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Physics

“Fictitious” Magnetic Fields for Atomic Magnetometers

Martin Rodriguez-Vega

Published Jan 16, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

Researchers have achieved dual-axis magnetic-field detection using an atomic magnetometer architecture with only optical instruments.
DOI
10.1103/physics.17.s3

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