Diamond NV Center (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Diamond NV Center

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This is an atomic representation of an NV center in a diamond lattice in which a nitrogen atom fills one missing carbon site and the other missing carbon site is left vacant. The nuclear spin of the nearby carbon-13 atom has been hyperpolarized.

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Image courtesy of Bajaj and Pines

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