Magnetometers based on nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamonds have promising applications in fields of living systems biology, condensed matter physics, and industry. This paper proposes a portable and flexible all-fiber NV center vector magnetometer by using fibers to substitute all conventional spatial optical elements, realizing laser excitation and fluorescence collection of micro-diamond with multi-mode fibers simultaneously and efficiently. An optical model is established to investigate multi-mode fiber interrogation of micro-diamond to estimate the optical performance of NV center system. A new analysis method is proposed to extract the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field, combining the morphology of the micro-diamond, thus realizing μm-scale vector magnetic field detection at the tip of the fiber probe. Experimental testing shows our fabricated magnetometer has a sensitivity of 0.73 nT/Hz1/2, demonstrating its feasibility and performance in comparison with conventional confocal NV center magnetometers. This research presents a robust and compact magnetic endoscopy and remote-magnetic measurement approach, which will substantially promote the practical application of magnetometers based on NV centers.
A side ohmic contact mode for the double channel GaN/AlGaN epitaxial layer is proposed in this paper. Rectangle transmission line model (TLM) electrodes are prepared, and the specific contact resistance is tested at the annealing temperatures from 700 °C to 850 °C. The results show that the minimum specific contact resistance is 2.58 × 10−7 Ω·cm2 at the annealing temperature of 750 °C, which is three to four times lower than the surface contact mode. Scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS), and atomic force microscope (AFM) were carried out for the analysis of the morphology, element composition, and the height fluctuation at the contact edge. With the increase in the annealing temperature, the specific contact resistance decreases due to the alloying of electrodes and the raised number of N vacancies. However, when the annealing temperature exceeds 800 °C, the state of the stress in the electrode films transforms from compressive stress to tensile stress. Besides, the volume expansion of metal electrode film and the increase in the roughness at the contact edge leads to the degradation of the side ohmic contact characteristics.