Griffith, W.
, Knappe, S.
, Kitching, J.
, Jimenez, R.
and Shah, V.
(2009),
Miniature atomic magnetometer integrated with flux concentrators, Applied Physics Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=900965
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Miniature atomic magnetometer integrated with flux concentrators
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Abstract
High permeability magnetic flux concentrators are used to enhance the sensitivity of an atomic magnetometer operating in the spin exchange relaxation free regime. The magnetometer uses a millimeter scale 87Rb vapor cell and either mu-metal or Mn-Zn ferrite flux concentrators. The measured sensitivity gives excellent agreement with calculations of thermal noise from the concentrator material. The mu-metal concentrators allow a sensitivity of 50 fT Hz-1/2, limited by thermal current magnetic noise. The ferrite concentrators are limited by thermal magnetization noise at low frequencies, and reach a sensitivity of 10 fT Hz-1/2 for frequencies above 125 Hz.Citation
Applied Physics Letters
Volume
94
Pub Type
Journals
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Keywords
magnetic flux concentrators, magnetic noise, magnetic sensors, SERF
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Created January 14, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017