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Quantum Relaxometry Under Continuous Wave Excitation

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Pith's one-line read The paper claims that $T_1$ relaxation times of nitrogen-vacancy centers can be extracted from the frequency response of cw-ODMR under low-frequency microwave amplitude modulation, turning relaxometry from a pulsed time-domain measurement…

desk verdict Genuinely new cw-ODMR method for T1 relaxometry with real validation, but the missing rate-equation derivation for the load-bearing extrapolation needs to be supplied before the theory is fully convincing. read the letter →

arxiv 2608.07697 v1 pith:6LV5W2EF submitted 2026-08-07 quant-ph cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Vladimir Verkhovlyuk , Chayma Bouchair , Oleg A. Anisimov , Anton Pershin , Adam Gali This is my paper · ORCID
classification quant-phcond-mat.mtrl-sci PACS 76.30.Mi76.70.Hb
keywords quantumrelaxometrynitrogen-vacancycentersT1relaxationcw-ODMRfrequency-domainspectroscopylock-indetectionnanodiamondsensingspin-lattice
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The reading

The paper seeks to establish that the spin-lattice relaxation time $T_1$ of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond can be measured from the frequency response of a continuous-wave optically detected magnetic resonance (cw-ODMR) signal under low-frequency microwave amplitude modulation, with no pulsed sequence and no time-resolved detection. The central move is to treat the spin system as a first-order low-pass filter: the lock-in in-phase and quadrature components roll off with an effective time constant $T_\mathrm{eff}$, and $1/T_\mathrm{eff}$ is argued to equal $1/T_1$ plus terms linear in microwave and laser power, so extrapolating to zero power recovers the dark $T_1$. If correct, this turns relaxometry into a fast frequency-domain measurement that spans 60 $\mu$s to 200 ms in one protocol, works on inhomogeneous nanodiamond ensembles where $\pi$ pulses are impractical, and cuts acquisition time by orders of magnitude compared with pulsed relaxometry.

What carries the argument

The central object is the effective longitudinal time constant $T_\mathrm{eff}$ of the driven spin system, extracted from lock-in detection of cw-ODMR. The identity $1/T_\mathrm{eff}\approx 1/T_1+2P+\Gamma_p$, with $P\propto P_\mathrm{MW}$ and $\Gamma_p\propto I$, is the load-bearing relation: it converts a set of continuous-wave measurements at different microwave and laser powers into a linear extrapolation whose intercept is the intrinsic relaxation rate $1/T_1$. The frequency response is read either from the half-decay point of the in-phase component $X(\omega_m)$ or from the maximum of the quadrature component $Y(\omega_m)$, which occurs at $f_m=1/(2\pi T_\mathrm{eff})$.

What would settle it

On a bulk NV sample with independently calibrated pulsed $T_1$, measure $T_\mathrm{eff}$ on a grid of microwave and laser powers, then halve the lowest powers and remeasure; if the linear extrapolation intercept shifts by more than the combined uncertainty, the additivity model fails. A numerical solution of the Bloch equations with the actual square-wave amplitude modulation should reproduce the measured $X$ and $Y$ curves with a single low-pass mode; needing extra modes or a power-dependent $T_1$ to fit would disprove the single-$T_\mathrm{eff}$ description.

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Core claim

Under resonant continuous-wave drive, the NV ground-state transition behaves as an effective two-level system whose population response to microwave amplitude modulation is a first-order low-pass filter. The lock-in components are $X(\omega_m)\propto 1/(1+(\omega_m T_\mathrm{eff})^2)$ and $Y(\omega_m)\propto -\omega_m T_\mathrm{eff}/(1+(\omega_m T_\mathrm{eff})^2)$, so $T_\mathrm{eff}$ is fixed by the roll-off or by the quadrature maximum at $f_m=1/(2\pi T_\mathrm{eff})$. To leading order, $1/T_\mathrm{eff}\approx 1/T_1+2P+\Gamma_p$, with $P\propto P_\mathrm{MW}$ and $\Gamma_p\propto I$, which justifies a two-dimensional linear extrapolation to zero microwave and laser power for the intrinsic dark $T_1$. The paper validates the protocol on bulk ensembles, obtaining $T_1=(4.75\pm0.14)$ ms and $(5.55\pm0.20)$ ms, consistent with pulsed time-domain relaxometry, and a cryogenic value near 200 ms; it then reports intrinsic nanodiamond $T_1$ values of 1.6 ms, 0.8 ms, and 0.7 ms and uses relative $T_1$ changes to detect micromolar Mn$^{2+}$ ions.

