$^{3}$He-$^{129}$Xe Comagnetometery using $^{87}$Rb Detection and Decoupling
Abstract
We describe a He-Xe comagnetometer using Rb atoms for noble-gas spin polarization and detection. We use a train of Rb pulses and optical pumping to realize a finite-field Rb magnetometer with suppression of spin-exchange relaxation. We suppress frequency shifts from polarized Rb by measuring the He and Xe spin precession frequencies in the dark, while applying pulses along two directions to depolarize Rb atoms. The plane of the pulses is rotated to suppress the Bloch-Siegert shifts for the nuclear spins. We measure the ratio of He to Xe spin precession frequencies with sufficient absolute accuracy to resolve the Earth's rotation without changing the orientation of the comagnetometer. A frequency resolution of 7 nHz is achieved after integration for 8 hours without evidence of significant drift.
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@article{arxiv.1708.05772,
title = {$^{3}$He-$^{129}$Xe Comagnetometery using $^{87}$Rb Detection and Decoupling},
author = {M. E. Limes and D. Sheng and M. V. Romalis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.05772},
year = {2018}
}