• DocumentCode
    3284545
  • Title

    Uncooled, millimeter-scale atomic magnetometers with femtotesla sensitivity

  • Author

    Kitching, John ; Knappe, Svenja ; Griffith, W. Clark ; Preusser, Jan ; Gerginov, Vladislav ; Schwindt, Peter D.D. ; Shah, Vishal ; Jimenez-Marti, Ricardo

  • Author_Institution
    Time & Freq. Div., NIST, Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    25-28 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    1844
  • Lastpage
    1847
  • Abstract
    We summarize recent results at NIST to develop high-performance yet highly miniaturized magnetic sensors based on atomic vapors confined in microfabricated alkali vapor cells. These sensors currently achieve sensitivities in the range of a few tens of femtotesla in a 1 Hz bandwidth in detection volumes of about 1 mm3. They require no cooling and only a small amount of heating, making them ideal for deployment in remote, power starved locations.
  • Keywords
    magnetic sensors; magnetometers; microfabrication; NIST; alkali vapor cell microfabrication; atomic vapors; femtotesla sensitivity; frequency 1 Hz; millimeter-scale atomic magnetometers; miniaturized magnetic sensors; power starved locations; Atomic measurements; Biomagnetics; Biosensors; Electrons; Frequency; Instruments; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic sensors; Magnetometers; Superconducting magnets;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Sensors, 2009 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Christchurch
  • ISSN
    1930-0395
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4548-6
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1930-0395
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398417
  • Filename
    5398417
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3284545