Load-bearing premise

The load-bearing premise is that Eq. (5) holds to leading order in the fitted window, so the measured rate satisfies $1/T_\mathrm{eff}\approx 1/T_1+2P+\Gamma_p$ with $P$ linear in microwave power and $\Gamma_p$ linear in laser intensity; the paper asserts this rate-equation result without deriving it, and if these contributions do not add linearly, the zero-power intercept is not the true dark $T_1$.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • $T_1$ can be measured without fast optical and microwave switching, $\pi$-pulse calibration, or dark evolution intervals, and one frequency sweep covers relaxation times from 60 $\mu$s to 200 ms.
  • In bulk samples, FDR and pulsed time-domain relaxometry agree within error, with two to four times smaller uncertainty in about six times less acquisition time.
  • Nanodiamond ensembles with randomly oriented NV axes, where reliable $\pi$-pulses are impractical, become measurable; reported intrinsic $T_1$ values of 1.6, 0.8, and 0.7 ms are among the longest reported for such particles.
  • Relaxometry-based sensing of paramagnetic species can be done by relative $T_1$ changes in one-shot measurements: ND70 shows about a fivefold $T_1$ reduction at 500 $\mu$M Mn$^{2+}$ with a high-SNR acquisition in roughly 2 minutes.
  • At cryogenic temperatures, where pulsed measurements are impractical, FDR gives $T_1$ near 200 ms.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the linear-additivity relation survives wider tests, the same frequency-domain readout should transfer to other long-lived ground-state spin defects, such as divacancy or transition-metal defects in silicon carbide, because the low-pass response is generic to driven two-level systems.
  • The nanodiamond results suggest that some previously reported short $T_1$ values for small nanodiamonds may reflect pulse imperfections rather than intrinsic relaxation; a direct test is to measure the same particles with FDR and an optimized pulsed sequence.
  • The water-induced $T_1$ increase seen in small nanodiamonds implies that hydration state, not only surface chemistry, determines effective relaxation in biological settings, so FDR's speed could enable real-time hydration or osmolarity studies.
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Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript introduces a continuous-wave frequency-domain relaxometry (FDR) protocol for measuring the spin-lattice relaxation time T1 of NV centers. Microwave amplitude is modulated at frequency ωm and the lock-in X and Y components of the ODMR signal are recorded; the response is modeled as a first-order low-pass filter with time constant T_eff. The authors claim that extrapolating 1/T_eff to zero microwave power and zero laser intensity yields the intrinsic T1, and they validate this against pulsed time-domain relaxometry (TDR) in two bulk diamond samples, measure a cryogenic T1 of about 200 ms in a DNV sample, and apply the method to nanodiamond ensembles of three sizes, including detection of Mn2+ ions in water. The paper also reports substantial measurement speed-ups and lower optical intensities relative to confocal pulsed relaxometry.

Significance. If the central claim holds, FDR would be a genuinely useful addition to quantum relaxometry: it avoids fast pulse switching, works in the frequency domain, and promises access to T1 values that are difficult to measure with pulsed protocols. The bulk validation, the consistency between the X and Y components, the phonon-like temperature dependence, and the demonstrated speed advantage in nanodiamonds are concrete strengths. However, the method's quantitative foundation is currently incomplete: the key additive-rate relation is asserted rather than derived, the saturated-regime analysis used for the sensing application is not validated, and the abstract claims a dynamic range that does not appear in the data. These issues are load-bearing for the paper's central claims, so the manuscript needs substantial revision before the results can be fully trusted.

