Sensitivity comparison of Mx and frequency-modulated bell-bloom Cs magnetometers in a microfabricated cell

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 372-378

  Jiménez Martínez, Ricardo ^a   Griffith, W Clark ^b   Wang, Ying Ju ^c   Knappe, Svenja ^b   Kitching, John ^b   Smith, Ken ^d   Prouty, Mark D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

^c CYMER INC   (United States)

^d Geometrics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chip scale atomic magnetometer; Frequency modulated (FM) light; Microfabricated vapor cell; Optically pumped atomic magnetometer; Vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC MAGNETOMETERS; CHIP-SCALE ATOMIC MAGNETOMETER; CHIP-SCALE ATOMIC MAGNETOMETERS; MICROFABRICATED; OPTICALLY PUMPED; VAPOR CELLS; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

ATOMS; CESIUM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; LASERS; MICROFABRICATION; PUMPING (LASER); RESISTORS; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; VAPORS;

MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 76149089500     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2009.2023829     Document Type: Article

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