A Design of Cesium Atomic Magnetometer Based on Circular Dichroism

Abstract:

Recently, atomic magnetometers have been reported as the most sensitive magnetometers by completely eliminating the spin exchange relaxation. In this paper, we described a design of highly sensitive cesium atomic magnetometer based on circular dichroism, which had the advantage of easily locking the probing laser to the necessary frequency compared with those based on circular birefringence. In order to polarize the cesium atoms uniformly, the pumping laser light was separated into two counter-propagating and counter-circular polarization beams through the atomic vapor cell. We employed a circular analyzer optical configuration to measure the ellipticity of the probing light, which indicated the amplitude of the magnetic field. The external magnetic field was tracked by a digital auto frequency tracking system.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 203)
• Pages: 268-272
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.203.268
• Online since: October 2012
• Authors: Xian Jin Zeng, Mo Si Hao, Qing Meng Li, Qiang Liu, Jun Hai Zhang, Wei Min Sun
• Keywords: Atomic Magnetometer, Cesium, Circular Dichroism, Frequency Tracking

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