Abstract
The nitrogen–vacancy (NV) centre in diamond can be used as a solid-state quantum sensor with applications in magnetometry, electrometry, thermometry and chemical sensing. However, to deliver practical applications, existing NV-based sensing techniques, which are based on bulky and discrete instruments for spin control and detection, must be replaced by more compact designs. Here we show that NV-based quantum sensing can be integrated with complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology to create a compact and scalable platform. Using standard CMOS technology, we integrate the essential components for NV control and measurement—microwave generator, optical filter and photodetector—in a 200 μm × 200 μm footprint. With this platform we demonstrate quantum magnetometry with a sensitivity of 32.1 μT Hz−1/2 and simultaneous thermometry.
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This research is supported in part by the Army Research Office Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (ARO MURI) biological transduction programme. D.K. acknowledges financial support from the Kwanjeong Educational Foundation. M.I.I. acknowledges support from the Singaporean-MIT Research Alliance (SMART) and the MIT Center of Integrated Circuits and Systems. C.F. acknowledges support from Master Dynamic Limited and from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE) Transformational Advances in Quantum Systems (TAQS). M.E.T. acknowledges support by an appointment to the Intelligence Community Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program at MIT, administered by Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education through an interagency agreement between the US Department of Energy and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
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D.R.E. and R.H. initially conceived the diamond–CMOS integration. M.I.I. conceived the idea of stacking the microwave inductor, plasmonic filter and photodiode in a 3D architecture. M.I.I., C.F. and D.K. contributed to chip specifications, design and the experiment. M.I.I. constructed the CMOS chip prototype. D.K. performed FDTD simulations for the optical filter design and the diamond transfer on the CMOS chip. C.F. prepared the control software for the experiment. C.F. and D.K. constructed the optical set-up and etched the CMOS passivation layers. All authors contributed to discussion of the experimental results and writing of the manuscript.
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Kim, D., Ibrahim, M.I., Foy, C. et al. A CMOS-integrated quantum sensor based on nitrogen–vacancy centres. Nat Electron 2, 284–289 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-019-0275-5
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