Nuclear Spin Gyroscope based on the Nitrogen Vacancy Center in Diamond

A rotation sensor is one of the key elements of inertial navigation systems and compliments most cell phone sensor sets used for various applications. Currently, inexpensive and efficient solutions are mechanoelectronic devices, which nevertheless lack long-term stability. Realization of rotation se...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2021-05, Vol.126 (19), p.1-197702, Article 197702
Main Authors: Soshenko, Vladimir V., Bolshedvorskii, Stepan V., Rubinas, Olga, Sorokin, Vadim N., Smolyaninov, Andrey N., Vorobyov, Vadim V., Akimov, Alexey V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diamonds
Elementary particles
Gyroscopes
Inertial navigation
Microelectromechanical systems
Navigation systems
Nuclear spin
Particle spin
Rotation
Vacancies
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Summary:A rotation sensor is one of the key elements of inertial navigation systems and compliments most cell phone sensor sets used for various applications. Currently, inexpensive and efficient solutions are mechanoelectronic devices, which nevertheless lack long-term stability. Realization of rotation sensors based on spins of fundamental particles may become a drift-free alternative to such devices. Here, we carry out a proof-of-concept experiment, demonstrating rotation measurements on a rotating setup utilizing nuclear spins of an ensemble of nitrogen vacancy centers as a sensing element with no stationary reference. The measurement is verified by a commercially available microelectromechanical system gyroscope.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.197702