Kevin Olsson

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. Physics, University of Texas at Austin, 2018
B.S. Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2012

Kevin’s research focuses on characterizing NVs and exploring methods for improving their ability as quantum sensors.

Fun Fact: Kevin was radio DJ “Captain Z” for four years in Santa Barbara!

Machine learning for improved current-density reconstruction from two-dimensional vector magnetic images. Niko R. Reed, Danyal Bhutto, Matthew J. Turner, Declan M. Daly, Sean M. Oliver, Jiashen Tang, Kevin S. Olsson, Nicholas Langellier, Mark J.H. Ku, Matthew S. Rosen, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Appl. 23, 034035 (2025). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{REED2025, sort_date = {2025-03-17}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Machine learning for improved current-density reconstruction from two-dimensional vector magnetic images}, author = {Reed, Niko R. and Bhutto, Danyal and Turner, Matthew J. and Daly, Declan M. and Oliver, Sean M. and Tang, Jiashen and Olsson, Kevin S. and Langellier, Nicholas and Ku, Mark J.H. and Rosen, Matthew S. and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Appl.}, volume = {23}, issue = {3}, pages = {034035}, numpages = {16}, year = {2025}, month = {Mar}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevApplied.23.034035}, day = {17}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.23.034035}, url_pdf = {/files/2025/03/2025_Reed_PRApplied.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, ml-agentic}, eprint = {2407.14553}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Quantum Logic Enhanced Sensing in Solid-State Spin Ensembles. Nithya Arunkumar, Kevin S. Olsson, Jner Tzern Oon, Connor A. Hart, Dominik B. Bucher, David R. Glenn, Mikhail D. Lukin, Hongkun Park, Donhee Ham, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Lett. 131, 100801 (2023). link PDF supplement
BibTeX
@article{Arunkumar2023, sort_date = {2023-09-05}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Quantum Logic Enhanced Sensing in Solid-State Spin Ensembles}, author = {Arunkumar, Nithya and Olsson, Kevin S. and Oon, Jner Tzern and Hart, Connor A. and Bucher, Dominik B. and Glenn, David R. and Lukin, Mikhail D. and Park, Hongkun and Ham, Donhee and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {131}, issue = {10}, pages = {100801}, numpages = {7}, year = {2023}, month = {Sep}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.100801}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.100801}, url_pdf = {/files/2023/09/2023_Arunkumar_prl.pdf}, url_supplement = {/files/2023/09/2023_Arunkumar_prl_sup.pdf}, keywords = {quantum-sensing, nmr-mri}, eprint = {2203.12501}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Ramsey envelope modulation in NV diamond magnetometry. Jner Tzern Oon, Jiashen Tang, Connor A. Hart, Kevin S. Olsson, Matthew J. Turner, Jennifer M. Schloss, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. B 106, 054110 (2022). link PDF supplement
BibTeX
@article{Oon2022_PRB, sort_date = {2022-08-26}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Ramsey envelope modulation in NV diamond magnetometry}, author = {Oon, Jner Tzern and Tang, Jiashen and Hart, Connor A. and Olsson, Kevin S. and Turner, Matthew J. and Schloss, Jennifer M. and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. B}, volume = {106}, issue = {5}, pages = {054110}, numpages = {9}, year = {2022}, month = {Aug}, comment = {08}, keywords = {quantum-sensing}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.106.054110}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.054110}, url_pdf = {/files/2022/08/2022_Oon_PRB.pdf}, url_supplement = {/files/2022/08/2022_Oon_PRB_supp.pdf}, eprint = {2205.02387}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv

Characterisation of CVD diamond with high concentrations of nitrogen for magnetic-field sensing applications. Andrew Mark Edmonds, Connor A Hart, Matthew J Turner, Pierre-Olivier Colard, Jennifer M Schloss, Kevin Olsson, Raisa Trubko, Matthew L Markham, Adam Rathmill, Ben Horne-Smith, Wilbur Lew, Arul Manickam, Scott Bruce, Peter G Kaup, Jon C Russo, Michael J DiMario, Joseph T South, Jay T Hansen, Daniel J Twitchen, and Ronald Walsworth. Materials for Quantum Technology 1, 025001 (2021). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Edmonds2021, sort_date = {2021-06}, sort_date_type = {journal-issue}, doi = {10.1088/2633-4356/abd88a}, url_link = {https://doi.org/10.1088/2633-4356/abd88a}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2021_Edmonds_IOPScience-1.pdf}, volume = {1}, year = {2021}, month = {jan}, comment = {01}, pages = {025001}, publisher = {{IOP} Publishing}, author = {Andrew Mark Edmonds and Connor A Hart and Matthew J Turner and Pierre-Olivier Colard and Jennifer M Schloss and Kevin Olsson and Raisa Trubko and Matthew L Markham and Adam Rathmill and Ben Horne-Smith and Wilbur Lew and Arul Manickam and Scott Bruce and Peter G Kaup and Jon C Russo and Michael J DiMario and Joseph T South and Jay T Hansen and Daniel J Twitchen and Ronald Walsworth}, title = {Characterisation of {CVD} diamond with high concentrations of nitrogen for magnetic-field sensing applications}, journal = {Materials for Quantum Technology}, keywords = {quantum-sensing} }

Generation of nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in diamond for quantum sensors: Optimization and scalability of CVD processes. Andrew M. Edmonds, Connor A. Hart, Matthew J. Turner, Pierre-Olivier Colard, Jennifer M. Schloss, Kevin Olsson, Raisa Trubko, Matthew L. Markham, Adam Rathmill, Ben Horne-Smith, Wilbur Lew, Arul Manickam, Scott Bruce, Peter G. Kaup, Jon C. Russo, Michael J. DiMario, Joseph T. South, Jay T. Hansen, Daniel J. Twitchen, and Ronald L. Walsworth. arXiv:2004.01746 [cond-mat, physics:quant-ph] (2020). PDF
BibTeX
@article{Edmonds2020, sort_date = {2020-04-03}, sort_date_type = {arxiv-submitted}, author = {Edmonds, Andrew M. and Hart, Connor A. and Turner, Matthew J. and Colard, Pierre-Olivier and Schloss, Jennifer M. and Olsson, Kevin and Trubko, Raisa and Markham, Matthew L. and Rathmill, Adam and Horne-Smith, Ben and Lew, Wilbur and Manickam, Arul and Bruce, Scott and Kaup, Peter G. and Russo, Jon C. and DiMario, Michael J. and South, Joseph T. and Hansen, Jay T. and Twitchen, Daniel J. and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, title = {Generation of nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in diamond for quantum sensors: {Optimization} and scalability of {CVD} processes}, journal = {arXiv:2004.01746 [cond-mat, physics:quant-ph]}, year = {2020}, month = {apr}, comment = {04}, keywords = {quantum-sensing}, url_link = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.01746}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2020_Edmonds_arXiv.pdf}, eprint = {2004.01746}, archiveprefix = {arXiv} }

arXiv