Subpicotesla atomic magnetometry with a microfabricated vapour cell

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 649-652

  Shah, Vishal ^a,b   Knappe, Svenja ^a   Schwindt, Peter D D ^c   Kitching, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC MAGNETOMETERS; ATOMIC MAGNETOMETRIES; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYING; LOW-POWER LASERS; OPTICAL CONFIGURATIONS; OPTICAL MAGNETOMETERS; REMOTE MONITORING; UNEXPLODED ORDINANCES;

ATOMS; MICROFABRICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SQUIDS; VAPORS;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 35748978182     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.201     Document Type: Article

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