Miniature quad-channel spin-exchange relaxation-free magnetometer for magnetoencephalography

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/28/4/040703

Abstract

A miniature quad-channel optically pumped atomic magnetometer (OPM) has been developed based on the spin-exchange relaxation-free (SERF) mechanism. With a vapor cell of size 8 mm×8 mm×8 mm, we have incorporated four SERF magnetometer channels, which provides sufficient spatial resolution for magnetoencephalography (MEG). The four channels share the same laser beam for the best cancellation of common mode noise due to laser fluctuations. With gradient measurement, the sensitivities of the four sensors are better than 6 fT/Hz^1/2, which is also good enough for MEG measurement. The vapor cell is heated to 160℃ by a novel nonmagnetic current-heating structure. Our sensor with high spatial resolution and compact size is particularly suitable for MEG systems.

Keywords: multi-channel spin-exchange relaxation-free optically pumped atomic magnetometer magnetoencephalography

Received: 07 January 2019
Revised: 23 February 2019
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PACS:	07.55.Ge	(Magnetometers for magnetic field measurements)
	07.07.Df	(Sensors (chemical, optical, electrical, movement, gas, etc.); remote sensing)
	44.10.+i	(Heat conduction)

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Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2016YFA0300600 and 2016YFA0301500), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB07030000), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11474347).

Corresponding Authors: Ru-Quan Wang
E-mail: ruquanwang@aphy.iphy.ac.cn

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Jian-Jun Li(李建军), Peng-Cheng Du(杜鹏程), Ji-Qing Fu(伏吉庆), Xu-Tong Wang(王旭桐), Qing Zhou(周庆), Ru-Quan Wang(王如泉) Miniature quad-channel spin-exchange relaxation-free magnetometer for magnetoencephalography 2019 Chin. Phys. B 28 040703

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