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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

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

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