Patent ID: 9116201
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G01N,G01R

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying and optimizing a ZF resonance using a paramagnetic resonance magnetometer, the method comprising the steps of: a. directing at least one pump light beam through a vapor cell containing gaseous atoms to increase the magnetic polarization of the gaseous atoms; b. measuring light transmitted through the vapor cell; c. in a non-iterative action, applying a strong magnetic field having a direction along the pump light beam to simultaneously increase the height and width of the ZF resonance; d. subsequent to step c, detecting the ZF resonance; e. scanning a magnetic field in a direction differing from that of the pump light beam; and f. adjusting magnetic field components generated by one or more coils to minimize the width and maximize the height of the zero-field resonance.