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Ajoy A, Nazaryan R, Druga E, Liu K, Aguilar A, Han B, Gierth M, Oon JT, Safvati B, Tsang R, Walton JH, Suter D, Meriles CA, Reimer JA, Pines A. Room temperature "optical nanodiamond hyperpolarizer": Physics, design, and operation. Rev Sci Instrum 2020; 91:023106. [PMID: 32113392 DOI: 10.1063/1.5131655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP) is a powerful suite of techniques that deliver multifold signal enhancements in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and MRI. The generated athermal spin states can also be exploited for quantum sensing and as probes for many-body physics. Typical DNP methods require the use of cryogens, large magnetic fields, and high power microwave excitation, which are expensive and unwieldy. Nanodiamond particles, rich in Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) centers, have attracted attention as alternative DNP agents because they can potentially be optically hyperpolarized at room temperature. Here, unraveling new physics underlying an optical DNP mechanism first introduced by Ajoy et al. [Sci. Adv. 4, eaar5492 (2018)], we report the realization of a miniature "optical nanodiamond hyperpolarizer," where 13C nuclei within the diamond particles are hyperpolarized via the NV centers. The device occupies a compact footprint and operates at room temperature. Instrumental requirements are very modest: low polarizing fields, low optical and microwave irradiation powers, and convenient frequency ranges that enable miniaturization. We obtain the best reported optical 13C hyperpolarization in diamond particles exceeding 720 times of the thermal 7 T value (0.86% bulk polarization), corresponding to a ten-million-fold gain in averaging time to detect them by NMR. In addition, the hyperpolarization signal can be background-suppressed by over two-orders of magnitude, retained for multiple-minute long periods at low fields, and deployed efficiently even to 13C enriched particles. Besides applications in quantum sensing and bright-contrast MRI imaging, this work opens possibilities for low-cost room-temperature DNP platforms that relay the 13C polarization to liquids in contact with the high surface-area particles.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Ajoy
- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Fakultat Physik, Technische Universitat Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Physics and CUNY-Graduate Center, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Ajoy A, Safvati B, Nazaryan R, Oon JT, Han B, Raghavan P, Nirodi R, Aguilar A, Liu K, Cai X, Lv X, Druga E, Ramanathan C, Reimer JA, Meriles CA, Suter D, Pines A. Hyperpolarized relaxometry based nuclear T 1 noise spectroscopy in diamond. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5160. [PMID: 31727898 PMCID: PMC6856091 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13042-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The origins of spin lifetimes in quantum systems is a matter of importance in several areas of quantum information. Spectrally mapping spin relaxation processes provides insight into their origin and motivates methods to mitigate them. In this paper, we map nuclear relaxation in a prototypical system of [Formula: see text] nuclei in diamond coupled to Nitrogen Vacancy (NV) centers over a wide field range (1 mT-7 T). Nuclear hyperpolarization through optically pumped NV electrons allows signal measurement savings exceeding million-fold over conventional methods. Through a systematic study with varying substitutional electron (P1 center) and [Formula: see text] concentrations, we identify the operational relaxation channels for the nuclei at different fields as well as the dominant role played by [Formula: see text] coupling to the interacting P1 electronic spin bath. These results motivate quantum control techniques for dissipation engineering to boost spin lifetimes in diamond, with applications including engineered quantum memories and hyperpolarized [Formula: see text] imaging.
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- A Ajoy
- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Materials Science Division Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics and CUNY-Graduate Center, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, NY, 10031, USA
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- Fakultät Physik, Technische Universität Dortmund, D-44221, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, and Materials Science Division Lawrence Berkeley, National Laboratory University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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Ajoy A, Lv X, Druga E, Liu K, Safvati B, Morabe A, Fenton M, Nazaryan R, Patel S, Sjolander TF, Reimer JA, Sakellariou D, Meriles CA, Pines A. Wide dynamic range magnetic field cycler: Harnessing quantum control at low and high fields. Rev Sci Instrum 2019; 90:013112. [PMID: 30709175 DOI: 10.1063/1.5064685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We describe the construction of a fast field cycling device capable of sweeping a 4-order-of-magnitude range of magnetic fields, from ∼1 mT to 7 T, in under 700 ms, and which is further extendable to a 1 nT-7 T range. Central to this system is a high-speed sample shuttling mechanism between a superconducting magnet and a magnetic shield, with the capability to access arbitrary fields in between with high resolution. Our instrument serves as a versatile platform to harness the inherent dichotomy of spin dynamics on offer at low and high fields-in particular, the low anisotropy, fast spin manipulation, and rapid entanglement growth at low field as well as the long spin lifetimes, spin specific control, and efficient inductive measurement possible at high fields. Exploiting these complementary capabilities in a single device opens up applications in a host of problems in quantum control, sensing, and information storage, besides in nuclear hyperpolarization, relaxometry, and imaging. In particular, in this paper, we focus on the ability of the device to enable low-field hyperpolarization of 13C nuclei in diamond via optically pumped electronic spins associated with nitrogen vacancy defect centers.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Ajoy
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F P.O. Box 2461, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, CUNY-City College of New York, New York, New York 10031, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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