Next, we demonstrate that frequency-modulated atomic force microscopy (FM-AFM) feedback partially overcomes this issue, leading to closer and more consistent magnetic stand-off distances (26-87 nm) compared to the more common amplitude-modulated (AM-AFM) feedback (43-128 nm). FM operation thus permits improved magnetic imaging of sub-100-nm spin textures, shown for the spin cycloid in BFO and domain walls in a CoFeB synthetic antiferromagnet. Finally, by examining 1H and 19F NMR signals in soft contact with a polytetrafluoroethylene surface, we demonstrate a minimum NV-to-sample distance of 7.9+/-0.4 nm.

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