Magnetotactic bacterial populations studied with a Pound-Drever-Hall atomic magnetometer
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| author | Ruiz, María Hernández Kiehl, Christopher Lucivero, Vito Giovanni Mitchell, Morgan W. |
| author_facet | Ruiz, María Hernández Kiehl, Christopher Lucivero, Vito Giovanni Mitchell, Morgan W. |
| contents | We demonstrate an optically pumped magnetometer that monitors spin polarization using Pound Drever Hall (PDH) technique. The instrument exhibits a noise floor of 22.2 pT/sqrt(Hz) limited by optical photon shot noise, short-term instability of 30.8 pT/sqrt(Hz)/sqrt(τ) for averaging times τ < 0.2 s , instability below 70 pT for 0.2 s < τ < 20 s and a minimum instability of 47 pT at τ = 6 s. We apply the OPM to investigate the ability of magnetotactic bacteria (Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense, MSR-1) to orient in externally applied magnetic fields. Observing an opaque, concentrated suspension, we detect deviations from exponential relaxation dynamics on second time-scales, which give information about the dispersion of bacterial magnetic moment and rotational damping coefficient. These parameters are observed to evolve as the population further concentrates due to evaporation and settling. To our knowledge, this is the first time such magnetic inhomogeneities and long-term relaxation deviations have been directly observed. This study showcases both the sensitivity and stability of our OPM and its potential for probing biophysical processes. |
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| spellingShingle | Magnetotactic bacterial populations studied with a Pound-Drever-Hall atomic magnetometer Ruiz, María Hernández Kiehl, Christopher Lucivero, Vito Giovanni Mitchell, Morgan W. Atomic Physics Quantum Physics We demonstrate an optically pumped magnetometer that monitors spin polarization using Pound Drever Hall (PDH) technique. The instrument exhibits a noise floor of 22.2 pT/sqrt(Hz) limited by optical photon shot noise, short-term instability of 30.8 pT/sqrt(Hz)/sqrt(τ) for averaging times τ < 0.2 s , instability below 70 pT for 0.2 s < τ < 20 s and a minimum instability of 47 pT at τ = 6 s. We apply the OPM to investigate the ability of magnetotactic bacteria (Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense, MSR-1) to orient in externally applied magnetic fields. Observing an opaque, concentrated suspension, we detect deviations from exponential relaxation dynamics on second time-scales, which give information about the dispersion of bacterial magnetic moment and rotational damping coefficient. These parameters are observed to evolve as the population further concentrates due to evaporation and settling. To our knowledge, this is the first time such magnetic inhomogeneities and long-term relaxation deviations have been directly observed. This study showcases both the sensitivity and stability of our OPM and its potential for probing biophysical processes. |
| title | Magnetotactic bacterial populations studied with a Pound-Drever-Hall atomic magnetometer |
| topic | Atomic Physics Quantum Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.09419 |