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An automated magnetometer suitable for long lasting measurement under stable and controllable experimental conditions has been implemented. The device is based on Coherent Population Trapping (CPT) produced by a multi-frequency excitation.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-11-13 J. Belfi , G. Bevilacqua , V. Biancalana , Y. Dancheva , L. Moi

Noise properties of an idealized atomic magnetometer that utilizes spin squeezing induced by a continuous quantum nondemolition measurement are considered. Such a magnetometer measures spin precession of $N$ atomic spins by detecting…

A method for alignment of a vector magnetometer to a rigidly attached prism is presented. This enables optical comparison of the magnetometer axes to physical surfaces in an apparatus, and thus an absolute determination of the magnetic…

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We developed an optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) setup designed for compatibility with a widely used, commercially available helium bath cryostat equipped with a variable temperature insert. The optical path extends nearly two…

We here report magnetostriction measurements under pulsed megagauss fields using a high-speed 100 MHz strain monitoring system devised using fiber Bragg grating (FBG) technique with optical filter method. The optical filter method is a…

We have developed an individual identification system based on magnetocardiography (MCG) signals captured using optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs). Our system utilizes pattern recognition to analyze the signals obtained at different…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-22 Pengju Zhang , Chenxi Sun , Jianwei Zhang , Hong Guo

We demonstrate detection of proton NMR signals with a radio frequency atomic magnetometer tuned to the NMR frequency of 62 kHz. High-frequency operation of the atomic magnetometer makes it relatively insensitive to ambient magnetic field…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 I. M. Savukov , S. J. Seltzer , M. V. Romalis

Present protocols for obtaining the ultimate magnetic sensitivity of optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) utilizing alkali-metal ensembles rely on uncorrelated atoms in stretched states. A new approach for calculating the spin projection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-02-23 K. Mouloudakis , V. Koutrouli , I. K. Kominis , M. W. Mitchell , G. Vasilakis

Alkali-metal-noble-gas comagnetometers are precision probes well-suited for tests of fundamental physics and inertial rotation sensing, combining high sensitivity of the spin-exchange-relaxation free (SERF) magnetometers with inherent…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-05-13 Jingyao Wang , Junyi Lee , Hudson Loughlin , Morgan Hedges , Michael V. Romalis

We present first, encouraging results obtained with an experimental apparatus based on Coherent Population Trapping and aimed at detecting biological (cardiac) magnetic field in magnetically compensated, but unshielded volume. The work…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-07-04 J. Belfi , G. Bevilacqua , V. Biancalana , S. Cartaleva , Y. Dancheva , L. Moi

We described a novel technique that can find the zero-field for unshielded laser-pumped atomic magnetometer using atomic signal itself. By comparing light density of pump beam after atomic vapor cell, it is decided which direction to move…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-03-06 Haifeng Dong , Hongbo Lin , Xinbin Tang

We design and demonstrate a compact, robust and simple to assemble and tune permanent magnet suitable for NMR relaxometry measurements of microfluidic flows. Soft-magnetic stainless steel plates, incorporated inside the magnet airgap, are…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-01-25 Dmytro Polishchuk , Han Gardeniers

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…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 L. Lenci , A. Auyuanet , S. Barreiro , P. Valente , A. Lezama , H. Failache

Cavity optomechanical magnetic field sensors, constructed by coupling a magnetostrictive material to a micro-toroidal optical cavity, act as ultra-sensitive room temperature magnetometers with tens of micrometre size and broad bandwidth,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-08-18 Yimin Yu , Stefan Forstner , Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop , Warwick P. Bowen

In this work we present a novel, compact, power efficient magnetic field source design for magnetic field imaging microscopy. The device is based on a pair of diametrically magnetized permanent magnet cylinders with electro-mechanical…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-05-23 Andris Berzins , Hugo Grube , Reinis Lazda , Marc A. Hannig , Janis Smits , Ilja Fescenko

In the optical pumping systems based on the pump-probe arrangement, the spin polarization of the atoms is generally monitored utilizing the probe laser beam, in which way an extra perturbation must be introduced and thus affects the normal…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-02-09 Jiancheng Fang , Rujie Li , Lihong Duan , Wenfeng Fan , Liwei Jiang

We report an all-optical atomic vector magnetometer using dual Bell-Bloom optical pumping beams in a Rb vapor cell. This vector magnetometer consists of two orthogonal optical pumping beams, with amplitude modulations at $^{85}$Rb and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-09-28 Bo Cai , Chuanpeng Hao , Zheru Qiu , Qianqian Yu , Wei Xiao , Dong Sheng

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is universally acknowledged as an excellent tool to extract detailed spatial information with minimally invasive measurements. Efforts toward ultra-low-field (ULF) MRI are made to simplify the scanners and…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-10-28 Giuseppe Bevilacqua , Valerio Biancalana , Yordanka Dancheva , Antonio Vigilante

We present a new spin-exchange relaxation-free vector magnetometer with suppressed 1/f probe noise, achieved by applying a small DC bias field and a comb of magnetic DC $\pi$ pulses along the pump direction. This results in a synchronous…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Elena Zhivun , Michael Bulatowicz , Alexander Hryciuk , Thad Walker

We present a single-beam atomic magnetometer operating at room temperature for the measurement of ac magnetic fields. The magnetometer functions in the non-linear regime of magneto-optical rotation of $^{85}$Rb atomic vapour. We demonstrate…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-09-12 K. K. George Kurian , Sushree S. Sahoo , P. K. Madhu , G. Rajalakshmi