Momentum-resolved magnetic noise spectroscopy using ensembles of diamond quantum sensors
Abstract
Spatiotemporal fluctuations across multiple scales govern and characterize the emergent properties, phase boundaries, and low-energy excitations of strongly correlated matter. However, capturing these dynamics has remained a major experimental challenge, as conventional probes typically offer either high spatial or temporal resolution, but not both simultaneously. Here, we leverage high-fidelity wide-field imaging of dense diamond nitrogen vacancy center ensembles to measure the momentum and frequency power spectral density of magnetic fluctuations. To access spatial wavevectors below the diffraction limit, we tune the sensing volume continuously through optical depletion. This approach enables study of equilibrium and driven fluctuations across three orders of magnitude in spatial scale and tunable frequency bands, providing a direct means to map low-energy, long-wavelength fluctuations in correlated systems.
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BibTeX
@misc{kazi2026momentumresolved,
title = {{Momentum-resolved magnetic noise spectroscopy using ensembles of diamond quantum sensors}},
author = {Zeeshawn Kazi and Kai-Hung Cheng and Jared Rovny and Nathalie P. de Leon},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.09571},
eprint = {2609.09571},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.09571},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Momentum-resolved magnetic noise spectroscopy using ensembles of diamond quantum sensors
AU - Zeeshawn Kazi
AU - Kai-Hung Cheng
AU - Jared Rovny
AU - Nathalie P. de Leon
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/04
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.09571
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.09571
AB - Spatiotemporal fluctuations across multiple scales govern and characterize the emergent properties, phase boundaries, and low-energy excitations of strongly correlated matter. However, capturing these dynamics has remained a major experimental challenge, as conventional probes typically offer either high spatial or temporal resolution, but not both simultaneously. Here, we leverage high-fidelity wide-field imaging of dense diamond nitrogen vacancy center ensembles to measure the momentum and frequency power spectral density of magnetic fluctuations. To access spatial wavevectors below the diffraction limit, we tune the sensing volume continuously through optical depletion. This approach enables study of equilibrium and driven fluctuations across three orders of magnitude in spatial scale and tunable frequency bands, providing a direct means to map low-energy, long-wavelength fluctuations in correlated systems.
ER -