The Degen Lab

Nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy
Spin physics and Nanomechanics

Publications

2010

Force-detected nuclear magnetic resonance: Recent advances and future challenges
M. Poggio and C. L. Degen
Nanotechnology 21, 342001 (2010) (reprint)

Frequency domain multiplexing of force signals with application to magnetic resonance force microscopy
T. H. Oosterkamp, M. Poggio, C. L. Degen, H. J. Mamin, and D. Rugar
Applied Physics Letters 96, 083107 (2010) (reprint)

2009

Isotope-selective detection and imaging of organic nanolayers
H. J. Mamin, T. Oosterkamp, M. Poggio, C. L. Degen, C. Rettner, and D. Rugar
Nano Letters 9, 3020 (2009) (reprint)

Force detected nuclear double-resonance between statistical spin polarizations
M. Poggio, H. J. Mamin, C. L. Degen, M. W. Sherwood, and D. Rugar
Physical Review Letters 102, 087604 (2009) (reprint)

Highlighted in: APS Physics - Spotlighting exceptional research magazine

Nanoscale magnetic resonance imaging
C. L. Degen, M. Poggio, C. T. Rettner, H. J. Mamin, and D. Rugar
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A. 106, 1313 (2009) (reprint)

Highlighted in: The New York Times, January 13, 2009, page D3 (link); BBC News (link); Nature News (doi:10.1038/news.2009.15).

2008

Nanoscale magnetometry: Microscopy with single spins (News and Views article, invited)
C. L. Degen
Nature Nanotechnology 3, 643 (2008) (reprint)

One- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy with a magnetic resonance force microscope
K. W. Eberhardt, C. L. Degen, A. Hunkeler, and B. H. Meier
Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47, 8961 (2008) (reprint)

Selected as a VIP article by the Editors

Scanning magnetic field microscope with a diamond single-spin sensor
C. L. Degen
Applied Physics Letters 92, 243111 (2008) (reprint)

Selected as research highlight by the journal Nature Nanotechnology (doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.209)

An off-board quantum point contact as a sensitive detector of cantilever motion
M. Poggio, M. P. Jura, C. L. Degen, M. A. Topinka, H. J. Mamin, D. Goldhaber-Gordon, and D. Rugar
Nature Physics 4, 635 (2008) (reprint)

Nuclear spin relaxation induced by a mechanical resonator
C. L. Degen, M. Poggio, H. J. Mamin, and D. Rugar
Physical Review Letters 100, 137601 (2008) (reprint)

2007

Role of spin noise in the detection of small ensembles of nuclear spins
C. L. Degen, M. Poggio, H. J. Mamin, and D. Rugar
Physical Review Letters 99, 250601 (2007) (reprint)

Fast magnetic resonance force microscopy with Hadamard encoding
K. W. Eberhardt, C. L. Degen, and B. H. Meier
Physical Review B 76, 180405(R) (2007) (reprint)

Nuclear magnetic resonance force microscopy with a microwire rf source
M. Poggio, C. L. Degen, C. T. Rettner, H. J. Mamin, and D. Rugar
Applied Physics Letters 90, 263111 (2007) (reprint)

Feedback cooling of a cantilever’s fundamental mode below 5 mK
M. Poggio, C. L. Degen, H. J. Mamin, and D. Rugar
Physical Review Letters 99, 017201 (2007) (reprint)

Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging with 90-nm resolution
H. J. Mamin, M. Poggio, C. L. Degen, and D. Rugar
Nature Nanotechnology 2, 301 (2007) (reprint)

Highlighted in: Nature Nanotechnology 2, 267 (2007); Physics Today (June 2007), p.27; Angewandte Chemie International Edition 46, 2 (2007)

Selected as one of 21 research highlights across all areas of science in the year 2007 by the journal Nature (doi:10.1038/4501130a)

2006

Dipolar Spin Echoes in Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy
C. L. Degen, Q. Lin, and B. H. Meier
Physical Review B 74, 104414 (2006) (reprint)

Magnetic Double Resonance in Force Microscopy
Q. Lin, C. L. Degen, A. Hunkeler, U. Meier, M. Tomaselli, and B. H. Meier
Physical Review Letters 96, 137604 (2006) (reprint)

A Digital Feedback Controller for Force Microscope Cantilevers
C. L. Degen, U. Meier, Q. Lin, A. Hunkeler, and B. H. Meier
Review of Scientific Instruments 77, 043707 (2006) (reprint)

Combined Al-protection and HF-vapor release process for ultrathin single crystal silicon cantilevers
S. Mouaziz, G. Boero, G. Moresi, C. Degen, Q. Lin, B. Meier, and J. Brugger
Microelectronic Engineering 83, 1306 (2006) (reprint)

2005

Microscale Localized Spectroscopy with a Magnetic Resonance Force Microscope
C. L. Degen, Q. Lin, A. Hunkeler, U. Meier, M. Tomaselli, and B. H. Meier
Physical Review Letters 94, 207601 (2005) (reprint)

2004

NMR Investigation of Atomic Ordering in AlxGa1-xAs thin films
C. Degen, M. Tomaselli, B. H. Meier, M. M. A. J. Voncken, and A. P. M. Kentgens
Physical Review B 69, 193303 (2004) (reprint)

2003

Haupt magnetic double resonance
M. Tomaselli, C. Degen, and B. H. Meier
Journal of Chemical Physics 118, 8559 (2003) (reprint)

2001

Strong electron-phonon coupling in superconducting MgB2: A specific heat study
C. Walti, E. Felder, C. Degen, G. Wigger, R. Monnier, B. Delley, and H.-R. Ott
Physical Review B 64, 172515 (2001) (reprint)