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Title: Spin-exchange relaxation-free magnetometer with nearly parallel pump and probe beams

Abstract

We constructed a spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) magnetometer with a small angle between the pump and probe beams facilitating a multi-channel design with a flat pancake cell. This configuration provides almost complete overlap of the beams in the cell, and prevents the pump beam from entering the probe detection channel. By coupling the lasers in multi-mode fibers, without an optical isolator or field modulation, we demonstrate a sensitivity of 10 fT$$/\sqrt{\text{Hz}}$$ for frequencies between 10 Hz and 100 Hz. In addition to the experimental study of sensitivity, we present a theoretical analysis of SERF magnetometer response to magnetic fields for small-angle and parallel-beam configurations, and show that at optimal DC offset fields the magnetometer response is comparable to that in the orthogonal-beam configuration. Based on the analysis, we also derive fundamental and probe-limited sensitivities for the arbitrary non-orthogonal geometry. The expected practical and fundamental sensitivities are of the same order as those in the orthogonal geometry. As a result, we anticipate that our design will be useful for magnetoencephalography (MEG) and magnetocardiography (MCG) applications.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Senior Scientific, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1312568
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-15-24731
Journal ID: ISSN 0957-0233
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Measurement Science and Technology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 27; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0957-0233
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; atomic and nuclear physics; spin-exchange relaxation-free magnetometer; small-angle beam configuration; multi-channel operation; magnetoencephalography; sensitivity

Citation Formats

Karaulanov, Todor, Savukov, Igor, and Kim, Young Jin. Spin-exchange relaxation-free magnetometer with nearly parallel pump and probe beams. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1088/0957-0233/27/5/055002.
Karaulanov, Todor, Savukov, Igor, & Kim, Young Jin. Spin-exchange relaxation-free magnetometer with nearly parallel pump and probe beams. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/27/5/055002
Karaulanov, Todor, Savukov, Igor, and Kim, Young Jin. 2016. "Spin-exchange relaxation-free magnetometer with nearly parallel pump and probe beams". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/27/5/055002. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1312568.
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author = {Karaulanov, Todor and Savukov, Igor and Kim, Young Jin},
abstractNote = {We constructed a spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) magnetometer with a small angle between the pump and probe beams facilitating a multi-channel design with a flat pancake cell. This configuration provides almost complete overlap of the beams in the cell, and prevents the pump beam from entering the probe detection channel. By coupling the lasers in multi-mode fibers, without an optical isolator or field modulation, we demonstrate a sensitivity of 10 fT$/\sqrt{\text{Hz}}$ for frequencies between 10 Hz and 100 Hz. In addition to the experimental study of sensitivity, we present a theoretical analysis of SERF magnetometer response to magnetic fields for small-angle and parallel-beam configurations, and show that at optimal DC offset fields the magnetometer response is comparable to that in the orthogonal-beam configuration. Based on the analysis, we also derive fundamental and probe-limited sensitivities for the arbitrary non-orthogonal geometry. The expected practical and fundamental sensitivities are of the same order as those in the orthogonal geometry. As a result, we anticipate that our design will be useful for magnetoencephalography (MEG) and magnetocardiography (MCG) applications.},
doi = {10.1088/0957-0233/27/5/055002},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1312568}, journal = {Measurement Science and Technology},
issn = {0957-0233},
number = 5,
volume = 27,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}

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