
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 School of Physics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
2 Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Hierarchical Nanomaterials, Shanghai 200237, China
3 Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Optogenetic Techniques for Cell Metabolism, Shanghai 200237, China
Nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond are progressively favored for room-temperature magnetic field measurement. The signal to noise ratio (SNR) optimization for NV diamond magnetometry generally concentrates on signal amplitude enhancement rather than efficient noise processing. Here, we report a compound filter system combining a wavelet denoising method and an adaptive filter for the realization of an efficient weak magnetic measurement with a high SNR. It allows enhanced magnetic field measurement with an average SNR enhancement of 17.80 dB at 50 nT within 500 mHz to 100 Hz and 14.76 dB at 500 mHz within 50 nT to 1100 nT. The introduction of this system in NV diamond magnetometry is aimed to improve signal quality by effectively eliminating the noise and retaining ideal signals.
nitrogen-vacancy center quantum sensing signal processing Chinese Optics Letters
2023, 21(11): 111201
1 国防科技大学 前沿交叉学科学院,湖南 长沙 410073
2 国防科技大学 南湖之光实验室,湖南 长沙 410073
悬浮光力传感技术利用真空环境的光阱实现对微纳尺度机械振子的悬浮和囚禁,将待测物理量转换为光悬浮机械振子运动参数的变化,理论上该振子与外部环境热噪声和振动完全隔绝,具有极高的测量分辨率潜力和易于小型化的独特优势。该技术在精密测量、微观热力学研究、暗物质观测、宏观量子态操控等领域具有广阔的应用前景。首先,阐述了悬浮光力系统中光力与光阱的基础概念和力学测量等基本理论;其次,介绍了其中初始起支、光力增强、位移测量、输出信号标定和等效反馈冷却等关键技术的研究进展,对比分析各子技术的特点,随后列举了悬浮光力传感技术在极弱力、加速度、微观质量、电学量、力矩等物理量测量中的典型应用;最后,总结了该技术的发展趋势,并提出相关建议。
悬浮光力学 量子传感 光阱 精密测量 levitated optomechanics quantum sensing optical tweezers precision measurements 红外与激光工程
2023, 52(6): 20230193
中国科学技术大学中国科学院量子信息重点实验室,安徽 合肥 230026
金刚石中的氮-空位(NV)色心在室温下具有稳定的荧光发射,超长的电子自旋相干时间以及许多优良的光学性质,可以对电磁场,温度进行高灵敏度表征。光纤传感技术近几年来发展迅速,在电力、化工、交通、医疗、环保及**等领域得到广泛应用。光纤体系由于其集成度、实用性高以及操作便捷性,且具有优良的传输光能力,损耗较低,可与NV色心结合,形成一种高集成化、高灵敏度的便捷性传感系统,未来将会作为传感器件投入到许多领域的应用中,例如对生物细胞、材料温度、磁场等物理量的高灵敏度测量。本综述主要介绍NV色心体系的光纤量子传感技术的工作原理、实现方式以及在相关领域的应用。
氮-空位色心 光纤 量子传感 nitrogen-vacancy optical fiber quantum sensing 激光与光电子学进展
2023, 60(11): 1106001

Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 Sapienza Università di Roma, Dipartimento di Fisica, Roma, Italy
2 Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Milano, Italy
Estimation of physical quantities is at the core of most scientific research, and the use of quantum devices promises to enhance its performances. In real scenarios, it is fundamental to consider that resources are limited, and Bayesian adaptive estimation represents a powerful approach to efficiently allocate, during the estimation process, all the available resources. However, this framework relies on the precise knowledge of the system model, retrieved with a fine calibration, with results that are often computationally and experimentally demanding. We introduce a model-free and deep-learning-based approach to efficiently implement realistic Bayesian quantum metrology tasks accomplishing all the relevant challenges, without relying on any a priori knowledge of the system. To overcome this need, a neural network is trained directly on experimental data to learn the multiparameter Bayesian update. Then the system is set at its optimal working point through feedback provided by a reinforcement learning algorithm trained to reconstruct and enhance experiment heuristics of the investigated quantum sensor. Notably, we prove experimentally the achievement of higher estimation performances than standard methods, demonstrating the strength of the combination of these two black-box algorithms on an integrated photonic circuit. Our work represents an important step toward fully artificial intelligence-based quantum metrology.
quantum sensing integrated photonics machine learning for metrology Advanced Photonics
2023, 5(1): 016005

