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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…

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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

In recent years, sensors based on hot atomic vapor cells have emerged as a compact and highly sensitive means of measuring magnetic fields. Such sensors have been deployed in the field for the measurement of, e.g. biological systems,…

Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) is a promising tracer-based, functional medical imaging technique which measures the non-linear magnetization response of magnetic nanoparticles to a dynamic magnetic field. For image reconstruction, system…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-26 Christina Brandt , Christiane Schmidt

The sensitive detection of either static or radio-frequency \textsc{(rf)} magnetic fields is essential to many fundamental studies and applications. Here, we demonstrate the operation of a cold-atom-based, \textsc{rf} magnetometer in…

Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) have demonstrated significant potential in weak magnetic field detection due to their high sensitivity. In this study, we developed an Mz-type optically pumped rubidium magnetometer using a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-06 Zhengyu Su , Yang Li , Yongbiao Yang , Yanhua Wang , Jun He , Junmin Wang

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…

We report on the use of radio-frequency optical atomic magnetometers for magnetic induction tomography measurements. We demonstrate the imaging of dummy targets of varying conductivities placed in the proximity of the sensor, in an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-05-04 Cameron Deans , Luca Marmugi , Sarah Hussain , Ferruccio Renzoni

Tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM), also known as amplitude modulated (AM) or AC mode, is a proven, reliable and gentle imaging mode with widespread applications. Over the several decades that tapping mode has been in use,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-07 Marta Kocun , Aleksander Labuda , Waiman Meinhold , Irene Revenko , Roger Proksch

The operation of a high sensitive atomic magnetometer using resonant elliptically polarized light is demonstrated. The experimental geometry allows autonomous frequency stabilization of the laser, thereby offers compact operation of the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 S. Pradhan , S. Mishra , R. Behera , Poornima , K. Dasgupta

We derive a new 3D model for magnetic particle imaging (MPI) that is able to incorporate realistic magnetic fields in the reconstruction process. In real MPI scanners, the generated magnetic fields have distortions that lead to deformed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-30 Gaël Bringout , Wolfgang Erb , Jürgen Frikel

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

Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is an imaging method that can visualize magnetic nanoparticles in positive contrast, without radiation exposure. Recently, we proposed an image reconstruction method for projection-based MPI (pMPI), in which…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-05-01 Kenya Murase

We demonstrate electromagnetic induction imaging with an unshielded, portable radio-frequency atomic magnetometer scanning over the target object. This configuration satisfies standard requirements in typical applications, from security…

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Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a tracer-based medical imaging modality that enables quantification and spatial mapping of magnetic nanoparticle (MNP) distribution. The magnetization response of MNPs depends on experimental conditions…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Asli Alpman , Mustafa Utkur , Emine Ulku Saritas

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

The rapid development of nanoscience and nanotechnology in the last two decades was stimulated by the emergence of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) techniques capable of accessing local material properties, including transport, mechanical,…

We report on a compact, tunable, and scalable to large arrays imaging device, based on a radio-frequency optically pumped atomic magnetometer operating in magnetic induction tomography modality. Imaging of conductive objects is performed at…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-03-11 Cameron Deans , Luca Marmugi , Sarah Hussain , Ferruccio Renzoni

Spin polarized atomic ensembles can be used for the precise measurement of magnetic field. Conventional atomic magnetometers have demonstrated high sensitivities, albeit at low detection bandwidth, fundamentally limited by the Larmor…