Matthew Turner

QTC Scientist

Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University, 2020
B.S. Engineering Physics, UC Berkeley, 2014

Matthew is focused on the development of NV diamond wide-field magnetic imaging applications in biological systems and integrated circuits along with exploring the discovery of new areas of applications. He is also working on improvement of the NV diamond sensors through diamond engineering and enhanced sensing protocol along with working with diamond growers to improve the scalability and accessibility of NV diamond sensors.

Notable Publications

  • All-optical photoluminescence response of nitrogen-vacancy ensembles in diamond at low magnetic fields. Xiechen Zheng, Jeyson Támara-Isaza, Zechuan Yin, Johannes Cremer, John W. Blanchard, Connor A. Hart, Michael Crescimanno, Paul V. Petruzzi, Matthew J. Turner, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Appl. 24, 064049 (2025). link PDF
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  • 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
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  • Quantum diamond microscope for dynamic imaging of magnetic fields. Jiashen Tang, Zechuan Yin, Connor A. Hart, John W. Blanchard, Jner Tzern Oon, Smriti Bhalerao, Jennifer M. Schloss, Matthew J. Turner, and Ronald L. Walsworth. AVS Quantum Science 5, 044403 (2023). link PDF
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  • Quantum sensors for biomedical applications. Nabeel Aslam, Hengyun Zhou, Elana K. Urbach, Matthew J. Turner, Ronald L. Walsworth, Mikhail D. Lukin, and Hongkun Park. Nature Reviews Physics (2023). link PDF
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  • Hardware Trojan Detection Using Unsupervised Deep Learning on Quantum Diamond Microscope Magnetic Field Images. Maitreyi Ashok, Matthew J. Turner, Ronald L. Walsworth, Edlyn V. Levine, and Anantha P. Chandrakasan. J. Emerg. Technol. Comput. Syst. 18 (2022). link PDF
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  • 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
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  • High-Precision Mapping of Diamond Crystal Strain Using Quantum Interferometry. Mason C. Marshall, Reza Ebadi, Connor Hart, Matthew J. Turner, Mark J.H. Ku, David F. Phillips, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Applied 17, 024041 (2022). link PDF
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  • Multiplexed Sensing of Magnetic Field and Temperature in Real Time Using a Nitrogen-Vacancy Ensemble in Diamond. Jeong Hyun Shim, Seong-Joo Lee, Santosh Ghimire, Ju Il Hwang, Kwang-Geol Lee, Kiwoong Kim, Matthew J. Turner, Connor A. Hart, Ronald L. Walsworth, and Sangwon Oh. Phys. Rev. Applied 17, 014009 (2022). link PDF supplement
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  • Scanning X-Ray Diffraction Microscopy for Diamond Quantum Sensing. Mason C. Marshall, David F. Phillips, Matthew J. Turner, Mark J. H. Ku, Tao Zhou, Nazar Delegan, F. Joseph Heremans, Martin V. Holt, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Applied 16, 054032 (2021). link PDF supplement
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  • 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
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  • N–V–Diamond Magnetic Microscopy Using a Double Quantum 4-Ramsey Protocol. Connor A. Hart, Jennifer M. Schloss, Matthew J. Turner, Patrick J. Scheidegger, Erik Bauch, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Applied 15, 044020 (2021). link PDF supplement
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  • Directional detection of dark matter with diamond. Mason C Marshall, Matthew J Turner, Mark J H Ku, David F Phillips, and Ronald L Walsworth. Quantum Science and Technology 6, 024011 (2021). link PDF
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  • Micron-Scale NV-NMR Spectroscopy with Signal Amplification by Reversible Exchange. Nithya Arunkumar, Dominik B. Bucher, Matthew J. Turner, Patrick TomHon, David Glenn, Sören Lehmkuhl, Mikhail D. Lukin, Hongkun Park, Matthew S. Rosen, Thomas Theis, and Ronald L. Walsworth. PRX Quantum 2, 010305 (2021). link PDF
