Nutation-Based Longitudinal Sensing Protocols for High-Field NMR With Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers in Diamond (2310.08499v2)

Abstract: Nitrogen vacancy (NV) centers in diamond enable nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of samples at the nano- and micron scales. However, at typical tesla-scale NMR magnetic field strengths, NV-NMR protocols become difficult to implement due to the challenge of driving fast NV pulse sequences sensitive to nuclear Larmor frequencies above a few megahertz. We perform simulations and theoretical analysis of the experimental viability of NV-NMR at tesla-scale magnetic fields using a new measurement protocol called DRACAERIS (Double Rewound ACquisition Amplitude Encoded Radio Induced Signal). DRACAERIS detects the NMR sample's longitudinal magnetization at a much lower driven Rabi frequency, more suitable technically for NV detection. We discuss how pulse errors, finite pulse lengths, and nuclear spin-spin couplings affect the resulting NMR spectra. We find that DRACAERIS is less susceptible to pulse imperfections and off-resonance effects than previous protocols for longitudinal magnetization detection. We also identify reasonable parameters for experimental implementation.