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We demonstrate experimentally the continuous and pulsed loading of a slow and cold atomic beam into a magnetic guide. The slow beam is produced using a vapor loaded laser trap, which ensures two-dimensional magneto-optical trapping, as well…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-24 P. Cren , C. F. Roos , A. Aclan , J. Dalibard , D. Guéry-Odelin

We introduce a vector atomic magnetometer that employs a fast-rotating magnetic field applied to a pulsed $^{87}$Rb scalar atomic magnetometer. This approach enables simultaneous measurements of the total magnetic field and its two polar…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-07 Tao Wang , Wonjae Lee , Mark Limes , Tom Kornack , Elizabeth Foley , Michael Romalis

We have developed a technique in which Rb atomic response to weak magnetic field is high and an efficient rotation of linearly polarized laser beam results in efficient magnetometry. 85Rb isotope has been used for the magnetometry in an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2011-01-21 S. M. Iftiquar

We demonstrate an all-optical $^{133}$Cs scalar magnetometer, operating in nonzero magnetic field,in which the magnetic resonance is driven by an effective oscillating magnetic field provided by the AC Stark shift of an intensity-modulated…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-09-29 Elena Zhivun , Arne Wickenbrock , Brian Patton , Dmitry Budker

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…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 H. B. Dang , A. C. Maloof , M. V. Romalis

In a recent publication [arXiv:2010.14579], we introduced a new type of atomic magnetometer, which relies on hydrohalide photo-dissociation to create high-density spin-polarized hydrogen. Here, we extend our previous work and present a…

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 demonstrate remote detection of rotating machinery, using an atomic magnetometer at room temperature and in an unshielded environment. The system relies on the coupling of the AC magnetic signature of the target with the spin-polarized,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-20 Luca Marmugi , Lorenzo Gori , Sarah Hussain , Cameron Deans , Ferruccio Renzoni

We propose and demonstrate an experimental implementation for the observation of magnetic fields from spatial features of absorption profiles in a warm atomic vapor. A radially polarized vector beam that traverses an atomic vapor will…

Ultra-cold atoms can be manipulated using microfabricated devices known as atom chips. These have significant potential for applications in sensing, metrology and quantum information processing. To date, the chips are loaded by transfer of…

This paper presents a compact low-temperature atomic vector magnetometer for weak field measurements, using an atomic cell containing two orthogonal multipass cavities. At the working temperature of 75 $^\circ$C, the magnetic field…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-03-09 Siqi Liu , Qianqian Yu , Hao Zhou , Dong Sheng

We present a current monitoring system based on optical magnetometry, which is able to discriminate true current variations from environmental effects at room temperature. The system consists of a dedicated thermally stable magnetic field…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-07-14 Peter A. Koss , Reza Tavakoli Dinani , Luc Bienstman , Georg Bison , Nathal Severijns

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

Cardiomagnetometry is a growing field of noninvasive medical diagnostics that has triggered a need for affordable high-sensitivity magnetometers. Optical pumping magnetometers are promising candidates satisfying that need since it was…

Medical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Georg Bison , Robert Wynands , Antoine Weis

We describe and characterize a device for alkali vapor pressure modulation on the 100ms timescale in a single-cell cold atom experiment. Its mechanism is based on optimized heat conduction between a current-modulated alkali dispenser and a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2014-08-25 Vincent Dugrain , Peter Rosenbusch , Jakob Reichel

The operation of polarimetric based single beam three axis atomic magnetometer is studied. The magnetometer operates in presence of small bias magnetic field. Its salient features are compared with the analysis of Bloch equation. The…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-03-18 Swarupananda Pradhan , Rita Behera

A Hall magnetometer with variable sensitivity is constructed to measure the magnetic properties of magnetic nanoparticles manufactured by different methods. This novel magnetometer can also be used to measure bulk materials and samples in…

Double resonance optically pumped magnetometry can be used to measure static magnetic fields with high sensitivity by detecting a resonant atomic spin response to a small oscillating field perturbation. Determination of the resonant…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Stuart J. Ingleby , Carolyn O'Dwyer , Paul F. Griffin , Aidan S. Arnold , Erling Riis

In recent years diode laser sources have become widespread and reliable tools in magneto-optical spectroscopy. In particular, laser-driven atomic magnetometers have found a wide range of practical applications. More recently, so-called…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Z. D. Grujić , A. Weis

Absorption profiles of vector light upon interaction with atomic vapor carries distinct signatures of external magnetic field vector. However, this signature becomes ambiguous for anti parallel magnetic field vectors of equal magnitude,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-03-06 S. Ramakrishna , S. Fritzsche