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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

We study the steering of visible light using a combination of magneto-optical effects and the reconfigurability of magnetic domains in Yttrium-Iron Garnet films. The spontaneously formed stripe domains are used as a field-controlled optical…

The presence of a large applied magnetic field removes the degeneracy of the vacuum energy states for spin-up and spin-down neutrons. For polarized neutron reflectometry, this must be included in the reference potential energy of the…

Optical fibres have transformed the way people interact with the world and now permeate many areas of science. Optical fibres are traditionally thought of as insensitive to magnetic fields, however many application areas from mining to…

We demonstrate backward-directed continuous-wave (cw) emission at 2.21 {\mu}m generated on the 4P3/2-4S1/2 population-inverted transition in Na vapors two-photon excited with resonant laser light at 589 and 569 nm. Our study of power and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-11-14 Alexander M. Akulshin , Felipe Pedreros Bustos , Dmitry Budker

We measure the magnetic field produced by a linear octupole formed by four magnets placed in such a way that both their magnetic moments and their quadrupole moments cancel each other. The magnetic field is measured with the magnetic sensor…

Physics Education · Physics 2024-07-30 E. Arribas , I. Escobar , R. Ramirez-Vazquez , A. C. Marti , M. Monteiro , C. Stari , A. Belendez

We consider various methods and techniques for measuring electron magnetization and susceptibility, which are used in experimental condensed matter physics. The list of considered methods for macroscopic measurements includes…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-20 V. M. Pudalov

Using trapped ions in an entangled state we propose detecting a magnetic dipole of a single atom at distance of a few $\mu$m. This requires a measurement of the magnetic field gradient at a level of about 10$^{-13}$ Tesla/$\mu$m. We discuss…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 F. Schmidt-Kaler , R. Gerritsma

Spin noise sets fundamental limits to the precision of measurements using spin-polarized atomic vapors, such as performed with sensitive atomic magnetometers. Spin squeezing offers the possibility to extend the measurement precision beyond…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 I. K. Kominis

We propose a new type of sensor, which uses diamond containing the optically active nitrogen-vacancy (NV$^-$) centres as a laser medium. The magnetometer can be operated at room-temperature and generates light that can be readily fibre…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-01-12 Jan Jeske , Jared H. Cole , Andrew D. Greentree

Atoms can be trapped using a combination of static and rotating magnetic fields. A theoretical analysis is performed of a rotating polarisation axis which is used to eliminate regions of zero coupling. A similar result is found using linear…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-18 Barry M. Garraway , Hélène Perrin

Levitated particle systems have gained significant attention as a rapidly advancing platform for precision sensing, offering low-loss, highly isolated environments by eliminating mechanical contact and associated noise. Current…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-05-01 Wei Ji , Changhao Xu , Guofeng Qu , Dmitry Budker

Hyperpolarized nuclear spins in molecules exhibit high magnetization that is unachievable by classical polarization techniques, making them widely used as sensors in physics, chemistry, and medicine. The state of a hyperpolarized material,…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2024-12-31 James Eills , Morgan W. Mitchell , Irene Marco Rius , Michael C. D. Tayler

Quantum measurement principle is employed to detect water quality and presence of nano-colloids. The setup uses spatially low coherent light source, for which the outcome of measurement is dependent on the presence of a reflecting surface…

Optics · Physics 2016-01-05 Sufi O Raja , Anjan K Dasgupta

In this paper we demonstrate a technique of utilizing magnetically trapped neutral Rb-87 atoms to measure the magnitude and direction of stray electric fields emanating from surface contaminants. We apply an alternating external electric…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-06-22 J. M. Obrecht , R. J. Wild , E. A. Cornell

The orientation of the tilted magnetic anisotropy has crucial importance in many spintronic devices. However, it is very challenging to determine it especially in very small structures produced by lithography. Here, we propose a new…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-22 Hasan Piskin , Erdem Demirci , Mustafa Ozturk , Numan Akdogan

We demonstrate a minimally-destructive in situ technique for measuring and stabilizing slowly-drifting magnetic fields in ultracold-atom experiments. While conventional magnetic-field sensors such as Hall, giant magnetoresistive, or…

Magnetic phases are commonly identified through macroscopic magnetization, yet many ordered states, including antiferromagnets and altermagnets, possess a vanishing net moment despite distinct local spin structure. We show that such an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-14 Rishith Reddy , Parveen Kumar , Ankur Das

Many experiments involving cold and ultracold atomic gases require very precise control of magnetic fields that couple to and drive the atomic spins. Examples include quantum control of atomic spins, quantum control and quantum simulation…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2011-10-11 Aaron Smith , Brian E. Anderson , Souma Chaudhury , Poul S. Jessen

Observational astrophysics started when spectroscopy could be applied to astronomy. Similarly, observational work on stellar magnetic fields became possible with the application of spectro-polarimetry. In recent decades there have been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 J. O. Stenflo