System and methods for ultrafast widefield quantum sensing using neuromorphic vision sensors

An ultrafast wide-field quantum sensing device using a neuromorphic event-based vision sensor comprising:

• a laser generating a laser beam;
• a dichroic mirror directing the laser beam onto a diamond sample and passing the fluorescence collected from the diamond;
• an event camera receiving from the dichroic mirror the fluorescence reflected from the diamond;
• a long-pass filter and an achromatic lens, wherein the fluorescence from the dichroic mirror to the event camera passes through the long-pass filter and achromatic lens in sequence;
• a source of microwave energy (MW) applied to the diamond;
• a pulse generator for syncing the microwave source and the event camera to create Continuous Wave-Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance (CW-ODMR) measurements, wherein trigger pulses from the pulse generator are applied to the camera and MW source;
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• a computer to control the parameters of the pulse generator and the microwave source wherein the computer also processes raw data transmitted from the event camera.