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Nanoscale magnetometry

Microscopy with single spins

Nature Nanotechnology volume 3, pages 643–644 (2008)Cite this article

Two teams of researchers have exploited defects in diamond to demonstrate a new approach to magnetic sensing and imaging at the nanoscale.

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Figure 1: A variety of techniques have been developed to measure small magnetic moments.

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