Zero-field remote detection of NMR with a microfabricated atomic magnetometer

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2286-2290

  Ledbetter, M P ^a   Savukov, I M ^a   Budker, D ^a,b   Shah, V ^c   Knappe, S ^c   Kitching, J ^c   Michalak, D J ^a   Xu, S ^a   Pines, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Mass limited sample; Microfluidics; Signal to noise ratio

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROCHIP ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSOR; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 42049096783     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0711505105     Document Type: Article

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