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Optically-pumped atomic magnetometers have previously been used in arrays to reject interference from far away sources and enable the sensitive detection of local sources of radio frequency (RF) signals, useful, for instance, in the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2026-02-10 Ayse Marasli , Thomas Kornack , Casey Oware , Karen L. Sauer

We present an all-optical method to measure and compensate for residual magnetic fields present in a cloud of ultracold atoms trapped in an optical dipole trap. Our approach leverages the increased loss from the trapped atomic sample…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-04-18 Suthep Pomjaksilp , Sven Schmidt , Aaron Thielmann , Thomas Niederprüm , Herwig Ott

We introduce a methodology to calibrate in situ a set of coils generating bi- or tri-axial magnetic fields, at frequencies where a calibration performed under static conditions would be inaccurate. The methodology uses harmonic analysis of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-07-08 Giuseppe Bevilacqua , Valerio Biancalana , Yordanka Dancheva , Alessandro Fregosi

We described a novel technique that can find the zero-field for unshielded laser-pumped atomic magnetometer using atomic signal itself. By comparing light density of pump beam after atomic vapor cell, it is decided which direction to move…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-03-06 Haifeng Dong , Hongbo Lin , Xinbin Tang

The triaxial-vectorial magnetic field measurement method based on the quasi-steady-state solution of Bloch equation for SERF atomic magnetometry is firstly proposed by S. Seltzer and M. Romalis in 2004, which introduces dual-axis…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-01-27 J. N. Qin , X. Zhang , C. Chen , Y. Z. Wang

Detection of vector magnetic fields at nanoscale dimensions is critical in applications ranging from basic material science, to medical diagnostic. Meanwhile, an all-electric operation is of great significance for achieving a simple and…

Vector magnetometers based on the optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) of nitrogen-vacancy centers in diamond are being developed for applications such as navigation and geomagnetism. However, at low magnetic fields, such as that on…

We describe a method to dispersively detect all three vector components of an external magnetic field using alkali atoms based on the Voigt effect. Our method relies on measuring the linear birefringence of the radio frequency dressed…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-08-28 Tadas Pyragius , Hans Marin Florez , Thomas Fernholz

The existing methods for measuring the orbital-angular-momentum (OAM) spectrum suffer from issues such as poor efficiency, strict interferometric stability requirements, and too much loss. Furthermore, most techniques inevitably discard…

We study the use of squeezed probe light and evasion of measurement back-action to enhance the sensitivity and measurement bandwidth of an optically-pumped magnetometer (OPM) at sensitivity-optimal atom number density. By experimental…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-12-04 Charikleia Troullinou , Vito Giovanni Lucivero , Morgan W. Mitchell

We have proposed and demonstrated a scalable and efficient scheme for programmable unitary operations in orbital angular momentum (OAM) domain. Based on matrix decomposition into diagonal and Fourier factors, arbitrary matrix operators can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-08-25 Shikang Li , Xue Feng , Kaiyu Cui , Fang Liu , Wei Zhang , Yidong Huang

Vector field measurement is demonstrated with an all-optical scalar atomic magnetometer using intrinsic parameters related to its scalar operation. The Bell-Bloom type atomic magnetometer measures the Larmor precession of cesium atoms…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-02-02 Rui Zhang , Rahul Mhaskar , Ken Smith , Easswar Balasubramaniam , Mark Prouty

Orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes have emerged as a promising solution for enhancing the capacity of optical multiplexing systems, leveraging their theoretically unbounded set of orthogonal spatial modes. However, the generation and…

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

The Terahertz band holds a promise to enable both super-accurate sensing and ultra-fast communication. However, challenges arise that severe Doppler effects call for a waveform with high Doppler robustness while severe propagation path loss…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-26 Meilin Li , Chong Han , Shi Jin

We propose a magnetometer for the precise measurement of AC magnetic fields that uses a Terbium-doped optical fiber with half-waveplates built into it at specified distances. Our scheme uses an open-loop quantum control technique called…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-07-25 Manish K. Gupta , Jonathan Kunjummen , Xiaoting Wang , Jonathan P. Dowling

We report on the use of radio-frequency optical atomic magnetometers for magnetic induction tomography measurements. We demonstrate the imaging of dummy targets of varying conductivities placed in the proximity of the sensor, in an…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-05-04 Cameron Deans , Luca Marmugi , Sarah Hussain , Ferruccio Renzoni

Purpose: Field monitoring measures field perturbations, which can be accounted for during image reconstructions. In certain field monitoring environments, significant phase deviations can arise far from isocenter due to the finite extent of…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-01-25 Paul I. Dubovan , Kyle M. Gilbert , Corey A. Baron

Spin preparation prior to a free-induction-decay (FID) measurement can be adversely affected by transverse bias fields, particularly in the geophysical field range. A strategy that enhances the spin polarization accumulated before readout…

Atomic magnetometry is one of the most sensitive field-measurement techniques for biological, geo-surveying, and navigation applications. An essential process in atomic magnetometry is measurement of optical polarization rotation of a…

Optics · Physics 2023-04-19 Xuting Yang , Meryem Benelajla , Jennifer T. Choy