Femtotesla atomic magnetometry in a microfabricated vapor cell

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 26, 2010, Pages 27167-27172

  Griffith, W Clark ^a,b   Knappe, Svenja ^a,c   Kitching, John ^a  

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

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOMETERS; MICROFABRICATION; PUMPS; RUBIDIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON WAFERS; VAPORS;

CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; LINEARLY POLARIZED; MEASUREMENT VOLUME; MICROFABRICATED; OPTICALLY PUMPED; OVERLAP REGION; PROBE LASER; PUMP LASER; SPIN EXCHANGES; VAPOR CELLS;

PUMPING (LASER);

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MAGNETISM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MAGNETICS; MINIATURIZATION;

EID: 78650546413     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.027167     Document Type: Article

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