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quADD-NV

NV-Center Board for quEDU Education Kit

  • quEDU in combination with the nitrogen vacancy center experiment board.
  • Overview
  • Key Features
  • Applications
  • Sample Experiments
  • Downloads
The NV experiment board allows you to experience the properties of nitrogen vacancy centers in diamond, such as NV center fluorescence, electron spin manipulation, optically detected magnetic resonance, and basic qubit operations.


The device comes in a compact design suited for a lab table or lecture hall with the optics enclosed and the electronics in the base of the device. The NV centers in the diamond and all optics are encapsulated by acrylic glass to ensure laser safety.

At the heart of the NV is a green laser focused on the nitrogen-doped diamond through a microscope objective. The diamond begins to fluoresce in the red wavelength range. This light is collected by the objective and, after some filtering, is coupled into a fiber. The fiber is connected to the quEDU and the fluorescence can be analyzed.

The sample itself contains three diamonds and can be aligned by linear stages. It also is in close proximity to a microwave antenna and is surrounded by coils producing a homogeneous magnetic field. That field can be manipulated in all dimensions.

In addition, the quEDUs included pattern generator is precisely controlling pulse sequences for laser, microwave, and readout, enabling a multitude of spin-control experiments.

Key Features

Probe 3 HPHT Diamonds
Excitation Diode Laser (516 nm), CW and Pulsed
Microwave 4 GHz RF Sweep Generator, CW and Pulsed
Detection Unit quEDU via 2 FC/PC Fibers
Optics 20x Objective, Various Filters, Fiber Coupled
Magnetic Field 3 Coils, each ±1.5A

Applications

The dynamics of the NV center allow applications like spin initialization and state readout. Therefore, the center is suitable for quantum sensing applications like magnetic field sensing, spin relaxation time measurements and optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR).

Due to their scalability, long coherence times and ability for interaction with photons, NV centers are of high interest for research in quantum information processing. Qubits can be defined as spin states of single electron or nuclear spins.

Possible applications of the quEDU-NV are:

Student lab course experiments
Demonstration experiments in lectures
Hands-on experiments for science centers
Project kits for students’ research centers

Sample Experiments

Here is a list of the experiments you can do with the quEDU-NV:

NV Center Fluorescence
Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance (ODMR)
Zeeman Effect
Orientation of NV-Centers in the Lattice
Magnetic Field Sensing
Spin Initialization and Readout (T1 time)
Rabi Oscillations
Pulse Sequence Development
Coherence Times T2
Ramsey sequence
Dynamical Decoupling, Hahn Echo

Downloads

quEDU-NV Manual 01/2025 3.0 MB pdf