Publications

See also Victor's Google Scholar Citations page. * denotes equal contribution.

54. T. Lutz, T. Masuda, J. P. Hadden, I. Fescenko, V. M. Acosta, W. Tittel, P. E. Barclay, "Influence of nanostructuring on silicon vacancy center spins in diamond nanopillars."  

Optical Materials Express 14 (1), 226 (2024).


53. N. Mosavian, F. Hubert, J. Smits, P. Kehayias, Y. Silani, B. A. Richards, V. M. Acosta, "Super-resolution diamond magnetic microscopy of superparamagnetic nanoparticles. arXiv version.

ACS Nano 18, 8, 6523 (2024).


52.  Y. Silani, J. Smits, I. Fescenko, M. W. Malone, A. F. McDowell, A. Jarmola, P. Kehayias, B. A. Richards, N. Mosavian, N. Ristoff, V. M. Acosta, "Nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy with a femtotesla diamond magnetometer.

Science Advances 9 : eadh3189 (2023).


51. S. Lourette, A. Jarmola, V. M Acosta, A. G. Birdwell, D. Budker, M. W. Doherty, T. Ivanov, V. S. Malinovsky, "Temperature Sensitivity of 14NV and 15NV Ground State Manifolds",  arXiv version.

Physical Review Applied 19, 064084 (2023).


50. J. Henshaw, P. Kehayias, M. S. Ziabari, M. Titze, E. Morissette, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, J. L. Li, V. M. Acosta, E. Bielejec, M. P. Lilly, A. M. Mounce, "Nanoscale Solid-State Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Spectroscopy using Depth-Optimized Nitrogen-Vacancy Ensembles in Diamond." arXiv version.

Applied Physics Letters 120, 174002 (2022).


49. P.-H. Chu*, N. Ristoff*, J. Smits, N. Jackson, Y. J. Kim, I. Savukov, V. M. Acosta, "Proposal for the search for new spin interactions at the micrometer scale using diamond quantum sensors."

Physical Review Research 4, 023162 (2022).


48. A. Jarmola, S. Lourette, V. M. Acosta, A. G. Birdwell, P. Blumler, D. Budker, T. Ivanov, V. S. Malinovsky, "Demonstration of diamond nuclear spin gyroscope."

Science Advances 7 : eabl3840 (2021). 


47. M. Block*, B. Kobrin*, A. Jarmola*, S. Hsieh, C. Zu, N. L. Figueroa, V. M. Acosta, J. Minguzzi, J. R. Maze, D. Budker, N. Y. Yao, "Optically enhanced electric field sensing using nitrogen-vacancy ensembles."

Physical Review Applied 16, 024024 (2021).


46. A. Jarmola, I. Fescenko, V. M. Acosta, M. W. Doherty, F. K. Fatemi, T. Ivanov, D. Budker, V. S. Malinovsky, "Robust optical readout and characterization of nuclear spin transitions in nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in diamond."  

Physical Review Research 2, 023094 (2020).


45. I. Fescenko, A. Jarmola, I. Savukov, P. Kehayias, J. Smits, J. Damron, N. Ristoff, N. Mosavian, V. M. Acosta, "Diamond magnetometer enhanced by ferrite flux concentrators."  

Physical Review Research 2, 023394 (2020).


44. Y. Silani*, F. Hubert*, V. M. Acosta, "Stimulated emission depletion microscopy with diamond silicon vacancy centers."  arXiv

ACS Photonics, 6 2577 (2019).


43. M. D. Aiello*, A. S. Backer*, A. J. Sapon, J. Smits, J. D. Perreault, P. Llull, V. M. Acosta, "Achromatic varifocal metalens for the visible spectrum." arXiv

ACS Photonics, 6, 2432 (2019).


42. J. Smits*, J. Damron*, P. Kehayias, A. F. McDowell, N. Mosavian, N. Ristoff, I. Fescenko. A. Laraoui, A. Jarmola, V. M. Acosta, "Two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with a microfluidic diamond quantum sensor." 

Science Advances 5 eaaw7895 (2019).

