Diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers are regarded as promising microwave sensors owing to their excellent magnetic sensitivity, stability, and environmental compatibility. However, traditional confocal test platforms based on diamond NV centers are bulky, which limits their practical applications. In this paper, a fiber-coupled compact NV microwave magnetometer is designed that employs the continuous heterodyne measurement method and a fast Fourier transform to measure multiple microwave fields. We integrated the laser excitation module, microwave antenna module, and fluorescence collection module into a single unit, reducing the volume of the magnetometer to 13 cubic centimeters. By adjusting the frequency and power of the measured microwave signals, the applicability of the device under different frequency and power conditions was verified. Experimental tests show that the microwave magnetometer can simultaneously detect multiple microwave fields with different frequencies and power levels, achieving a frequency resolution on the order of millihertz (mHz) and a microwave detection sensitivity of 0.385 nT/Hz1/2. These results demonstrate the magnetometer’s multi-microwave-field measurement capability, making it highly promising for applications such as microwave anomaly localization and medical diagnosis.
Tian et al. (2026) studied this question.