High-Sensitivity rf Detection Using an Optically Pumped Comagnetometer Based on Natural-Abundance Rubidium with Active Ambient-Field Cancellation

Dhombridge, Jonathan E.; Claussen, Neil R.; Iivanainen, Joonas; Schwindt, Peter D.D.

doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.18.044052

High-Sensitivity rf Detection Using an Optically Pumped Comagnetometer Based on Natural-Abundance Rubidium with Active Ambient-Field Cancellation

Journal Article · Fri Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review Applied

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.18.044052· OSTI ID:1888509

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Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Quantum Information and Control
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

To detect a specific radio-frequency (rf) magnetic field, rf optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) require a static magnetic field to set the Larmor frequency of the atoms equal to the frequency of interest. However, unshielded and variable magnetic field environments (e.g., an rf OPM on a moving platform) pose a problem for rf OPM operation. Here, we demonstrate the use of a natural-abundance rubidium vapor to make a comagnetometer to address this challenge. Our implementation builds upon the simultaneous application of several OPM techniques within the same vapor cell. First, we use a modified implementation of an OPM variometer based on ⁸⁷Rb to detect and actively cancel unwanted external fields at frequencies ≲60 Hz using active feedback to a set of field control coils. In this experiment, we exploit this stabilized field environment to implement a high-sensitivity rf magnetometer using ⁸⁵Rb. Using this approach, we demonstrate the ability to measure rf fields with a sensitivity of approximately 9 fT Hz^-1/2 inside a magnetic shield in the presence of an applied field of approximately 20 μT along three mutually orthogonal directions. This demonstration opens up a path toward completely unshielded operation of a high-sensitivity rf OPM.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1888509

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1894416

Report Number(s):: SAND2022-12601J; 709926

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Journal Name: Physical Review Applied Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 18; ISSN 2331-7019

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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