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ArticleNature communications2025

Quantum magnetometry of transient signals with a time resolution of 1.1 nanoseconds.

K Herb, L A Völker, J M Abendroth, N Meinhardt, L van Schie, P Gambardella, C L Degen

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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K HerbDepartment of Physics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 1, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.
L A VölkerDepartment of Physics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 1, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2990-9301
J M AbendrothDepartment of Physics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 1, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2369-4311
N MeinhardtDepartment of Physics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 1, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-8027-6512
L van SchieDepartment of Physics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 1, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.
P GambardellaDepartment of Materials, ETH Zürich, Hönggerbergring 64, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0031-9217
C L DegenDepartment of Physics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 1, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland. degenc@ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-4301

Funding

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 201590Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) 212051
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Abstract

Quantum magnetometers based on spin defects in solids enable sensitive imaging of various magnetic phenomena, such as ferro- and antiferromagnetism, superconductivity, and current-induced fields. Existing protocols primarily focus on static fields or narrow-band dynamical signals, and are optimized for high sensitivity rather than fast time resolution. Here, we report detection of fast signal transients, providing a perspective for investigating the rich dynamics of magnetic systems. We experimentally demonstrate our technique using a single nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center magnetometer at room temperature, reaching a best-effort time resolution of 1.1 ns, an instantaneous bandwidth of 0.9 GHz, and a time-of-flight precision better than 20 ps. The time resolution can be extended to the picosecond range by use of on-chip waveguides. At these speeds, NV quantum magnetometers will become competitive with time-resolved synchrotron X-ray techniques. Looking forward, adding fast temporal resolution to the spatial imaging capability further promotes single-spin probes as powerful research tools in spintronics, mesoscopic physics, and nanoscale device metrology.

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