High Sample Rate Optically Pumped Helium Magnetometer

Subject Areas : Journal of Optoelectronical Nanostructures

Abdorreza Asrar ¹ , Mojtaba Servatkhah ² , Mohammad Javad Salehi ³

1 - Malek Ashtar University of Technology
2 - Department of Physics, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran
3 - Vali-e-Asr University of Rafsanjan

Received: 2019-03-01 Accepted : 2019-05-07 Published : 2019-05-01

Keywords: Optically Pumped Magnetometer, Helium Magnetometer and Conic Method,

Abstract :

Optically pumped helium magnetometers are important instruments which
have many applications in military, mass spectroscopy and space applications. In this
paper, the working principles of helium magnetometers have been explained. There is
also an introduction of a new method for finding the resonant frequency, which has
advantages to the typical method such as more sample rate possibility and realizing with
cheaper prices.

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