Optical magnetometry

D Budker, M Romalis - Nature physics, 2007 - nature.com
Some of the most sensitive methods of measuring magnetic fields use interactions of
resonant light with atomic vapour. Recent developments in this vibrant field have led to …

Modern radio-optical methods in quantum magnetometry

EB Aleksandrov, AK Vershovskii - Physics-Uspekhi, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper is an extension of a part of the talk delivered under the more general title" Narrow
spectral lines in fundamental metrology: state of the art, prospects, and problems"'at the …

Sensitive magnetometry in challenging environments

KMC Fu, GZ Iwata, A Wickenbrock, D Budker - AVS Quantum Science, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
State-of-the-art magnetic field measurements performed in shielded environments under
carefully controlled conditions rarely reflect the realities of those applications envisioned in …

Ultra-sensitive magnetometry based on free precession of nuclear spins

C Gemmel, W Heil, S Karpuk, K Lenz, C Ludwig… - The European Physical …, 2010 - Springer
We discuss the design and performance of a very sensitive low-field magnetometer based
on the detection of free spin precession of gaseous, nuclear polarized 3 He or 129 Xe …

Low-noise high-density alkali-metal scalar magnetometer

SJ Smullin, IM Savukov, G Vasilakis, RK Ghosh… - Physical Review A …, 2009 - APS
We present an experimental and theoretical study of a scalar atomic magnetometer using an
oscillating field-driven Zeeman resonance in a high-density optically pumped potassium …

Relaxation of atomic polarization in paraffin-coated cesium vapor cells

MT Graf, DF Kimball, SM Rochester, K Kerner… - Physical Review A …, 2005 - APS
The relaxation of atomic polarization in buffer-gas-free, paraffin-coated cesium vapor cells is
studied using a variation on Franzen's technique of “relaxation in the dark”[Franzen, Phys …

Combined effect of pump-light intensity and modulation field on the performance of optically pumped magnetometers under zero-field parametric modulation

J Wang, W Fan, K Yin, Y Yan, B Zhou, X Song - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
This paper investigates the performance optimization of optically pumped magnetometers
under zero-field parametric modulation. Based on the analytical solutions of the Bloch …

Nonlinear magneto-optical rotation with frequency-modulated light in the geophysical field range

V Acosta, MP Ledbetter, SM Rochester, D Budker… - Physical Review A …, 2006 - APS
Recent work investigating resonant nonlinear magneto-optical rotation (NMOR) related to
long-lived (τ rel∼ 1 s) ground-state atomic coherences has demonstrated potential …

Dual-species all-optical magnetometer based on a Cs-K hybrid vapor cell

Y Ding, W **ao, Y Zhao, T Wu, X Peng, H Guo - Physical Review Applied, 2023 - APS
We build and characterize a dual-species all-optical magnetometer based on a Cs-K hybrid
vapor cell with a paraffin coating. Using the amplitude-modulated Bell-Bloom scheme and …

Influence of magnetic-field inhomogeneity on nonlinear magneto-optical resonances

S Pustelny, DF Jackson Kimball, SM Rochester… - Physical Review A …, 2006 - APS
In this work, a sensitivity of the rate of relaxation of ground-state atomic coherences to
magnetic-field inhomogeneities is studied. Such coherences give rise to many interesting …