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Christian L. Degen. Ofori-Okai, Benjamin Kwasi Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry 2013-06-17T19:52:18Z 2013-06-17T19:52:18Z 2013 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/79273 846679485 Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemistry, 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references. The NV center is becoming a very hot topic in many areas of science, including, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Quantum Information. The Degen group has focused on a specific application of the NV center, namely scanning magnetometry. In my time in the group, I focused on building a microscope and studying NV centers in bulk and nanocrystalline diamond. I began by building a confocal microscope which was capable of observing and determine single NV centers. I made measurements on the photon statistics of different defects to determine if they were single emitters or multiple emitters. I also made microwave frequency magnetic measurements to determine the spin properties of single NV centers by measuring their couplings to neighboring paramagnetic nuclei as well as to a spin bath. Through these efforts, I was able to successfully confirm that the microscope was capable of identifying and measuring single NV centers and their properties. Lastly, I worked on the first steps of improving our understanding of NV centers in bulk diamond crystals. The goal of magnetometry involves putting the NV center as close to the diamond surface as possible. I made measurements that were aimed at studying the spin and coherence properties of the NV when it was within 10 nm of the diamond surface. These studies provided insight into the interactions of the NV center with the diamond surface. by Benjamin Kwasi Ofori-Okai. S.M. 70 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Chemistry. Optical and spin properties of nitrogen vacancy centers in bulk and nanocrystalline diamond Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="86fba25f-f077-48bf-8e54-c88394b32c1c"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Optical and spin properties of nitrogen vacancy centers in bulk and nanocrystalline diamond</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2013</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Ofori-Okai, Benjamin Kwasi</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Chemistry.</Keyword> <Abstract>The NV center is becoming a very hot topic in many areas of science, including, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Quantum Information. The Degen group has focused on a specific application of the NV center, namely scanning magnetometry. In my time in the group, I focused on building a microscope and studying NV centers in bulk and nanocrystalline diamond. I began by building a confocal microscope which was capable of observing and determine single NV centers. I made measurements on the photon statistics of different defects to determine if they were single emitters or multiple emitters. I also made microwave frequency magnetic measurements to determine the spin properties of single NV centers by measuring their couplings to neighboring paramagnetic nuclei as well as to a spin bath. Through these efforts, I was able to successfully confirm that the microscope was capable of identifying and measuring single NV centers and their properties. Lastly, I worked on the first steps of improving our understanding of NV centers in bulk diamond crystals. The goal of magnetometry involves putting the NV center as close to the diamond surface as possible. I made measurements that were aimed at studying the spin and coherence properties of the NV when it was within 10 nm of the diamond surface. These studies provided insight into the interactions of the NV center with the diamond surface.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>