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NIST on a Chip

NIST on a Chip Patents

Chip-scale atomic magnetometers arranged in an array around a human head to detect brain magnetic fields.

Atomic Magnetometer and Method of Sensing Magnetic Fields

NIST Inventors

John Kitching and Vladislav Gerginov

NIST has made long-awaited advances in the creation of magnetometers and in detecting magnetic fields. The chip-size NIST atomic magnetometer has at least one sensor head void of extraneous metallic components, electrical contacts, or electrically conducting pathways. This novel sensor contains an

Created July 1, 2020, Updated March 19, 2021

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