Diamond Quantum Sensing Platform

量子技术利用了量子力学的奇异世界，例如，物体可以同时存在于两个地方。这个世界通常发生在低温下的原子水平上，这意味着利用这些特性的技术在实施和制造方面一直具有挑战性。金刚石正迅速成为一种领先的量子材料，因为嵌入在金刚石晶格中的杂质的量子特性可以通过光的应用来控制。更令人惊奇的是，与其他需要专门低温冷却的材料不同，这些量子特性在室温下仍然存在，这使得它有可能被广泛应用。这些“量子缺陷”有潜力用于一系列应用，例如测量分子发出的磁场，从而能够对分子组成进行关键理解，从而开发新药物。它还具有检测不同类型蛋白质的潜力，这些蛋白质可以提供有关您体内发生的过程的信息，并允许诊断早期疾病。最后，它在量子计算方面也有应用，有可能解决当前计算机无法解决的问题。这些技术发展的关键是让“量子缺陷”接近钻石表面，但保留其独特的量子特性。该项目的目标是开发一种制造近表面量子缺陷的工艺，从而允许这些革命性技术的进一步发展。

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 leading quantum material due to the unique way quantum properties of impurities imbedded in diamonds crystal lattice can be controlled simply by the application of light. What is even more amazing is that, unlike other materials that require specialist cryogenic cooling, these quantum properties persist at room temperature making it possible to be widely deployable. These 'quantum defects' have the potential to be used for a range of applications such as measuring the magnetic fields emitted from molecules, enabling key understanding of the molecules composition for development of new medication. It also has the potential to detect different types of proteins which can provide information about the processes occurring in your body and allow the diagnosis of early diseases. Lastly it has applications in quantum computing which has the potential to solve problems no current computer can. Critical to the development of these technologies is to have the 'quantum defects' close to the surface of the diamond but retaining their unique quantum properties. This projects objective is develop a process to create near-surface quantum defects and therefore allow the further development of these revolutionary technologies.