Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spin defect magnetometry pixel array
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Application No.: US17149848Application Date: 2021-01-15
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Publication No.: US11774384B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Stefan Bogdanovic , Christian Thieu Nguyen
- Applicant: X Development LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee: X Development LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: G01N24/10
- IPC: G01N24/10 ; G01R33/32 ; G01R33/032

Abstract:
A magnetometry apparatus includes an array of magnetometer pixels. Each magnetometer pixel includes an electron spin defect body including a plurality of lattice point defects, and a microwave field transmitter operable to apply a microwave field to the electron spin defect body. The apparatus may also include an optical source configured to emit input light of a first wavelength that excites the plurality of lattice point defects of the electron spin defect bodies from a ground state to an excited state, and a photodetector arranged to receive photoluminescence of a second wavelength emitted from a first electron spin defect body of a first magnetometer pixel of the array of magnetometer pixels. The second wavelength is different from the first wavelength.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220228998A1 SPIN DEFECT MAGNETOMETRY IMAGING Public/Granted day:2022-07-21
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