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  • Decoherence of ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond. Erik Bauch, Swati Singh, Junghyun Lee, Connor A. Hart, Jennifer M. Schloss, Matthew J. Turner, John F. Barry, Linh M. Pham, Nir Bar-Gill, Susanne F. Yelin, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. B 102, 134210 (2020). link PDF
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  • Magnetic Field Fingerprinting of Integrated-Circuit Activity with a Quantum Diamond Microscope. Matthew J. Turner, Nicholas Langellier, Rachel Bainbridge, Dan Walters, Srujan Meesala, Thomas M. Babinec, Pauli Kehayias, Amir Yacoby, Evelyn Hu, Marko Lončar, Ronald L. Walsworth, and Edlyn V. Levine. Physical Review Applied 14, 014097 (2020). link PDF supplement
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  • Microwave-Assisted Spectroscopy Technique for Studying Charge State in Nitrogen-Vacancy Ensembles in Diamond. D.P.L. Aude Craik, P. Kehayias, A.S. Greenspon, X. Zhang, M.J. Turner, J.M. Schloss, E. Bauch, C.A. Hart, E.L. Hu, and R.L. Walsworth. Physical Review Applied 14, 014009 (2020). link PDF
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  • Micron-scale SABRE-enhanced NV-NMR Spectroscopy. Nithya Arunkumar, Dominik B. Bucher, Matthew J. Turner, Patrick TomHon, David Glenn, Soren Lehmkuhl, Mikhail D. Lukin, Hongkun Park, Matthew S. Rosen, Thomas Theis, and Ronald L. Walsworth. arXiv:2006.03910 (2020). PDF
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  • 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
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  • Sensitivity optimization for NV-diamond magnetometry. John F. Barry, Jennifer M. Schloss, Erik Bauch, Matthew J. Turner, Connor A. Hart, Linh M. Pham, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Reviews of Modern Physics 92, 015004 (2020). link PDF
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  • Imaging crystal stress in diamond using ensembles of nitrogen-vacancy centers. P. Kehayias, M. J. Turner, R. Trubko, J. M. Schloss, C. A. Hart, M. Wesson, D. R. Glenn, and R. L. Walsworth. Physical Review B 100, 174103 (2019). link PDF supplement
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  • Principles and techniques of the quantum diamond microscope. Edlyn V. Levine, Matthew J. Turner, Pauli Kehayias, Connor A. Hart, Nicholas Langellier, Raisa Trubko, David R. Glenn, Roger R. Fu, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Nanophotonics 8, 1945–1973 (2019). link PDF
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  • Quantum diamond spectrometer for nanoscale NMR and ESR spectroscopy. Dominik B. Bucher, Diana P. L. Aude Craik, Mikael P. Backlund, Matthew J. Turner, Oren Ben Dor, David R. Glenn, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Nature Protocols 14, 2707–2747 (2019). link PDF
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  • Decoherence of dipolar spin ensembles in diamond. Erik Bauch, Swati Singh, Junghyun Lee, Connor A. Hart, Jennifer M. Schloss, Matthew J. Turner, John F. Barry, Linh Pham, Nir Bar-Gill, Susanne F. Yelin, and Ronald L. Walsworth. arXiv:1904.08763 [physics, physics:quant-ph] (2019). PDF
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  • Simultaneous Broadband Vector Magnetometry Using Solid-State Spins. Jennifer M. Schloss, John F. Barry, Matthew J. Turner, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Physical Review Applied 10, 034044 (2018). link PDF supplement
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  • Ultralong Dephasing Times in Solid-State Spin Ensembles via Quantum Control. Erik Bauch, Connor A. Hart, Jennifer M. Schloss, Matthew J. Turner, John F. Barry, Pauli Kehayias, Swati Singh, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Physical Review X 8, 031025 (2018). link PDF supplement
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  • Optical magnetic detection of single-neuron action potentials using quantum defects in diamond. John F. Barry, Matthew J. Turner, Jennifer M. Schloss, David R. Glenn, Yuyu Song, Mikhail D. Lukin, Hongkun Park, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, 14133–14138 (2016). link PDF supplement
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