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We demonstrate a precision magnetic microscope based on direct imaging of the Larmor precession of a $^{87}$Rb spinor Bose-Einstein condensate. This magnetometer attains a field sensitivity of 8.3 pT/Hz$^{1/2}$ over a measurement area of…
Quantum metrology promises high-precision measurements of classical parameters with far reaching implications for science and technology. So far, research has concentrated almost exclusively on quantum-enhancements in integrable systems,…
Quantum sensing and imaging of magnetic fields has attracted broad interests due to its potential for high sensitivity and spatial resolution. Common systems used for quantum sensing require either optical excitation (e.g., nitrogen-vacancy…
Quantum emitters respond to resonant illumination by radiating electromagnetic fields. A component of these fields is phase-coherent with the driving tone, while another one is incoherent, consisting of spontaneously emitted photons and…
We investigate the response of a Ramsey-type experiment on an additional oscillating magnetic field. This superimposed field is oriented in the same direction as the static main magnetic field and causes a modulation of the original Larmor…
Precisely engineered mechanical oscillators keep time, filter signals, and sense motion, making them an indispensable part of today's technological landscape. These unique capabilities motivate bringing mechanical devices into the quantum…
We demonstrate an all-optical single beam pulsed atomic magnetometer assisted by laser mode-hopping in a distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser. We implement a temporal sequence of the laser current, with sinusoidal current modulation…
Two-electron charged self-assembled quantum dot molecules exhibit a decoherence-avoiding singlet-triplet qubit subspace and an efficient spin-photon interface. Here, we demonstrate that the cycling transitions originating from auxiliary…
Spin systems in solid state materials are promising qubit candidates for quantum information or quantum sensing. A major prerequisite here is the coherence of spin phase oscillations. In this work, we show a control sequence which, by…
We report on a single-channel rubidium radio-frequency atomic magnetometer operating in un-shielded environments and near room temperature with a measured sensitivity of 130 fT/\sqrt{Hz}. We demonstrate consistent, narrow-bandwidth…
We present a new setup to measure element-selective magnetization dynamics using the ALICE chamber (RSI \textbf{74}, 4048 (2003)) at the BESSY II synchrotron at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin. A magnetic field pulse serves as excitation, and…
The inverse Faraday effect induced in magnetic films by ultrashort laser pulses allows excitation and control of spins at GHz and sub-THz frequencies. Frequency of the excited magnetization precession is easily tunable by the external…
Motivated by the prospects of increased measurement bandwidth, improved signal to noise ratio and access to the full complex magnetic susceptibility we develop a technique to extract microwave voltages from our high resistance (10…
Alkali-noble-gas comagnetometers have become an essential tool for tests of fundamental physics and offer a compact platform for precision gyroscopy. They are, however, limited by technical noise at low frequencies, commonly due to their…
A theoretical study is given for the self-oscillation excited in a spin torque oscillator (STO) consisting of an in-plane magnetized free layer and a perpendicularly magnetized pinned layer in the presence of a perpendicular magnetic field.…
The spins, which are accumulated at a boundary of a nanomagnet due to the Spin Hall effect, induce a magnetic field, which tilts the nanomagnet magnetization out of its easy axis. Even though this magnetic field is relatively small (about…
A leading direction in the hunt for axion dark matter is to search for its influence on nuclear spins. The detection scheme involves polarizing a sample of nuclei within a strong static magnetic field and then looking for a spin precession…
Numerical modelling of coherent spin relaxation in nanomagnets, formed by magnetic molecules of high spins, is accomplished. Such a coherent spin dynamics can be realized in the presence of a resonant electric circuit coupled to the magnet.…
Nonlinear spin dynamics are essential in exploring nonequilibrium quantum phenomena and have broad applications in precision measurement. Among these systems, the combination of a bias magnetic field and feedback mechanisms can induce…
We demonstrate detection of a weak alternate-current magnetic field by application of the spin echo technique to F = 2 Bose-Einstein condensates. A magnetic field sensitivity of 12 pT/Hz^1/2 is attained with the atom number of 5*10^3 at…