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High Field Diamond Magnetometry Towards Tokamak Diagnostics

S. M. Graham, C. J. Stephen, A. J. Newman, A. M. Edmonds, M. L. Markham, G. W. Morley·January 19, 2026
physics.app-phphysics.ins-detphysics.opticsphysics.plasm-phQuantum Physics

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Abstract

Nitrogen vacancy centres (NVC) in diamond have been widely used for near-dc magnetometry. The intrinsic properties of diamonds make them potential candidates for tokamak fusion power diagnostics, where radiation-hard magnetometers will be essential for efficient control. An NVC magnetometer placed in a tokamak will need to operate within a $\geq$ 1 T magnetic field. In this work, we demonstrate fibre-coupled ensemble NVC optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) and magnetometry measurements at magnetic fields up to 1.2 T. Sensitivities of approximately 240 to 600 nT/$\sqrt{\textrm{Hz}}$ and 110 nT/$\sqrt{\textrm{Hz}}$ are achieved in a (10-150) Hz frequency range, for non-degenerate and near-$\langle$111$\rangle$ field alignments respectively.

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