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We present a method of optical magnetometry with parts-per-billion resolution that is able to detect biomagnetic signals generated from the human brain and heart in Earth's ambient environment. Our magnetically silent sensors measure the…

Medical Physics · Physics 2020-07-29 M. E. Limes , E. L. Foley , T. W. Kornack , S. Caliga , S. McBride , A. Braun , W. Lee , V. G. Lucivero , M. V. Romalis

We demonstrate a proof-of-principle magnetometer that relies on the active oscillation of a cold atom Raman laser to continuously map a field-sensitive atomic phase onto the phase of the radiated light. We demonstrate wideband sensitivity…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Joshua M. Weiner , Kevin C. Cox , Justin G. Bohnet , Zilong Chen , James K. Thompson

We demonstrate a novel quantum sensor for measuring non-magnetic spin-dependent interactions. This sensor utilizes $^{131}$Xe, $^{129}$Xe, and $^{85}$Rb which are continuously polarized transverse to a pulsed bias field. The transverse…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-12-12 Daniel A. Thrasher , Susan S. Sorensen , Thad G. Walker

Vector field measurement is demonstrated with an all-optical scalar atomic magnetometer using intrinsic parameters related to its scalar operation. The Bell-Bloom type atomic magnetometer measures the Larmor precession of cesium atoms…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-02-02 Rui Zhang , Rahul Mhaskar , Ken Smith , Easswar Balasubramaniam , Mark Prouty

We characterize the performance of a gravimeter and a gravity gradiometer based on the $^{1}$S$_{0}$-$^3$P$_0$ clock transition of strontium atoms. We use this new quantum sensor to measure the gravitational acceleration with a relative…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Liang Hu , Enlong Wang , Leonardo Salvi , Jonathan N. Tinsley , Guglielmo M. Tino , Nicola Poli

Atomic interferometers are often affected by magnetic field fluctuations. Using the clock transition at zero magnetic field minimizes the effect of these fluctuations. There is another transition in rubidium that minimizes the magnetic…

We discuss the design and performance of a very sensitive low-field magnetometer based on the detection of free spin precession of gaseous, nuclear polarized 3He or 129Xe samples with a SQUID as magnetic flux detector. The device will be…

We present a Solid-State Optical Magnetometer (SOM) based on black phosphorus (BP) multilayers, offering a compact, scalable, and highly sensitive alternative to traditional atomic-based magnetometers. Utilizing BP's intrinsic linear…

Optics · Physics 2025-06-24 O. Daneshmandi , M. Alidadi , Y. M. Banad , S. S. Sharif

We describe a Cs atomic magnetometer operating in the spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) regime. With a vapor cell temperature of $103^\circ\rm{C}$ we achieve intrinsic magnetic resonance widths $\Delta B=17 {\rm \mu G}$ corresponding to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2010-03-30 M. P. Ledbetter , I. M. Savukov , V. M. Acosta , D. Budker , M. V. Romalis

Atomic magnetometers based on Zeeman shift measurement have the potential for high sensitivity and long-term stability. Like other atomic sensors including atomic clocks and atom interferometers, the atomic magnetometer could in principle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-17 Jinyang Li , Gour Pati , Renu Tripathi , Selim M Shahriar

Atomic magnetometry is one of the most sensitive field-measurement techniques for biological, geo-surveying, and navigation applications. An essential process in atomic magnetometry is measurement of optical polarization rotation of a…

Optics · Physics 2023-04-19 Xuting Yang , Meryem Benelajla , Jennifer T. Choy

We describe a room-temperature alkali-metal atomic magnetometer for detection of small, high frequency magnetic fields. The magnetometer operates by detecting optical rotation due to the precession of an aligned ground state in the presence…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2010-10-12 M. P. Ledbetter , V. M. Acosta , S. M. Rochester , D. Budker , S. Pustelny , V. V. Yashchuk

We present details of a high-accuracy absolute scalar magnetometer based on pulsed proton NMR. The $B$-field magnitude is determined from the precession frequency of proton spins in a cylindrical sample of water after accounting for field…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-12-23 D. Flay , D. Kawall , T. Chupp , S. Corrodi , M. Farooq , M. Fertl , J. George , J. Grange , R. Hong , R. Osofsky , S. Ramachandran , E. Swanson , P. Winter

We describe a technique for mapping the spatial variation of static electric, static magnetic, and rf magnetic fields using a pulsed atomic or molecular beam. The method is demonstrated using a beam designed to measure the electric dipole…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. J. Hudson , H. T. Ashworth , D. M. Kara , M. R. Tarbutt , B. E. Sauer , E. A. Hinds

Progress in electromagnetic induction imaging with atomic magnetometers has brought its domain to the edge of the regime useful for biomedical imaging. However, a demonstration of imaging below the required 1 Sm$^{-1}$ level is still…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-04-02 Cameron Deans , Luca Marmugi , Ferruccio Renzoni

Scanning-probe magnetometry is a valuable experimental tool to investigate magnetic phenomena at the micro- and nanoscale. We theoretically analyze the possibility of measuring magnetic fields via the electrical current flowing through…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-01 Gábor Széchenyi , András Pályi

Storing and accessing information in atomic-scale magnets requires magnetic imaging techniques with single-atom resolution. Here, we show simultaneous detection of the spin-polarization and exchange force, with or without the flow of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-16 Nadine Hauptmann , Jan W. Gerritsen , Daniel Wegner , Alexander A. Khajetoorians

Alkali-noble-gas comagnetometers have become an essential tool for tests of fundamental physics and offer a compact platform for precision gyroscopy. They are, however, limited by technical noise at low frequencies, commonly due to their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-04-07 Morgan Hedges , Ankit Papneja , Karun Paul , Ben C Buchler

We present two magnetometry-based methods suitable for assessing gradients in the critical temperature and hence the composition of multifilamentary superconductors: AC magnetometry and Scanning Hall Probe Microscopy. The novelty of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-11-22 T. Baumgartner , J. Hecher , J. Bernardi , S. Pfeiffer , C. Senatore , M. Eisterer

Self-assembled semiconductor quantum dots show remarkable optical and spin coherence properties, which have lead to a concerted research effort examining their potential as a quantum bit for quantum information science1-6. Here, we present…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-07-20 A. N. Vamivakas , Y. Zhao , S. Falt , A. Badolato , J. M. Taylor , M. Atature