Haobin Lin 1,2,3Ce Feng 1,2,3Yang Dong 1,2,3Wang Jiang 1,2,3[ ... ]Fangwen Sun 1,2,3
Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
2 CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
3 Hefei National Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China
4 National Key Laboratory of ASIC, Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050051, China
Nitrogen-vacancy color centers can perform highly sensitive and spatially resolved quantum measurements of physical quantities such as magnetic field, temperature, and pressure. Meanwhile, sensing so many variables at the same time often introduces additional noise, causing a reduced accuracy. Here, a dual-microwave time-division multiplexing protocol is used in conjunction with a lock-in amplifier in order to decouple temperature from the magnetic field and vice versa. In this protocol, dual-frequency driving and frequency modulation are used to measure the magnetic and temperature field simultaneously in real time. The sensitivity of our system is about and , respectively. Our detection protocol not only enables multifunctional quantum sensing, but also extends more practical applications.
quantum sensing temperature measurement magnetic field measurement Chinese Optics Letters
2023, 21(1): 011201
1 华东师范大学 精密光谱科学与技术国家重点实验室, 上海 200241
2 山东大学 山东省金刚石材料与半导体器件重点实验室, 济南 250101
3 济南金刚石科技有限公司, 济南 250101
4 山西大学 极端光学协同创新中心, 山西 030006
为了解决在基于金刚石氮-空位(NV)色心的磁场高灵敏度测量中, 高速获取磁场信号引起的NV色心发光强度的微小变化的技术瓶颈问题, 自行设计出一套能够实现金刚石NV色心自发辐射和受激辐射信号同步测量的光学系统, 并利用一个长焦距透镜收集金刚石NV色心受激辐射信号, 从而尽最大可能地滤除金刚石NV色心的自发辐射信号, 提高测量受激放大增益的信噪比。实验中成功观察到NV色心零声子线的受激辐射放大, 分析了抽运光功率、信号光功率、抽运光偏振方向和信号光偏振方向对放大特性的影响。结果表明, 通过对抽运光和信号光相关参量的优化调整, 最终获得了10.5%的受激辐射增益。该研究为实现NV光放大远程磁场监测奠定了研究基础。
激光技术 受激辐射放大 金刚石色心 量子传感 磁场测量 laser technique stimulated radiation amplification diamond color center quantum sensing magnetic field measurement

Author Affiliations
Abstract
1 CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
2 CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
3 Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
The nitrogen vacancy (NV) center in diamond has been well applied in quantum sensing of electromagnetic field and temperature, where the sensitivity can be enhanced by the number of NV centers. Here, we used electron beam irradiation to increase the generation rate of NV centers by nearly 22 times. We systematically studied the optical and electronic properties of the NV center as a function of an electron irradiation dose, where the detection sensitivity of magnetic fields was improved. With such samples with dense NV centers, a sub-pico-Tesla sensitivity in magnetic fields detection can be achieved with optimal controls and detections.
quantum sensing nitrogen vacancy center generation electron irradiation Chinese Optics Letters
2020, 18(8): 080201
1 电子工程学院 脉冲功率激光技术国家重点实验室,合肥 230037
2 电子工程学院 电子制约技术安徽省重点实验室,合肥 230037
在目标回波光子仍为纯态的假设前提下,推导了M&M′态的量子照明目标探测错误概率边界,并与非纠缠Fock态、NOON态进行了对比.仿真结果表明:M&M′态相对于非纠缠Fock态的探测优势仅受限于信号与闲置光路间光子数的分配比例;这使得以M&M′态作为光源的量子照明探测,能够在更大信噪比动态范围内(至少两倍于NOON态)获得优于非纠缠Fock态的目标探测性能.
量子信息 量子感知 量子纠缠 量子照明 路径纠缠Fock态 目标探测 Quantum information Quantum Sensing Quantum entanglement Quantum illumination Path-entangled fock states Target detection