Knappe, S.
, Maser, D.
, Pandey, S.
, Ring, H.
, Ledbetter, M.
, Kitching, J.
and Budkerl, D.
(2011),
Note: Detection of a single cobalt microparticle with a microfabricated atomic magnetometer, Review of Scientific Instruments
(Accessed April 18, 2024)
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Note: Detection of a single cobalt microparticle with a microfabricated atomic magnetometer
Published
Author(s)
, D. Maser, S. Pandey, H. Ring, Micah P. Ledbetter, , Dimitry Budkerl
Abstract
Detection of the magnetic signal of a single, 2 {um}m cobalt microparticle using an atomic magnetometer based on a microfabricated vapor cell is presented. These results represent an improvement by a factor of 10 in terms of the detected magnetic moment over previous work using atomic magnetometers to detect magnetic microparticles. The improved sensitivity is largely due to the use of small vapor cells. In an optimized setup, we predict detection limits of 0.17 {um}m on a single transit through the magnetometer, making these methods attractive for a number of applications.Citation
Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume
82
Pub Type
Journals
Keywords
Atomic magnetometer, optical magnetometer, CSAM, microfabrication, microparticle, microfluidics
Citation
Created August 23, 2011, Updated February 19, 2017