Contrast Induced by a Static Magnetic Field for Improved Detection in Nanodiamond Fluorescence Microscopy

The authors are grateful to D. Van Dyck, M. Wijnants, and P. Casteels for technical assistance, and B. Yavkin for contributions to the implementation of ODMR measurements. Financial support for this research is kindly acknowledged from the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO, Grant No. G.088812N), the European Commission (FP7-PEOPLE-IEFINCA-NANEP, Contract No. 328214, and the FP7/2007-2013 project DIADEMS, Grant Agreement No. 611143), the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO), the Ministry of Science and Education of the Czech Republic (Contract No. CZ.1.07/2.3.00/20.0306).