Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 45, Issue 12, 1204006(2018)

Human Magnetoencephalography Measurement by Highly Sensitive SERF Atomic Magnetometer

Shengjie Huang*, Guiying Zhang, Zhenghui Hu, and Qiang Lin*
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  • Collaborative Innovation Center for Bio-Med Physics Information Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, College of Science, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310023, China
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    A highly sensitive noncryogenic rubidium magnetometer based on spin exchange relaxation free (SERF) is designed, whose sensitivity at 15 Hz is 6 fT/ Hz. With this SERF magnetometer, the difference in the human brain magnetic field induced by eye opening and closing is recorded inside the shielded barrel. This SERF magnetometer is operated in double light mode with a pump-probe arrangement. Compared with single beam arrangement, this SERF magnetometer can achieve a higher sensitivity and does not require any extra magnetic modulation. Thus, the complexity of the acquisition system is reduced and the lock-in amplifier is not needed any more. Moreover, this kind of configuration is easily adapted to miniaturize the sensor array for the future whole-head magnetoencephalography equipment.

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    Shengjie Huang, Guiying Zhang, Zhenghui Hu, Qiang Lin. Human Magnetoencephalography Measurement by Highly Sensitive SERF Atomic Magnetometer[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2018, 45(12): 1204006

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    Paper Information

    Category: measurement and metrology

    Received: Jun. 26, 2018

    Accepted: Aug. 24, 2018

    Published Online: May. 9, 2019

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    DOI:10.3788/CJL201845.1204006

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