major comments (5)
  1. [Theoretical background of FDR, Eqs. (5)-(6)] The central extrapolation rests on Eq. (6), 1/T_eff ≈ 1/T1 + αP_MW + βI, but the text only states that "a rate-equation treatment yields, to leading order" and does not present that treatment. Equation (1) is a two-level Bloch equation containing only the microwave-induced rate 2P and T1; the optical contribution Γp is then introduced as σλI/(hν) (stimulated emission), which is not the standard NV optical polarization mechanism (spin-selective intersystem crossing). Because a P_MW×I cross-term or a nonlinearity within the fitted window would change the zero-power intercept, this missing derivation is load-bearing. The authors should supply a full rate-equation derivation, justify the form of Γp for NV centers, and ideally test the linearity assumption explicitly over the extrapolation window.
  2. [Abstract and Results] The abstract claims T1 measurements "directly demonstrated from 60 μs to 200 ms," implying a range of more than three orders of magnitude. However, the main text and the Supplementary Information report no measurement at 60 μs; the shortest quoted values are about 0.7 ms for ND50 and the cryogenic value is about 200 ms. The dynamic-range claim should either be supported with data (for example, a fast-relaxing sample or a fitted low-frequency response) or removed and reworded to reflect what was actually measured.
  3. [Supplementary Note 2 and Application of FDR to nanodiamond samples] The Mn2+ sensing experiments rely on one-shot measurements at +15 dBm, where the text explicitly states the system is "not in the linear approximation regime anymore" and the Y-signal shape deviates from Eq. (S1). The paper then asserts that "the position of the signal maximum still correctly reflects the relaxation contribution and can be used in relative measurements." This assertion is neither derived nor validated against an independent reference. Since the quantitative sensitivity factors (about 5 for ND70 and 6.3 for ND50) depend on this saturated-regime assumption, the authors should validate it, for instance by comparing Y-maximum shifts with a full T_eff extraction or with pulsed TDR on the same samples.
  4. [Validation of FDR in bulk samples, Fig. 2(f)] The claimed "excellent agreement" between FDR and TDR is only partial. For IN3x3, FDR gives T1 = (4.75 ± 0.14) ms and TDR gives T1 = (4.15 ± 0.30) ms, which differ by about two combined errors. The explanation that this reflects suboptimal π-pulse settings is plausible but is not verified. Given that the validation rests on only two bulk samples, the discrepancy should either be resolved by improved TDR calibration in IN3x3 or be presented more cautiously as a systematic uncertainty in the comparison.
  5. [Application of FDR to nanodiamond samples, Fig. 4] The nanodiamond T1 values (1.6 ms, 0.8 ms, and 0.7 ms for ND100, ND70, and ND50) are reported without uncertainties or error bars, even though the text notes that "errors in the T1 values significantly increase at low MW and laser powers." Quantitative relaxometry-based sensing and the size-dependent comparisons require error estimates for these extrapolated values, especially since the method is proposed as a quantitative metrological tool.
minor comments (6)
  1. [Validation of FDR in bulk samples] The text says the effective relaxation time can be determined "from equation (7)", but the manuscript contains no numbered equation (7); the reference should be corrected to the appropriate equation or a new equation should be numbered.
  2. [Theoretical background of FDR, Eq. (5)] The quantity Γp = σλI/(hν) is called the polarization rate of stimulated emission. Even after a full derivation is supplied, the wording should distinguish the net optical pumping rate from the stimulated-emission cross-section contribution, as the two are not the same in NV centers.
  3. [Conclusion] The conclusion describes the protocol as "parameter-free," which is inconsistent with the need for the slopes α and β in Eq. (6) and the associated extrapolation procedure; the phrasing should be revised.
  4. [Throughout manuscript] There are several typographical errors that should be corrected: "timeT1" in the introduction, "estimsted" in Supplementary Note 2, "MV power" in Supplementary Note 3, and "spectum" in the Supplementary Figure 1 caption.
  5. [Validation of FDR in bulk samples, Figs. 2(c,d)] The text states that the linear approximation to zero laser power is shown by solid red lines, but some displayed points are in the sub-linear regime; the manuscript should clarify which points were included in each linear fit and how the fit range was chosen.
  6. [Theoretical background of FDR, Eq. (1)] In Eq. (1), n0 is defined as the population immediately after optical polarization, whereas T1 relaxation normally refers to approach to thermal equilibrium; the definition should be made consistent throughout the derivation.

