The negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV鈥?/sup>) center in diamond is at the frontier of quantum nanometrology and biosensing. Recent attention has focused on the application of high-sensitivity thermometry using the spin resonances of NV鈥?/sup> centers in nanodiamond to subcellular biological and biomedical research. Here, we report a comprehensive investigation of the thermal properties of the center鈥檚 spin resonances and demonstrate an alternate all-optical NV鈥?/sup> thermometry technique that exploits the temperature dependence of the center鈥檚 optical Debye鈥揥aller factor.
Keywords:
Nitrogen-vacancy center; diamond; electron spin resonance; Debye鈭扺aller factor; thermometry