How to build a magnetometer with thermal atomic vapor: a tutorial

A Fabricant, I Novikova, G Bison - New Journal of Physics, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This article is designed as a step-by-step guide to optically pumped magnetometers based
on alkali atomic vapor cells. We begin with a general introduction to atomic magneto-optical …

Squeezed-light enhancement and backaction evasion in a high sensitivity optically pumped magnetometer

C Troullinou, R Jiménez-Martínez, J Kong… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We study the effect of optical polarization squeezing on the performance of a sensitive,
quantum-noise-limited optically pumped magnetometer. We use Bell-Bloom (BB) optical …

Dual-axis closed loop of a single-beam atomic magnetometer: Toward high bandwidth and high sensitivity

J Tang, Y Zhai, B Zhou, B Han… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Atomic magnetometers operated in spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) have the potential
to replace superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDs) in the field of …

Miniature biplanar coils for alkali-metal-vapor magnetometry

MCD Tayler, K Mouloudakis, R Zetter, D Hunter… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Atomic spin sensors offer precision measurements using compact microfabricated
packages, placing them in a competitive position for both market and research applications …

Femtotesla nearly-quantum-noise-limited pulsed gradiometer at earth-scale fields

VG Lucivero, W Lee, ME Limes, EL Foley… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
We describe a magnetic gradiometer that operates at finite fields and uses an intense
pulsed laser to polarize a 87 Rb atomic ensemble and a compact vertical-cavity surface …

Quantum-enhanced magnetometry at optimal number density

C Troullinou, VG Lucivero, MW Mitchell - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We study the use of squeezed probe light and evasion of measurement backaction to
enhance the sensitivity and measurement bandwidth of an optically pumped magnetometer …

Quantum magnetic gradiometer with entangled twin light beams

S Wu, G Bao, J Guo, J Chen, W Du, M Shi, P Yang… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
In the past few decades, optical magnetometry has experienced remarkable development
and reached to an outstanding sensitivity. For magnetometry based on optical readout of …

A kilohertz bandwidth and sensitive scalar atomic magnetometer using an optical multipass cell

S Li, J Liu, M Jin, KT Akiti, P Dai, Z Xu, TET Nwodom - Measurement, 2022 - Elsevier
High-frequency ultraweak magnetic field measurements are essential. We demonstrate a
scalar rubidium atomic magnetometer with effective measurement bandwidth of kilohertz …

Signal-enhanced spin-exchange relaxation-free atomic magnetometer

L Cao, J Tang, Y Zhang, Z Yuan, J Li, Y Zhai… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
Spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) magnetometers have been widely used for weak
magnetic field detection. With the advancement of integration technology, highly compact …

SQUIDs for magnetic and electromagnetic methods in mineral exploration

R Stolz, M Schiffler, M Becken, A Thiede… - Mineral Economics, 2022 - Springer
Research on quantum sensors for the detection of magnetic fields (quantum
magnetometers) is one of the fast-moving areas of Quantum Technologies. Since there exist …