Methods for identifying fungal species by analysis of fungal membrane lipids, such as glycerophospholipids, sphingolipids and sterols, using mass spectrometry ionization patterns are disclosed.

A sensor device for magnetic field measurement using optical magnetic resonance measurement (ODMR) includes a sensor device for magnetic field measurement using ODMR, including a diamond having a plurality of nitrogen defects, a laser emitter, a photodetector, and a circuit board. The laser emitter is designed for the fluorescence excitation of the nitrogen defects, and the photodetector is designed to receive fluorescence radiation of the nitrogen defects. The circuit board has a plurality of layers comprising at least one inner layer; the laser emitter is disposed on an upper face of the circuit board; the photodetector is disposed on a lower face of the circuit board; the diamond is disposed in the interior of the circuit board in the plane of extension of the at least one inner layer; and at least one of the layers has current-carrying structures designed to produce a homogeneous magnetic field which is oriented perpendicularly to the layers of the circuit board and which permeates the diamond.

A small volume optoelectronic chip contains an LED chip with a diamond having nitrogen-vacancy centers embedded therein. The LED chip generates light having a first wavelength, and the diamond with nitrogen-vacancy centers generates light having a second wavelength after excitement with light having the first wavelength. The diamond may also be on or adjacent the LED.

A sensor system is based on diamonds with a high density of NV centers. The description includes a) methods for producing the necessary diamonds of high NV center density, b) characteristics of such diamonds, c) sensing elements for utilizing the fluorescence radiation of such diamonds, d) sensing elements for utilizing the photocurrent of such diamonds, e) systems for evaluating these quantities, f) reduced noise systems for evaluating these systems, g) enclosures for using such systems in automatic placement equipment, g) methods for testing these systems, and h) a musical instrument as an example of an ultimate application of all these devices and methods.

In a measurement using a quantum sensor, the range of measurable physical quantities is increased while maintaining sensor sensitivity. A measuring device (10) comprises an irradiation unit (2) that irradiates a quantum sensor element (1) with electromagnetic waves for operating an electron spin state of the quantum sensor element (1) that changes due to interaction (8) with a measurement target (9), in a pulse sequence in which a time ? between n/2 pulses is a variable value; and a physical quantity measuring unit (3) that calculates a physical quantity of the measurement target based on the electron spin state after the interaction with the measurement target (9).

There is provided a superconducting magnet device including: a superconducting coil (main coil) in which a superconducting wire material is wound; and a persistent current switch (PCS) electrically connected in parallel with the superconducting coil with respect to an excitation power supply for the superconducting coil, in which the excitation power supply is electrically connected to the superconducting coil and the persistent current switch via a current lead, the persistent current switch is provided with a PCS heater and a PCS heater power supply for transitioning from a super-conduction state to a normal conduction state, and a current supplied to the PCS heater winding from the PCS heater power supply flows to the heater via at least a part of the current lead.

A scanning ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurement system is disclosed with a radio frequency (RF) probe and one or two magnetic poles mounted on a holder plate and enable a perpendicular-to-plane or in-plane magnetic field, respectively, at test locations. While the RF probe tip contacts a magnetic film on a whole wafer under test (WUT), a plurality of microwave frequencies (f.sub.R) is sequentially transmitted through the probe tip. Simultaneously, a magnetic field (H.sub.R) is applied to the contacted region thereby causing a FMR condition in the magnetic film for each pair of (H.sub.R, f.sub.R) values. RF output signals are transmitted through or reflected from the magnetic film to a RF diode and converted to voltage signals which a controller uses to determine effective anisotropy field, linewidth, damping coefficient, and/or inhomogeneous broadening for a sub-mm area. The WUT is moved to preprogrammed locations to enable multiple FMR measurements at each test location.

A scanning ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) measurement system is disclosed with a radio frequency (RF) probe and one or two magnetic poles mounted on a holder plate and enable a perpendicular-to-plane or in-plane magnetic field, respectively, at test locations. While the RF probe tip contacts a magnetic film on a whole wafer under test (WUT), a plurality of microwave frequencies (f.sub.R) is sequentially transmitted through the probe tip. Simultaneously, a magnetic field (H.sub.R) is applied to the contacted region thereby causing a FMR condition in the magnetic film for each pair of (H.sub.R, f.sub.R) values. RF output signals are transmitted through or reflected from the magnetic film to a RF diode and converted to voltage signals which a controller uses to determine effective anisotropy field, linewidth, damping coefficient, and/or inhomogeneous broadening for a sub-mm area. The WUT is moved to preprogrammed locations to enable multiple FMR measurements at each test location.

A method includes applying, to a sample exhibiting optical scattering and having a emission particles distributed therein that exhibit spin-dependent fluorescence, a magnetic field to shift a resonance frequency of each emission particle in a position-dependent manner. The method also includes exciting the sample with an excitation beam that causes at least one emission particle to emit spin-dependent fluorescence and detecting the emitted spin-dependent fluorescence. The method also includes estimating a position of the emission particle(s) within the sample based on the spin-dependent fluorescence, the resonance frequency, and the magnetic field. The method also includes estimating optical transmission information for the sample based on a wavefront of the excitation beam and the estimated position. The optical transmission information including a measure of an optical field at each position of an emission particle.

The invention concerns a method for the hyperpolarisation of .sup.13C nuclear spin in a diamond, comprising an optical pumping step, in which colour centre electron spins in the diamond are optically pumped. The method further comprises a transfer step in which the polarisation of a long-lived state of the colour centre electron spins is transferred to .sup.13C nuclear spins in the diamond via a long-range interaction.