Chip-scale optics for balanced polarimetry in atomic magnetometry
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2210.04952v1
- Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2022 18:43:36 GMT
- Title: Chip-scale optics for balanced polarimetry in atomic magnetometry
- Authors: Xuting Yang, Meryem Benelajla, Jennifer T. Choy
- Abstract summary: A silicon-metasurface-based polarization beam splitter has been tailored for operation in a rubidium magnetometer.
The metasurface polarization beam splitter operates at a wavelength of 795 nm and has a transmission efficiency > 83%.
We show that these performance specifications are compatible with magnetometer operation in miniaturized vapor cells with subpicotesla-level sensitivity.
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- Abstract: Atomic magnetometry is one of the most sensitive field-measurement techniques
for biological, geo-surveying, and navigation applications. An essential
process in atomic magnetometry is measurement of optical polarization rotation
of a near-resonant beam due to its interaction with atomic spins under an
external magnetic field. In this work, we present the design and analysis of a
silicon-metasurface-based polarization beam splitter that have been tailored
for operation in a rubidium magnetometer. The metasurface polarization beam
splitter operates at a wavelength of 795 nm and has a transmission efficiency >
83% and a polarization extinction ratio > 100. We show that these performance
specifications are compatible with magnetometer operation in miniaturized vapor
cells with subpicotesla-level sensitivity and discuss the prospect of realizing
compact, high-sensitivity atomic magnetometers with nanophotonic component
integration.
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