Enhancing the sensitivity of nitrogen-vacancy color-center ensemble sensors using one-dimensional photonic crystals

Yunpeng Yang; Sen Zhang; Kang Liu; Saifei Fan; Benjian Liu; Bing Dai; Jiaqi Zhu

doi:10.1364/PRJ.558148

Photonics Research, Volume. 13, Issue 7, 1887(2025)

Enhancing the sensitivity of nitrogen-vacancy color-center ensemble sensors using one-dimensional photonic crystals

Yunpeng Yang^1,2、†, Sen Zhang^1,2、†, Kang Liu^1,2,4、*, Saifei Fan^1,2, Benjian Liu^1,2, Bing Dai^1,2,5、*, and Jiaqi Zhu^1,2,3,6、*

Author Affiliations

¹National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China

²Research Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology, Zhengzhou 450046, China

³Key Laboratory of Micro-systems and Micro-structures Manufacturing, Ministry of Education, Harbin 150080, China

⁴e-mail: newliuk@163.com

⁵e-mail: daib@hit.edu.cn

⁶e-mail: zhujq@hit.edu.cn

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Paper Information

Category: Quantum Optics

Received: Jan. 27, 2025

Accepted: Apr. 2, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 1, 2025

The Author Email: Kang Liu (newliuk@163.com), Bing Dai (daib@hit.edu.cn), Jiaqi Zhu (zhujq@hit.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.558148

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.558148

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