Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 8, 081202(2022)

Zero field optically pumped magnetometer with independent dual-mode operation

Shaowen Zhang1,2,3, Jixi Lu2,4、*, Ying Zhou2、**, Fei Lu1, Kaifeng Yin1, Di Zhan1, Yueyang Zhai2,4, and Mao Ye2,4
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
  • 2Hangzhou Innovation Institute of Beihang University, Hangzhou 310051, China
  • 3Beihang Hangzhou Innovation Institute Yuhang, Hangzhou 310023, China
  • 4Research Institute for Frontier Science, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Instrumentation, Measurement, and Optical Sensing

    Received: Dec. 6, 2021

    Accepted: May. 7, 2022

    Published Online: May. 27, 2022

    The Author Email: Jixi Lu (lujixi@buaa.edu.cn), Ying Zhou (zhouyingphd@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.081202

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