High-sensitivity closed-loop three-axis atomic magnetometer using two elliptically polarized laser beams

Yeguang Yan; Jixi Lu; Kun Wang; Fei Lu; Shaowen Zhang; Ziao Liu; Xiaoyu Li; Binquan Zhou

doi:10.3788/COL202422.101201

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 10, 101201(2024)

High-sensitivity closed-loop three-axis atomic magnetometer using two elliptically polarized laser beams

Yeguang Yan1...2, Jixi Lu1,2,3,*, Kun Wang1,2, Fei Lu1,2, Shaowen Zhang1,2, Ziao Liu1,2,3, Xiaoyu Li1,2,3, and Binquan Zhou1,23 |Show fewer author(s)

Author Affiliations

¹Key Laboratory of Ultra-Weak Magnetic Field Measurement Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Instrumentation and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

²Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ultra-Weak Magnetic-Field Space and Applied Technology, Hangzhou Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 310051, China

³Hefei National Laboratory, Hefei 230088, China

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Yeguang Yan, Jixi Lu, Kun Wang, Fei Lu, Shaowen Zhang, Ziao Liu, Xiaoyu Li, Binquan Zhou, "High-sensitivity closed-loop three-axis atomic magnetometer using two elliptically polarized laser beams," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 101201 (2024)

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