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Large Magnetic Shielding Factor Measured by Nonlinear Magneto-optical Rotation

Instrumentation and Detectors 2015-12-09 v1 Nuclear Experiment

Abstract

A passive magnetic shield was designed and constructed for magnetometer tests for the future neutron electric dipole moment experiment at TRIUMF. The axial shielding factor of the magnetic shield was measured using a magnetometer based on non-linear magneto-optical rotation of the plane of polarized laser light upon passage through a paraffin-coated vapour cell containing natural Rb at room temperature. The laser was tuned to the Rb D1 line, near the 85^{85}Rb F=22,3F=2\rightarrow 2,3 transition. The shielding factor was measured by applying an axial field externally and measuring the magnetic field internally using the magnetometer. The axial shielding factor was determined to be (1.3±0.1)×107(1.3\pm 0.1)\times 10^{7}, from an applied axial field of 1.45~μ\muT in the background of Earth's magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.1411.1962,
  title  = {Large Magnetic Shielding Factor Measured by Nonlinear Magneto-optical Rotation},
  author = {Jeffery W. Martin and Russell R. Mammei and Wolfgang Klassen and Cameron Cerasani and Taraneh Andalib and Christopher P. Bidinosti and Michael Lang and David Ostapchuk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.1962},
  year   = {2015}
}
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