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单个暗自旋三维磁共振成像的亚纳米分辨率

Sub-nanometer resolution in three-dimensional magnetic-resonance imaging of individual dark spins

M. S. Grinolds, M. Warner, K. De Greve, Y. Dovzhenko, L. Thiel, R. L. Walsworth, S. Hong, P. Maletinsky, A. Yacoby

摘要:

磁共振成像(MRI)通过提供非侵入性三维生物成像而彻底改变了生物医学科学。然而,常规MRI系统中的空间分辨率限于数十微米,这不足以在分子和原子尺度上成像。在这里,我们展示了一种MRI技术,提供了亚纳米空间分辨率在三维空间,与单电子自旋灵敏度。我们的成像方法在环境条件下工作,可以测量无处不在的“暗”自旋,这构成了几乎所有感兴趣的自旋目标,否则无法单独检测。在这项技术中,使用位于金刚石芯片表面附近的单个氮空位(NV)磁力计测量暗自旋的磁量子投影噪声。NV磁力计周围的自旋的空间分布用扫描磁场梯度成像。为了评估NV-MRI技术的性能,我们在金刚石表面及其下方对暗电子自旋的三维景观进行成像,并实现了前所未有的分辨率(横向0.8 nm,垂直1.5 nm)和单自旋灵敏度的组合。我们的测量揭示了金刚石表面上先前未识别的电子自旋,这可能被用作改善NV金刚石传感器附近样品磁成像的资源。这种三维NV-MRI技术可立即应用于各种系统,包括自旋链成像,单个自旋量子位的读出,以及确定生物系统中自旋标签的精确位置。

英文摘要:

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has revolutionized biomedical science by providing non-invasive, three-dimensional biological imaging. However, spatial resolution in conventional MRI systems is limited to tens of microns, which is insufficient for imaging on molecular and atomic scales. Here we demonstrate an MRI technique that provides sub-nanometer spatial resolution in three dimensions, with single electron-spin sensitivity. Our imaging method works under ambient conditions and can measure ubiquitous 'dark' spins, which constitute nearly all spin targets of interest and cannot otherwise be individually detected. In this technique, the magnetic quantum-projection noise of dark spins is measured using a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometer located near the surface of a diamond chip. The spatial distribution of spins surrounding the NV magnetometer is imaged with a scanning magnetic-field gradient. To evaluate the performance of the NV-MRI technique, we image the three-dimensional landscape of dark electronic spins at and just below the diamond surface and achieve an unprecedented combination of resolution (0.8 nm laterally and 1.5 nm vertically) and single-spin sensitivity. Our measurements uncover previously unidentified electronic spins on the diamond surface, which can potentially be used as resources for improved magnetic imaging of samples proximal to the NV-diamond sensor. This three-dimensional NV-MRI technique is immediately applicable to diverse systems including imaging spin chains, readout of individual spin-based quantum bits, and determining the precise location of spin labels in biological systems.

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