-Featured in phys.org and UNM Newsroom


41. Y. Dumeige, J.-F. Roch, F. Bretenakar, T. Debuisschert, V. M. Acosta, C. Becher, G. Chatzidrosos, A. Wickenbrock, L. Bougas, A. Wilzewski, D. Budker, "Infrared laser magnetometry with a NV doped diamond intracavity etalon." 

Optics Express 27,1706-1717 (2019). 


40. I. Fescenko, A. Laraoui, J. Smits, N. Mosavian, P. Kehayias, J. Seto, L. Bougas, A. Jarmola, V. M. Acosta, "Diamond magnetic microscopy of malarial hemozoin nanocrystals." PDF

Physical Review Applied 11, 034029 (2019)


39. V. M. Acosta, L.-S. Bouchard, D. Budker, R. Folman, T. Lenz, P. Maletinsky, D. Rohner, Y. Schlussel, L. Thiel, "Color centers in diamond as novel probes of superconductivity." arXiv

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism 32, 85 (2019).


38.  P. Kehayias*, A. Jarmola*, N. Mosavian, I. Fescenko, F. M. Benito, A. Laraoui, J. Smits, L. Bougas, D. Budker, A. Neumann, S. R. J. Brueck, V. M. Acosta, "Solution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy on a nanostructured diamond chip." PDF

Nature Communications 8, 188 (2017).


37. J. M. Higbie, J. D. Perreault, V. M. Acosta, C. Belthangady, P. Lebel, M. H. Kim, K. Nguyen, V. Demas, V. Bajaj, C. Santori, "Multiphoton-Excited Fluorescence of Silicon-Vacancy Color Centers in Diamond." arXiv

Physical Review Applied 7, 054010 (2017).


36. A. Jarmola, Z. Bodrog, P. Kehayias, M. Markham, J. Hall, D. J. Twitchen, V. M. Acosta, A. Gali, and D. Budker, "Optically Detected Magnetic Resonances of Nitrogen-Vacancy Ensembles in 13C Enriched Diamond." arXiv

Physical Review B 94, 094108 (2016).


35. A. Wickenbrock, H. Zheng, L. Bougas, N. Leefer, S. Afach, A. Jarmola, V. M. Acosta, D. Budker, "Microwave-free magnetometry with nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond." arXiv

Applied Physics Letters 109, 053505 (2016).


34. E. E. Kleinsasser, M. M. Stanfield, J. K.Q. Banks, Z. Zhu, W.-D. Li, V. M. Acosta, H. Watanabe, K. M. Itoh, K.-M. C. Fu, "High density NV sensing surface created via He+ ion implantation of 12C diamond." arXiv

Applied Physics Letters 108, 202401 (2016).


33. K. Heshami, D. G. England, P. C. Humphreys, P. J. Bustard, V. M. Acosta, J. Nunn, B. J. Sussman, “Quantum memories: emerging applications and recent advances.” arXiv

Journal of Modern Optics, DOI: 10.1080/09500340.2016.1148212 (2016).



Victor's papers prior to UNM:

32. P. Kehayias, M. Mrozek, V. M. Acosta, A. Jarmola, D. S. Rudnicki, R. Folman, W. Gawlik, D. Budker, “Microwave saturation spectroscopy of nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in diamond.” arXiv

Physical Review B 89, 245202 (2014).


31. M. W. Doherty, V. M. Acosta, A. Jarmola, M. S. J. Barson, N. B. Manson, D. Budker, L. C. L. Hollenberg, “Temperature shifts of the NV- center in diamond.” arXiv

Physical Review B 90, 041201(Rapid) (2014).


30. K. Jensen, N. Leefer, A. Jarmola, Y. Dumeige, V. M. Acosta, P. Kehayias, B. Patton, D. Budker, “Cavity-enhanced room-temperature magnetometry using 

absorption by nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond.” arXiv

Physical Review Letters, 112, 160802 (2014).

-Featured as a PRL Editors’ Suggestion and in Physics Viewpoint


29. V. M. Acosta, “Quantum information: Strength of weak measurements.” PDF

Nature Physics 1745-2481 (2014). 


28. K. Heshami, C. Santori, B. Khanaliloo, C. Healey, V. M. Acosta, P. E. Barclay, C. Simon, “Raman quantum memory based on an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy centers coupled to a microcavity.” arXiv

Physical Review A 040301(Rapid) (2014).


