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We demonstrated a scalar atomic magnetometer using a micro-fabricated Cs vapor cell. The atomic spin precession is driven by an amplitude-modulated circularly-polarized pump laser resonant on D1 transition of Cs atoms and detected by an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-10-07 Rui Zhang , Terry Dyer , Nathan Brockie , Roozbeh Parsa , Rahul Mhaskar

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…

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Magnetic field imaging is a valuable resource for signal source localization and characterization. This work reports an optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) based on the free-induction-decay (FID) protocol, that implements microfabricated…

To address the demands in healthcare and industrial settings for spatially resolved magnetic imaging, we present a modular optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) system comprising a multi-sensor array of highly sensitive quantum magnetometers.…

We demonstrate a fast three-axis optical magnetometer using cold, optically-trapped $^{87}$Rb gas as a sensor. By near-resonant Faraday rotation we record the free-induction decay following optical pumping along two orthogonal axes to…

We report measurements of nonlinear magneto-optical rotation (NMOR) for the D2 line of $^{87}$Rb atoms in an antirelaxation-coated vapor cell in the presence of a radio-frequency (rf) field. The experimental NMOR signals as a function of rf…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-19 T. Zigdon , A. D. Wilson-Gordon , S. Guttikonda , E. J. Bahr , O. Neitzke , S. M. Rochester , D. Budker

An all-optical atomic magnetometer is used to detect a proton free-precession signal from a water sample polarized in a 0.7 T field and remotely analyzed in a 4 $\mu T$ field. Nuclear spins are manipulated either by $\pi/2$ pulses or by…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Giuseppe Bevilacqua , Valerio Biancalana , Yordanka Dancheva , Luigi Moi

Miniaturized atomic magnetometers, particularly spin-exchange relaxation-free atomic magnetometers, have been emerging in clinical imaging applications such magnetocardiography and magnetoencephalography. Miniaturization, portability, and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-04-28 Xiaojie Li , Zhihao Guo , Rui Yang , Yanying Feng

Optically pumped atomic magnetometers (OPMs) offer highly sensitive magnetic measurements using compact hardware, offering new possibilities for practical precision sensors. Double-resonance OPM operation is well suited to unshielded…

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

Developing a non-invasive, accurate vector magnetometer that operates at ambient temperature and is conducive to miniaturization and is self-calibrating is a significant challenge. Here, we present an unshielded three-axis vector…

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

Robust calibration of vector optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) is a nontrivial task, but increasingly important for applications requiring high-accuracy such as magnetic navigation, geophysics research, and space exploration. Here, we…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-02-28 Christopher Kiehl , Thanmay S. Menon , Svenja Knappe , Tobias Thiele , Cindy A. Regal

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

We demonstrate an all-optical magnetometer capable of measuring the magnitude and direction of a magnetic field using nonlinear magneto-optical rotation in a cesium vapor. Vector capability is added by effective modulation of the field…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 B. Patton , E. Zhivun , D. C. Hovde , D. Budker

We describe an array of spin-exchange relaxation free optical magnetometers designed for detection of fetal magnetocardiography (fMCG) signals. The individual magnetometers are configured with a small volume with intense optical pumping,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-07-25 Robert Wyllie , Matthew Kauer , Ronald T. Wakai , Thad G. Walker

We report on an all-optical magnetometric technique based on nonlinear magneto-optical rotation with amplitude-modulated light. The method enables sensitive magnetic-field measurements in a broad dynamic range. We demonstrate the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Pustelny , A. Wojciechowski , M. Gring , M. Kotyrba , J. Zachorowski , W. Gawlik

We propose a novel experimental approach to explore exotic spin-dependent interactions using a spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) magnetometer, the most sensitive non-cryogenic magnetic-field sensor. This approach studies the interactions…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-08-23 P. -H. Chu , Y. J. Kim , I. M. Savukov

Scalar atomic magnetometers have many attractive features but their sensitivity has been relatively poor. We describe a Rb scalar gradiometer using two multi-pass optical cells. We use a pump-probe measurement scheme to suppress…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 D. Sheng , S. Li , N. Dural , M. V. Romalis

We present a portable four-channel atomic magnetometer array operating in the spin exchange relaxation-free regime. The magnetometer array has several design features intended to maximize its suitability for biomagnetic measurement,…

Medical Physics · Physics 2012-07-25 R Wyllie , M Kauer , G Smetana , R Wakai , T Walker