The present invention relates to a
magnetic field gradient (B a -B b The present invention relates to a
magnetic field gradiometer (1) for determining the
magnetic field gradiometer (1), comprising at least one excitation
light source (5a, 5b) for emitting excitation light (6a, 6b), two spatially spaced measurement areas (3a, 3b) for measuring the magnetic field, each having color centers in
diamond, preferably NV centers (4a, 4b) that emit
fluorescent light (7a, 7b) when excited by the excitation light (6a, 6b), and a first
detector (3a) for detecting the
fluorescent light (7a) from the first measurement area (3a). (8a), a second
detector (8b) for detecting
fluorescent light (7b) from the second measurement area (3b), a first
microwave radiator (10a) for applying a first
microwave field (9a) to the first measurement area (3a), a second
microwave radiator (10b) for applying a second microwave field (9b) to the second measurement area (3b), and a
magnetic field gradient (B) based on the fluorescent light (7a) detected from the first measurement area (3a) and the fluorescent light (7b) detected from the second measurement area (3b). a -B b The magnetic field
gradiometer (1) comprises an evaluation device (11) configured to determine a first microwave
signal (f MW1 (t)) for the second microwave radiating portion (10b), and a second microwave
signal (f MW2 (t)) and a
signal generator (12) configured to generate a