Magnetic Sensing inside a Diamond Anvil Cell via Nitrogen-Vacancy Center Spins

The diamond anvil cell-based high-pressure technique is a unique tool for creating new states of matter and for understanding the physics underlying some exotic phenomena.In situ sensing of spin and charge properties under high pressure is crucially important but remains technically challenging.While the nitrogen-vacancy(NV)center in diamond is a promising quantum sensor under extreme conditions,its spin dynamics and the quantum control of its spin states under high pressure remain elusive.In this study,we demonstrate coherent control,spin relaxation,and spin dephasing measurements for ensemble NV centers up to 32.8 GPa.With this in situ quantum sensor,we investigate the pressure-induced magnetic phase transition of a micron-size permanent magnet Nd_2Fe_(14)B sample in a diamond anvil cell,with a spatial resolution of ～2μm,and sensitivity of ～20 μT/Hz~(1/2). This scheme could be generalized to measure other parameters such as temperature,pressure and their gradients under extreme conditions.This will be beneficial for frontier research of condensed matter physics and geophysics.     

Formation of unusual Cr~(5+) charge state in CaCr_(0.5)Fe_(0.5)O_3 perovskite

A new oxide CaCr_(0.5)Fe_(0.5)O_3 was prepared under high pressure and temperature conditions. It crystallizes in a B-site disordered Pbnm perovskite structure. The charge combination is determined to be Cr~(5+)/Fe~(3+) with the presence of unusual Cr~(5+) state in octahedral coordination, although Cr~(4+) and Fe~(4+) occur in the related perovskites CaCrO_3 and CaFeO_3.The randomly distributed Cr~(5+) and Fe~(3+) spins lead to short-range ferromagnetic coupling, whereas an antiferromagnetic phase transition takes place near 50 K due to the Fe~(3+)–O–Fe~(3+) interaction. In spite of the B-site Cr~(5+)/Fe~(3+) disorder,the compound exhibits electrical insulating behavior. First-principles calculations further demonstrate the formation of CaCr_(0.5)~(5+)Fe_(0.5)~(3+)O_3 charge combination, and the electron correlation effect of Fe~(3+) plays an important role for the insulting ground state. CaCr_(0.5)Fe_(0.5)O_3 provides the first Cr~(5+) perovskite system with octahedral coordination, opening a new avenue to explore novel transition-metal oxides with exotic charge states.     

Erratum:Magnetic Sensing inside a Diamond Anvil Cell via Nitrogen-Vacancy Center Spins[Chin.Phys.Lett.36(2019)086201]

This work⑴was additionally supported by the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant No 2018YFA0305700.The financial acknowledgment section should be corrected as follows:Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China under Grant No 2015CB921103,the National Key R&D Program of China under Grant Nos 2016YFA0401503 and 2018YFA0305700,the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences under Grant No XDB28000000.     

A-site ordered perovskite CaCu_3Cu_2Ir_2O_(12-δ) with square-planar and octahedral coordinated Cu ions

A novel CaCu_3Cu_2Ir_2O_(12-δ) polycrystalline sample was synthesized at 8 GPa and 1373 K.Rietveld structural analysis shows that this compound crystallizes in an AA'_3B_4O_(12)-type A-site ordered perovskite structure with space group Im-3.Xray absorption spectra reveal a +2-charge state for both the square-planar and octahedral coordinated Cu ions,and the valence state of Ir is found to be about +5.Although the A-site Ca and the A'-site Cu~(2+) are 1:3 ordered at fixed atomic positions,the distribution of B-site Cu~(2+) and Ir~(5+) is disorderly.As a result,no long-range magnetic ordering is observed at temperatures down to 2 K.Electrical transport and heat capacity measurements demonstrate itinerant electronic behavior.The crystal structure is stable with pressure up to 35.7 GPa at room temperature.