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We propose a novel paradigm to vector magnetometry based on machine learning. Unlike conventional schemes where one measured signal explicitly connects to one parameter, here we encode the three-dimensional magnetic-field information in the…

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A magnetometric technique is demonstrated that may be suitable for precision measurements of fields ranging from the sub-microgauss level to above the Earth field. It is based on resonant nonlinear magneto-optical rotation caused by atoms…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Budker , D. F. Kimball , V. V. Yashchuk , M. Zolotorev

We demonstrate remote detection of rotating machinery, using an atomic magnetometer at room temperature and in an unshielded environment. The system relies on the coupling of the AC magnetic signature of the target with the spin-polarized,…

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We present a detailed spectroscopic investigation of a thermal $^{87}$Rb atomic vapour in magnetic fields up to 0.4T in the Voigt geometry. We fit experimental spectra with our theoretical model \textit{ElecSus} and find excellent…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-02-26 J. Keaveney , F. S. Ponciano-Ojeda , S. M. Rieche , M. J. Raine , D. P. Hampshire , I. G. Hughes

Ultra-sensitive measurement of the magneto-optical rotation, due to interaction of linearly-polarized light passing through room-temperature Rb 85 atoms, in response to change in longitudinal magnetic field (\delta B_z ) is demonstrated…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-04-04 T. J. Vineeth Francis , Rashmi Ranjan Suna , P. K. Madhu , Nirmal K. Viswanathan , G. Rajalakshmi

The three axis magnetic field measurement based on the interaction of a single elliptically polarized light beam with an atomic system is described. The magnetic field direction dependent atomic responses are extracted by the polarimetric…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-09-21 Swarupananda Pradhan

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 present a novel approach allowing an optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) to be operated within Earth's magnetic field as a vector magnetometer whose sensitive axis can be freely defined. This approach enables the measurement of any…

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Magnetic field sensing provides crucial insights into various geophysical phenomena such as atmospheric currents, crustal magnetism, and oceanic circulation. In this paper, a method for remote detection of magnetic fields using mesospheric…

We report on an optical magnetometer enhanced by vacuum-squeezed light, employing an Mx magnetometer based on $^{87}$Rb vapor in a micrometer-scale cell (~100 $\mu$m). Using the well-established polarization self-rotation effect in a…

We report on the measurement of the contribution of the magnetic-dipole hyperfine interaction to the tensor polarizability of the electronic ground-state in $^{87}$Rb. This contribution was isolated by measuring the differential shift of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-11-04 Yehonatan Dallal , Roee Ozeri

We present an experimental study of the intrinsic magnetometric sensitivity of an optical/rf-frequency double resonance magnetometer in which linearly polarized laser light is used in the optical pumping and detection processes. We show…

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We show, theoretically and experimentally, how the absolute orientation and polarization state of radio-frequency (RF) magnetic fields in a transverse 2D plane can be uniquely determined using two optically pumped atomic magnetometers. In…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-04-11 Cicely Motamedi , Karen Sauer

We demonstrate the sensitivity of a sensor based on an optically-pumped radio-frequency (RF) atomic magnetometer to the polarization state of the detected RF magnetic field, and measure $>$36 dB difference in amplitude sensitivity for…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-02-13 Vladislav Gerginov

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

We describe an ultra-sensitive atomic magnetometer using optically-pumped potassium atoms operating in spin-exchange relaxation free (SERF) regime. We demonstrate magnetic field sensitivity of 160 aT/Hz$^{1/2}$ in a gradiometer arrangement…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 H. B. Dang , A. C. Maloof , M. V. Romalis

We demonstrate novel implementations of high-precision optical magnetometers which allow for spatially-selective and spatially-resolved in situ measurements using cold atomic clouds. These are realised by using shaped dispersive probe beams…

A sensitive vector magnetometry with high spatial resolution is important for various practical applications, such as magnetocardiography, magnetoencephalography, explosive materials detection and many others. We propose a magnetometer…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-07-07 D. O. Ignatyeva , G. A. Knyazev , A. N. Kalish , A. I. Chernov , V. I. Belotelov

We demonstrate the possibility of dynamic imaging of magnetic fields using electromagnetically induced transparency in an atomic gas. As an experimental demonstration we employ an atomic Rb gas confined in a glass cell to image the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-09-29 Eugeniy E. Mikhailov , I. Novikova , M. D. Havey , F. A. Narducci

Precision sensing, and in particular high precision magnetometry, is a central goal of research into quantum technologies. For magnetometers, often trade-offs exist between sensitivity, spatial resolution, and frequency range. The…

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