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We describe a method of selective generation and study of polarization moments of up to the highest rank $\kappa=2F$ possible for a quantum state with total angular momentum $F$. The technique is based on nonlinear magneto-optical rotation…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 V. V. Yashchuk , D. Budker , W. Gawlik , D. F. Kimball , Yu. P. Malakyan , S. M. Rochester

The Bell-Bloom-type optically pumped atomic magnetometers are well suited for weak geomagnetic field detection. However, conventional single-beam pumping introduces an atomic spin polarization gradient, which limits the measurement accuracy…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-06 Yongbiao Yang , Zhengyu Su , Yang Li , Yanhua Wang , Jun He , Xiaojun Jia , Junmin Wang

Optically-pumped magnetometers are an important instrument for imaging biological magnetic signals without the need for cryogenic cooling. These magnetometers are presently available in the commercial market and utilize the principles of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Adil Meraki , Lucy Elson , Nok Ho , Ali Akbar , Marcin Koźbiał , Jan Kołodyński , Kasper Jensen

A structured-light-based approach for detecting magneto-optical rotation is presented, in which polarization rotation is mapped onto a directly observable spatial degree of freedom. A radially polarized Laguerre-Gaussian beam interacts with…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-02 Parkhi Bhardwaj , Shubhrangshu Dasgupta

We show, theoretically and experimentally, how the absolute orientation and polarization state of radio-frequency (RF) magnetic fields in a transverse 2D plane can be uniquely determined using two optically pumped atomic magnetometers. In…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-04-11 Cicely Motamedi , Karen Sauer

We demonstrate the sensitivity of a sensor based on an optically-pumped radio-frequency (RF) atomic magnetometer to the polarization state of the detected RF magnetic field, and measure $>$36 dB difference in amplitude sensitivity for…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-02-13 Vladislav Gerginov

In this work we propose, and experimentally demonstrate, the use of a self-oscillating all-optical atomic magnetometer for magnetic induction measurements. Given the potential for miniaturization of atomic magnetometers, and their extreme…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Arne Wickenbrock , François Tricot , Ferruccio Renzoni

Light carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM) has attractive applications in the fields of precise optical measurements and high capacity optical communications. We study the rotation of a light beam propagating in warm 87Rb atomic vapor…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-07-22 Shuai Shi , Dong-Sheng Ding , Zhi-Yuan Zhou , Yan Li , Wei Zhang , Bao-Sen Shi

We use a $^{87}\text{Rb}$ atomic vapor, suitable for an optically-pumped magnetometer (OPM) in Earth-field conditions, to study the noise properties of three strategies for generating pulsed optical pumping. We compare a frequency-modulated…

We have developed a technique for precise measurement of small magnetic fields using nonlinear magneto-optic rotation (NMOR). The technique relies on the resonant laser beam being chopped. During the on time, the atoms are optically pumped…

Optics · Physics 2012-03-23 Harish Ravishankar , Sapam Ranjita Chanu , Vasant Natarajan

We have designed and tested an atomic vectorial magnetometer based on the analysis of the coherent oscillatory transients in the transmission of resonant laser light through a Rb vapor cell. We show that the oscillation amplitudes at the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 L. Lenci , A. Auyuanet , S. Barreiro , P. Valente , A. Lezama , H. Failache

We present a comprehensive numerical investigation into the radio frequency (RF) field behavior within miniaturized all-glass and hybrid vapor cell geometries designed for Rydberg atom-based electrometry. Using full-vector finite element…

Optically pumped atomic magnetometers (OPAMs) offer high sensitivity at room temperature and are increasingly considered for portable magnetic sensing in geomagnetic-field environments. Here we report a handheld-scale, single-beam scalar…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-01-14 Heonsik Lee , Hyunbeen Lee , Minseok Choi , Yoontae Hwang , Deok-Young Lee

Magnetic resonance of sodium fluorescence is studied with varying laser intensity, duty cycle, and field strength. A magnetometer based on sodium vapor cell filled with He buffer gas is demonstrated, which uses a single amplitude-modulated…

Optics · Physics 2018-02-14 Tingwei Fan , Lei Zhang , Xuezong Yang , Shuzhen Cui , Tianhua Zhou , Yan Feng

Double-resonance optically pumped magnetometers are an attractive instrument for unshielded magnetic field measurements due to their wide dynamic range and high sensitivity. Use of linearly polarised pump light creates alignment in the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 Stuart J. Ingleby , Carolyn O'Dwyer , Paul F. Griffin , Aidan S. Arnold , Erling Riis

Optical magnetometers are currently able to achieve magnetometric sensitivities below 1 fT/Hz^1/2. Although such sensitivities are typically obtained for ultra-low-field measurements, a group of optical magnetometers allows the detection of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Przemyslaw Wlodarczyk , Szymon Pustelny , Jerzy Zachorowski , Marcin Lipinski

We describe our approach to atomic magnetometry based on the push-pull optical pumping technique. Cesium vapor is pumped and probed by a resonant laser beam whose circular polarization is modulated synchronously with the spin evolution…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 E. Breschi , Z. D. Grujic , P. Knowles , A. Weis

Tightly focused optical dipole traps induce vector light shifts ("fictitious magnetic fields") which complicate their use for single-atom trapping and manipulation. The problem can be mitigated by adding a larger, real magnetic field, but…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-02-14 Sébastien Garcia , Jakob Reichel , Romain Long

To address the demands in healthcare and industrial settings for spatially resolved magnetic imaging, we present a modular optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) system comprising a multi-sensor array of highly sensitive quantum magnetometers.…

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