Cesium coherent population trapping magnetometer for cardiosignal detection in an unshielded environment

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2357-2362

  Belfi, J ^a   Bevilacqua, G ^a   Biancalana, V ^a   Cartaleva, S ^b   Dancheva, Y ^a   Moi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMAGNETISM; CARDIOLOGY; CESIUM; DATA ACQUISITION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CARDIOSIGNAL DETECTION; COHERENT POPULATION TRAPPING;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 36049036367     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.24.002357     Document Type: Article

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