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We report the achievement of the first atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscope (STM) imaging in a water-cooled magnet (WM), where the extremely harsh vibrations and noises have been the major challenge. This homebuilt WM-STM…

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Imaging of structural defects in a material can be realized with a radio-frequency atomic magnetometer by monitoring the material's response to a radio-frequency excitation field. We demonstrate two measurement configurations that enable…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 P. Bevington , R. Gartman , W. Chalupczak

We report on our progress in the development of an atomic magnetometer (AM) based low-frequency magnetic particle imaging (MPI) scanner, expected to be free from Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS)…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-16 Simone Colombo , Victor Lebedev , Alexey Tonyushkin , Zoran D. Grujic , Vladimir Dolgovskiy , Antoine Weis

We report the demonstration of a magnetometer with noise-floor reduction below the shot-noise level. This magnetometer, based on a nonlinear magneto-optical rotation effect, is enhanced by the injection of a squeezed vacuum state into its…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-08-06 Travis Horrom , Robinjeet Singh , Jonathan P. Dowling , Eugeniy E. Mikhailov

Measuring spins is the corner stone of a variety of analytical techniques including modern magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The full potential of spin imaging and sensing across length scales is hindered by the achievable signal-to-noise…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 S. Steinert , F. Ziem , L. Hall , A. Zappe , M. Schweikert , A. Aird , G. Balasubramanian , L. Hollenberg , J. Wrachtrup

We report an optical inelastic-wave-mixing-enhanced atomic magnetometry technique that results in nT-level magnetic field detection at temperatures compatible with the human body without magnetic shielding, zero-field compensation, or…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-24 Feng Zhou , Eric Y. Zhu , Yvonne L. Li , E. W. Hagley , L. Deng

We present an improved scheme for absorption imaging of alkali atoms at moderate magnetic fields, where the excited state is well in the Paschen-Back regime but the ground state hyperfine manifold is not. It utilizes four atomic levels to…

Absorption imaging of ultracold atoms is the foundation for quantitative extraction of information from experiments with ultracold atoms. Due to the limited exposure time available in these systems, the signal-to-noise ratio is largest for…

We report a photon shot-noise-limited (SNL) optical magnetometer based on amplitude modulated optical rotation using a room-temperature $^{85}$Rb vapor in a cell with anti-relaxation coating. The instrument achieves a room-temperature…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-21 Vito Giovanni Lucivero , Pawel Anielski , Wojciech Gawlik , Morgan W. Mitchell

Purpose: To evaluate safety of MRI in patients with fragmented retained leads (FRLs) through numerical simulation and phantom experiments. Methods: Electromagnetic and thermal simulations were performed to determine the worst-case RF…

We present a design for a tunneling-current-assisted scanning near-field microwave microscope. For stable operation at cryogenic temperatures, making a small and rigid microwave probe is important. Our coaxial resonator probe has a length…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-13 Hideyuki Takahashi , yoshinori imai , Atsutaka Maeda

We have demonstrated a remote magnetometer based on sodium atoms in the Earth's mesosphere, at a 106-kilometer distance from our instrument. A 1.33-watt laser illuminated the atoms, and the magnetic field was inferred from back-scattered…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-17 Thomas J. Kane , Paul D. Hillman , Craig A. Denman , Michael Hart , R. Phillip Scott , Michael E. Purucker , Stephen J. Potashnik

We study experimentally the fundamental limits of sensitivity of an atomic radio-frequency magnetometer. First we apply an optimal sequence of state preparation, evolution, and the back-action evading measurement to achieve a nearly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-01-28 W. Wasilewski , K. Jensen , H. Krauter , J. J. Renema , M. V. Balabas , E. S. Polzik

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

A self-oscillating magnetometer based on nonlinear magneto-optical rotation using amplitude-modulated pump light and unmodulated probe light (AM-NMOR) in 87Rb has been constructed and tested towards a goal of airborne detection of magnetic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Chris Hovde , Brian Patton , Eric Corsini , James Higbie , Dmitry Budker

Atomic magnetometry was performed at Earth's magnetic field over a free-space distance of ten meters. Two laser beams aimed at a distant alkali-vapor cell excited and detected the $^{87}$Rb magnetic resonance, allowing the magnetic field…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Brian Patton , Oscar Versolato , D. Chris Hovde , Eric Corsini , James Higbie , Dmitry Budker

Magneto-acoustic tomography combines near-field radio-frequency (RF) and ultrasound with the aim of creating a safe, high resolution, high contrast hybrid imaging technique. We present continuous-wave magneto-acoustic imaging techniques,…

Medical Physics · Physics 2016-11-17 Miaad S. Aliroteh , Greig C. Scott , Amin Arbabian

We present the design and experimental results of a near-field scanning microwave microscope (NSMM) working at a frequency of 1GHz. Our microscope is unique in that the sensing probe is separated from the excitation electrode to…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Lai , M. B. Ji , N. Leindecker , M. A. Kelly , Z. X. Shen

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful technique for investigating the microscopic properties and dynamics of physical systems. In this work we demonstrate state-sensitive MRI of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice. Single-shot…

Weak measurement (WM) with state pre- and post-selection can amplify otherwise undetectable small signals and thus promise great potentials in precision measurements. Although frequency measurements offer the hitherto highest precision…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-12-10 Weizhi Qu , Jian Sun , Shenchao Jin , Liang Jiang , Jianming Wen , Yanhong Xiao