High homogeneity permanent magnet for diamond magnetometry

Published: Monday, 12 July 2021 - 00:00 UTC

Author: Thorsten Maly

Wickenbrock, Arne, Huijie Zheng, Georgios Chatzidrosos, Joseph Shaji Rebeirro, Tim Schneemann, and Peter Blümler. “High Homogeneity Permanent Magnet for Diamond Magnetometry.” Journal of Magnetic Resonance 322 (January 1, 2021): 106867.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmr.2020.106867.

Halbach magnets are a source of homogeneous magnetic field in an enclosed volume while keeping stray fields at a minimum. Here, we present the design, construction, and characterization for a stack of two Halbach rings with 10 cm inner diameter providing a homogeneous (<100 ppm over 1.0×1.0×0.5cm3) magnetic field of around 105 mT, which will be used for a diamond based microwave-free widefield imaging setup. The final characterization is performed with a novel fiberized diamond-based sensor on a 3D translation stage documenting the high homogeneity of the constructed Halbach array and its suitability for the proposed use.