27. A. Waxman, H. Schlussel, D. Groswasser, V. M. Acosta, L.-S. Bouchard, D. Budker, R. Folman, “Diamond Magnetometry of Superconducting Thin Films.” arXiv

Physical Review B 89, 054509 (2014).

-Featured in Science Daily and phys.org


26. Z. Huang, W.-D. Li, C. Santori, V. M. Acosta, A. Faraon, T. Ishikawa, W. Wu, D. Winston, R. S. Williams, R. G. Beausoleil, “Diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers created by scanning focused helium ion beam and annealing.” PDF

Applied Physics Letters 103, 081906 (2013).


25. V. M. Acosta*, K. Jensen*, C. Santori, D. Budker, R. G. Beausoleil, “Electromagnetically-induced transparency in a diamond spin ensemble enables all-optical electromagnetic field sensing.” arXiv

Physical Review Letters 110, 213605 (2013).

-Featured as a PRL Editors’ Suggestion


24. V. M. Acosta, P. R. Hemmer, “Nitrogen-vacancy centers: Physics and applications.” PDF

MRS Bulletin 38, pp. 127-130 (2013).


23. A. Faraon, C. Santori, Z. Huang, K.-M. C. Fu, V. M. Acosta, D. Fattal, R. G. Beausoleil, “Quantum photonic devices in single-crystal diamond.” PDF

New Journal of Physics 15, 025010 (2013).

-Featured in Science Daily and phys.org


22. Y. Dumeige, M. Chipaux, V. Jacques, F. Treussart, J.-F. Roch, T. Debuisschert, V. M. Acosta, A. Jarmola, K. Jensen, P. Kehayias, and D. Budker, “Magnetometry with nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in diamond based on infrared absorption in a doubly resonant optical cavity.” arXiv

Physical Review B 87, 155202 (2013).


21. K. Fang, V. M. Acosta, C. Santori, Z. Huang, K. M. Itoh, H. Watanabe, S. Shikata, R. G. Beausoleil, ”High-sensitivity magnetometry based on quantum beats in diamond nitrogen-vacancy centers.” arXiv

Physical Review Letters 110 130802 (2013).


20. K. Jensen, V. M. Acosta, A. Jarmola, D. Budker, “Light narrowing of magnetic resonances in ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond.” arXiv

Physical Review B 87, 014115 (2013).


19. C. S. Shin, C. E. Avalos, M. C. Butler, D. R. Trease, S. J. Seltzer, J. P. Mustonen, D. J. Kennedy, V. M. Acosta, D. Budker, A. Pines, V. S. Bajaj, “Room-temperature operation of a radiofrequency diamond magnetometer near the shot-noise limit.” arXiv

Journal of Applied Physics 112, 124519 (2012).


18. A. Faraon, C. Santori, Z. Huang, V. M. Acosta, R. G. Beausoleil, “Coupling of Nitrogen-Vacancy Centers to Photonic Crystal Cavities in Monocrystalline Diamond.” arXiv

Physical Review Letters 109, 033604 (2012).


17. E. Kim, V. M. Acosta, E. Bauch, D. Budker, P. R. Hemmer, “Electron spin resonance shift and linewidth broadening of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond as a function of electron irradiation dose.” arXiv

Applied Physics Letters 101, 082410 (2012).


16. A. Stacey, D. A. Simpson, T. J. Karle, B. C. Gibson, V. M. Acosta, Z. Huang, K.-M. C. Fu, C. Santori, R. G. Beausoleil, L. P. McGuinness, K. Ganesan, S. Tomljenovic-Hanic, A. D. Greentree, S. Prawer, “Near-surface spectrally stable nitrogen vacancy centres engineered in single crystal diamond.” PDF

Advanced Materials 24, 3333 (2012).


15. V. M. Acosta, C. Santori, A. Faraon, Z. Huang, K.-M. C. Fu, A. Stacey, D. A. Simpson, S. Tomljenovic-Hanic, A. D. Greentree, S. Prawer, R. G. Beausoleil, “Dynamic stabilization of the optical resonances of single nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond.” PDF

Physical Review Letters 108, 206401 (2012).