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No significant circularity: the FDR protocol measures Teff directly and extracts T1 by zero-power extrapolation, with independent pulsed-TDR benchmarks.

full rationale

The derivation chain is: Eq. (1) gives the two-level Bloch dynamics; Eq. (4) defines the first-order frequency response with Teff = T1/(1+2P T1); Eqs. (5)-(6) add a leading-order optical-pumping rate so that 1/Teff ≈ 1/T1 + α P_MW + β I. T1 is not a hidden re-input: Teff is the measured lock-in response (Fig. 1b), and the reported T1 values are intercepts of 1/Teff versus microwave and laser power extrapolated to zero (Figs. 2 and 4). This is an inversion of the model, not a fit of T1 that is then called a prediction. The additive-rate assumption could be violated (e.g., saturation or cross-terms), and the 'parameter-free' wording overstates the fitting procedure, but those are model-validity and presentation issues, not circular reductions. The bulk FDR results are benchmarked against conventional pulsed TDR (4.75±0.14 vs 4.15±0.30 ms for IN3x3; 5.55±0.20 vs 6.27±0.85 ms for DNV), so the central quantity is externally checked. Self-citations to the authors' prior work ([22], [30], [36]) describe setup details, surface-revival simulations, and phonon interpretation; they are not the load-bearing justification for the FDR-derived T1. No equation is defined in terms of the quantity it claims to predict, and no fitted input is renamed as a prediction.

Assumptions & free parameters 2 free parameters · 5 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on a two-level rate model and an additive rate formula (Eqs. 5-6) that are partly asserted rather than fully derived. The only fitted numbers are the slopes alpha and beta in the power and laser extrapolations; the intercept is the reported T1. No new physical entities are introduced. The assumptions are standard for NV spin modeling, but their validity in the extrapolation window is the main risk.

free parameters (2)
  • alpha (slope of 1/T_eff vs P_MW) = Not quoted; fitted per sample from data in Fig. 2 and Fig. 4
    The linear extrapolation to zero microwave power requires fitting this slope. It absorbs Rabi drive efficiency, microwave field attenuation, and saturation onset.
  • beta (slope of 1/T_eff vs laser intensity I) = Not quoted; fitted per sample
    The extrapolation to zero laser power requires fitting this slope. It absorbs stimulated-emission cross-section and collection geometry.
assumptions (5)
  • domain assumption The NV ground-state spin is modeled as an effective two-level system with longitudinal relaxation T1, obeying dn/dt = -2P n - (n - n0)/T1 (Eq. 1).
    This is the starting model for the FDR derivation. It neglects NV0 background, charge-state dynamics, and multi-level effects beyond the driven transition.
  • domain assumption The frequency response H(omega_m) is a first-order low-pass with time constant T_eff = T1/(1 + 2P T1) (Eq. 4).
    The paper states this holds in a broad range of experimentally relevant regimes, but the derivation assumes a single slow mode dominates and small modulation.
  • domain assumption 1/T_eff is approximately 1/T1 + 2P + Gamma_p, with Gamma_p = sigma_lambda I/(h nu), so that 1/T_eff is linear in microwave power and laser intensity (Eqs. 5-6).
    This additive rate formula is the load-bearing basis for the zero-power extrapolation. It is asserted as a leading-order rate-equation result but not derived in the text.
  • ad hoc to paper Square-wave microwave modulation at 50% duty cycle can be treated by an effective first-harmonic delta_Omega without changing the functional form of H(omega_m).
    Stated in the Methods section; the experiment uses large on/off modulation, which is not a small amplitude modulation, so this equivalence is assumed.
  • ad hoc to paper In the saturated microwave regime, the position of the Y-component maximum still tracks the relaxation contribution even when the signal shape deviates from Eq. (S1).
    Used for relative Mn2+ sensing at +15 dBm in Supplementary Note 3, where the response is acknowledged to deviate from the first-order model.

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  author       = {Pith},
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abstract

Quantum relaxometry is one of the most successful applications of nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond and, more broadly, solid-state spin qubits, enabling ultrasensitive detection of magnetic noise and paramagnetic species via measurements of the spin-lattice relaxation time $T_1$. Conventional pulsed protocols, however, probe $T_1$ efficiently only over a limited temporal range, which restricts the scope and throughput of the technique. Here we introduce a continuous-wave quantum relaxometry protocol that operates in the frequency domain. By measuring the frequency response of the optically detected magnetic resonance signal under low-frequency microwave amplitude modulation, we extract $T_1$ from the characteristic response time of the spin system. The method enables efficient $T_1$ measurements spanning more than three orders of magnitude -- directly demonstrated from 60 $\mu$s to 200 ms in our experiments -- across a broad temperature range and under substantial ensemble inhomogeneity. We further show that this protocol enables quantitative relaxometry-based sensing in nanodiamonds, achieving a substantial speed-up over the pulsed methods and offering a practical approach to optimizing nanodiamond size for enhanced sensitivity.

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