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$^{3}$He-$^{129}$Xe Comagnetometery using $^{87}$Rb Detection and Decoupling

Atomic Physics 2018-01-24 v3

Abstract

We describe a 3^{3}He-129^{129}Xe comagnetometer using 87^{87}Rb atoms for noble-gas spin polarization and detection. We use a train of 87^{87}Rb π\pi pulses and σ+/σ\sigma^+/\sigma^- 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 3^{3}He and 129^{129}Xe spin precession frequencies in the dark, while applying π\pi pulses along two directions to depolarize Rb atoms. The plane of the π\pi pulses is rotated to suppress the Bloch-Siegert shifts for the nuclear spins. We measure the ratio of 3^{3}He to 129^{129}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}
}
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