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Frontiers in Optics

High Bandwidth Optical Magnetometry with a Micromachined Vapor Cell

Ricardo Jiménez-Martínez, W. C. Griffith, Svenja A. Knappe, John E. Kitching

Published Jan 1, 2010• 0 citations
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Abstract

We describe an optical magnetometer that retains its sensitivity within a bandwidth of 10 kHz. The device relies on laser spectroscopy of alkali atoms contained in a 2 mmX 1mmX 1mm micromachined vapor cell.
DOI
10.1364/ls.2010.ltud2

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