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Quantum technologies takes advantage of the strange world of quantum mechanics where, for example, objects can exist in two places at once. This world typically occurs on the atomic level at low temperatures which has meant that technologies that exploit these properties have been challenging to implement and manufacture. Diamond is quickly becoming a lea...

Diamonds are best known as jewellery but by adding particular impurities called nitrogen vacancy centres (NVCs) they become pink instead of colourless. Each NVC behaves like an atom with useful quantum behaviour including the fact that they are sensitive to magnetic fields. We have used a diamond with many NVCs to build a very sensitive magnetometer. It d...

Quantum technologies are at an inflection point in technology readiness that will change the way we live, do business, and even how scientific research is conducted. Globally $2.2B are being invested every year to progress this technology. The United Kingdom has been at the forefront of developing the science and is home to world-leading experts in the ma...

Diamond has shown itself to be a leading material for a range of applications requiring quantum-state control such as quantum computing and sensing. This is by virtue of the fact that the quantum-state (a ‘on’ or ‘off’) of engineered impurities (‘qubits’) contained within diamond can be controlled and read-out simply by shining light on the diamond, combi...

This industry led, collaborative project will investigate new and existing remote sensing technologies, , for application in High Pressure High Temperature (HPHT) diamond synthesis. To date, the challenge of extreme pressures (up to 15GPa), temperatures (up to 2000K) in the presence of molten metal catalysts in HPHT synthesis, have prevented the routine i...