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Nature Photonics 1, 613 - 614 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2007.209

Atomic sensors: Chip-scale magnetometers

Michael V. Romalis1

  1. Michael V. Romalis is in the Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
    e-mail: romalis@princeton.edu


A design of laser-pumped magnetometer that combines the properties of alkali metal atoms with fabrication technology from the semiconductor industry could help realize tiny mass-producible devices with high sensitivity and low power consumption.

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