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Vectorial atomic magnetometer based on coherent transients of laser absorption in Rb vapor

Atomic Physics 2015-06-18 v1

Abstract

We have designed and tested an atomic vectorial magnetometer based on the analysis of the coherent oscillatory transients in the transmission of resonant laser light through a Rb vapor cell. We show that the oscillation amplitudes at the Larmor frequency and its first harmonic are related through a simple formula to the angles determining the orientation of the magnetic field vector. The magnetometer was successfully applied to the measurement of the ambient magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.1402.5540,
  title  = {Vectorial atomic magnetometer based on coherent transients of laser absorption in Rb vapor},
  author = {L. Lenci and A. Auyuanet and S. Barreiro and P. Valente and A. Lezama and H. Failache},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1402.5540},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages, 6 figures