| dc.contributor.advisor | Paola Cappellaro and Danielle A. Braje. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Alsid, Scott T | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-05T16:24:48Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-12-05T16:24:48Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2017 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112367 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2017. | en_US |
| dc.description | This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-125). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond has emerged as a promising platform for high-sensitivity, vector magnetic field detection and high spatial resolution magnetic-field imaging due to its unique combination of optical and spin properties. NV diamond magnetometry has enabled a wide array of applications from the noninvasive measurement of a single neuron action potential to the mapping [mu]T-fields in [mu]m-size meteorite grains. To further improve the magnetic sensitivity of an ensemble NV magnetometer, the growth and processing of the host diamond must be taken into account. This thesis presents a systematic study of the effects of diamond processing on bulk chemical-vapor-deposition diamond. In particular, NV charge-state composition and spin decoherence times are measured for diamonds irradiated with 1 MeV electrons at doses of 1x1015-5x1019 e-/cm2 and thermally annealed at temperatures of 850°C and 1250°C. The study provides an optimal range for diamond processing and shows the quenching of the NV center at high irradiation dosage from the creation of additional vacancy-related defects. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Scott T. Alsid. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 125 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nuclear Science and Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | Optimizing chemical-vapor-deposition diamond for nitrogen-vacancy center ensemble magnetometry | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.M. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1011350938 | en_US |
