A subfemtotesla multichannel atomic magnetometer

Nature

Volumn 422, Issue 6932, 2003, Pages 596-599

  Kominis, I K ^a,c   Kornack, T W ^a   Allred, J C ^b   Romalis, M V ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; MAGNETOMETERS; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE PHENOMENA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ULTRAHIGH-SENSITIVITY;

SQUIDS;

ALKALI METAL;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; BRAIN; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; THEORY;

MAGNETICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CEPHALOPODA; HELIOTHIS ZEA VIRUS 1;

EID: 0037431353     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01484     Document Type: Article

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