Optical magnetometry

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 227-234

  Budker, Dmitry ^a,b   Romalis, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICES; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

ATOMIC MAGNETOMETERS; BIOMAGNETIC FIELDS; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL SYMMETRIES; MAGNETIC MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL MAGNETOMETERS; OPTICAL MAGNETOMETRY; SENSITIVE METHOD;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 34047164912     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys566     Document Type: Review

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