Functionalized mm-scale vapor cells for alkali-metal spectroscopy and magnetometry

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Autores principales: Raghavan, Harini, Tayler, Michael C. D., Mouloudakis, Kostas, Rae, Rachel, Lähteenmäki, Sami, Zetter, Rasmus, Laine, Petteri, Haesler, Jacques, Balet, Laurent, Overstolz, Thomas, Karlen, Sylvain, Mitchell, Morgan W.
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author Raghavan, Harini
Tayler, Michael C. D.
Mouloudakis, Kostas
Rae, Rachel
Lähteenmäki, Sami
Zetter, Rasmus
Laine, Petteri
Haesler, Jacques
Balet, Laurent
Overstolz, Thomas
Karlen, Sylvain
Mitchell, Morgan W.
author_facet Raghavan, Harini
Tayler, Michael C. D.
Mouloudakis, Kostas
Rae, Rachel
Lähteenmäki, Sami
Zetter, Rasmus
Laine, Petteri
Haesler, Jacques
Balet, Laurent
Overstolz, Thomas
Karlen, Sylvain
Mitchell, Morgan W.
contents We describe micro-fabricated rubidium vapor cells with integrated temperature-control functionality and demonstrate their suitability for use in miniaturized ultra-sensitive magnetometers. These functionalized vapor cells (FVCs) embody a dual-chamber design in low-conductivity silicon with anti-permeation coatings and micro-structured thin-film platinum surface traces as resistive heaters and temperature sensors. Thermal tests show our ability to control alkali metal distribution within the FVCs, ensuring a clean sensing chamber for optical measurements. Optical absorption spectroscopy is used to correlate the temperature readings with vapor density and to measure buffer gas pressure, of interest for optimizing sensitivity. Finally, we demonstrate zero-field resonance magnetometry with 18 fT/Hz$^{1/2}$ sensitivity in the 10 Hz to 100 Hz band, limited by laser noise and magnetic shield noise, which indicates that the functionalization does not introduce significant magnetic noise.
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spellingShingle Functionalized mm-scale vapor cells for alkali-metal spectroscopy and magnetometry
Raghavan, Harini
Tayler, Michael C. D.
Mouloudakis, Kostas
Rae, Rachel
Lähteenmäki, Sami
Zetter, Rasmus
Laine, Petteri
Haesler, Jacques
Balet, Laurent
Overstolz, Thomas
Karlen, Sylvain
Mitchell, Morgan W.
Atomic Physics
We describe micro-fabricated rubidium vapor cells with integrated temperature-control functionality and demonstrate their suitability for use in miniaturized ultra-sensitive magnetometers. These functionalized vapor cells (FVCs) embody a dual-chamber design in low-conductivity silicon with anti-permeation coatings and micro-structured thin-film platinum surface traces as resistive heaters and temperature sensors. Thermal tests show our ability to control alkali metal distribution within the FVCs, ensuring a clean sensing chamber for optical measurements. Optical absorption spectroscopy is used to correlate the temperature readings with vapor density and to measure buffer gas pressure, of interest for optimizing sensitivity. Finally, we demonstrate zero-field resonance magnetometry with 18 fT/Hz$^{1/2}$ sensitivity in the 10 Hz to 100 Hz band, limited by laser noise and magnetic shield noise, which indicates that the functionalization does not introduce significant magnetic noise.
title Functionalized mm-scale vapor cells for alkali-metal spectroscopy and magnetometry
topic Atomic Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.10715