Characteristics and performance of an intensitymodulated optically pumped magnetometer in comparison to the classical Mx magnetometer

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 14201-14212

  Schultze, Volkmar ^a   Ijsselsteijn, Rob ^a   Scholtes, Theo ^a   Woetzel, Stefan ^a   Meyer, Hans Georg ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; PUMPS;

ATOMIC SPIN; FIELD MODULATION; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSITIVITY; MAGNETOMETER ARRAYS; OPTICALLY PUMPED; PUMP LIGHT;

MAGNETOMETERS;

AMPLIFIER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MAGNETOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AMPLIFIERS, ELECTRONIC; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; MAGNETOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84863754608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.014201     Document Type: Article

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