Preparation and characterization of AFM tips with nitrogen-vacancy and nitrogen-vacancy-nitrogen color centers

Authors

  • Zuzanna Orzechowska Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Department of Photonics
  • Mariusz Mrózek Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Department of Photonics http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1824-8357
  • Wojciech Gawlik Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Department of Photonics http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9886-5736
  • Adam Wojciechowski Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Department of Photonics http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1805-6718

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4302/plp.v13i2.1095

Abstract

We demonstrate a simple dip-coating method of covering standard AFM tips with nanodiamonds containing color centers. Such coating enables convenient visualization of AFM tips above transparent samples as well as using the tip for performing spatially resolved magnetometry.

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Author Biographies

Zuzanna Orzechowska, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Department of Photonics

Master of Advanced Materials And Nanotechnology

Mariusz Mrózek, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Department of Photonics

PhD

Wojciech Gawlik, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Department of Photonics

Prof.

Adam Wojciechowski, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Department of Photonics

PhD

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2021-06-30

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Z. Orzechowska, M. Mrózek, W. Gawlik, and A. Wojciechowski, “Preparation and characterization of AFM tips with nitrogen-vacancy and nitrogen-vacancy-nitrogen color centers”, Photonics Lett. Pol., vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 28–30, Jun. 2021.

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