14. A. Jarmola, V. M. Acosta, K. Jensen, S. Chemerisov, D. Budker, “Temperature and magnetic field dependent longitudinal spin relaxation in nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in diamond.” arXiv

Physical Review Letters 108, 197601 (2012).


13. T. Ishikawa, K.-M. C. Fu, C. Santori, V. M. Acosta, R. G. Beausoleil, H. Watanabe, S. Shikata, K. M. Itoh, “Optical and spin coherence properties of nitrogen-vacancy centers placed in a 100 nm thick isotopically purified diamond layer.” PDF

Nano Letters, 12 2083 (2012).


12. E. Corsini, V. M. Acosta, N. Baddour, J. Higbie, B. Lester, P. Licht, B. Patton, M. Prouty, D. Budker, “Search for plant biomagnetism with a sensitive atomic magnetometer.” arXiv

Journal of Applied Physics 109, 074701 (2011).

- Featured in MIT Technology Review


11. L.-S. Bouchard, V. M. Acosta, E. Bauch, D. Budker, “Detection of the Meissner effect with a diamond magnetometer.” PDF

New Journal of Physics 13, 025017 (2011).


10. V. M. Acosta, A. Jarmola, E. Bauch, D. Budker, “Optical properties of the nitrogen-vacancy singlet levels in diamond.” arXiv

Physical Review B 82, 201202 (Rapid) (2010).


9. V. M. Acosta, E. Bauch, L. J. Zipp, A. Jarmola, M. P. Ledbetter, D. Budker, “Broadband magnetometry by infrared-absorption detection of nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in diamond.” arXiv

Applied Physics Letters 97, 174104 (2010).


8. V. M. Acosta, A. Jarmola, D. Windes, E. Corsini, M. P. Ledbetter, T. Karaulanov, M. Auzinsh, S. A. Rangwala, D. F. Jackson Kimball, D. Budker, “Rubidium dimers in paraffin-coated cells” PDF

New Journal of Physics 12, 083054 (2010).


7. V. M. Acosta, E. Bauch, M. P. Ledbetter, A. Waxman, L. S. Bouchard, D. Budker, “Temperature dependence of the nitrogen-vacancy magnetic resonance in diamond.” arXiv

Physical Review Letters 104, 070801 (2010).


6. V. M. Acosta, E. Bauch, M. P. Ledbetter, C. Santori, K. M. C. Fu, P. E. Barclay, R. G. Beausoleil, H. Linget, J. F. Roch, F. Treussart, S. Chemerisov, W. Gawlik, D. Budker, “Diamonds with a high density of nitrogen-vacancy centers for magnetometry applications.” arXiv

Physical Review B 80, 115202 (2009).


5. K. Jensen, V. M. Acosta, J. M. Higbie, M. P. Ledbetter, S. M. Rochester, and D. Budker, “Cancellation of nonlinear Zeeman shifts with light shifts.” arXiv

Physical Review A 79, 023406 (2009).


4. V. M. Acosta, M. Auzinsh, W. Gawlik, P. Grisins, J. M. Higbie, D. F. J. Kimball, L. Krzemien, M. P. Ledbetter, S. Pustelny, S. M. Rochester, V. V. Yashchuk, D. Budker, “Production and detection of atomic hexadecapole at Earth's magnetic field.” PDF

Optics Express 16, 11423 (2008).


3. M. P. Ledbetter, I. M. Savukov, V. M. Acosta, D. Budker, and M. V. Romalis, “Spin-exchange-relaxation-free magnetometry with Cs vapor.” arXiv

Physical Review A 77, 033408 (2008).


2. M. P. Ledbetter, V. M. Acosta, S. M. Rochester, D. Budker, S. Pustelny, V. V. Yashchuk, “Detection of radio-frequency magnetic fields using nonlinear magneto-optical rotation.” arXiv

Physical Review A 75, 023405 (2007).


1. V. Acosta, M. P. Ledbetter, S. M. Rochester, D. Budker, D. F. J. Kimball, D. C. Hovde, W. Gawlik, S. Pustelny, J. Zachorowski, V. V. Yaschuk, “Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation with frequency-modulated light in the geophysical field range.” arXiv

Physical Review A 73, 053404 (2006).