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We report the fabrication of alkali-metal vapor cells using femtosecond laser machining. This laser-written vapor-cell (LWVC) technology allows arbitrarily-shaped 3D interior volumes and has potential for integration with photonic…
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We describe a single beam compact Spin Exchange Relaxation Free(SERF) magnetometer whose configuration is compatible with the silicon-glass bonding micro-machining method. A cylindrical vapor cell with 3mm diameter and 3mm in length is…
Using a simple and cost-effective water jet process, silicon etch depth limitations are overcome to realize a $6\,$mm deep atomic vapor cell. While the minimum silicon feature size was limited to a $1.5\,$mm width in these first generation…
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A novel concept of a measurement technology for the localization and determination of the size of gas bubbles is presented, which is intended to contribute to a further understanding of the dynamics of efficiency-reducing gas bubbles in…
We demonstrate a new technique for the accurate measurement of diffusion coefficients for alkali vapor in an inert buffer gas. The measurement was performed by establishing a spatially periodic density grating in isotopically pure $^{87}$Rb…
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Understanding how bubbles influence the efficiency of water electrolysis is crucial to achieve economically competitive hydrogen, generated by renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power. Water electrolysis is typically performed…
We report on an optical magnetometer enhanced by vacuum-squeezed light, employing an Mx magnetometer based on $^{87}$Rb vapor in a micrometer-scale cell (~100 $\mu$m). Using the well-established polarization self-rotation effect in a…
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