Bose-Einstein condensates: microscopic magnetic-field imaging

Stephan Wildermuth, Sebastian Hofferberth, Igor Lesanovsky, Elmar Haller, L Mauritz Andersson, Sönke Groth, Israel Bar-Joseph, Peter Krüger, Jörg Schmiedmayer

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Abstract

Today's magnetic-field sensors are not capable of making measurements with both high spatial resolution and good field sensitivity. For example, magnetic force microscopy allows the investigation of magnetic structures with a spatial resolution in the nanometre range, but with low sensitivity, whereas SQUIDs and atomic magnetometers enable extremely sensitive magnetic-field measurements to be made, but at low resolution. Here we use one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates in a microscopic field-imaging technique that combines high spatial resolution (within 3 micrometres) with high field sensitivity (300 picotesla).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)440
Number of pages1
JournalNature
Volume435
Issue number7041
Early online date25 May 2005
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2005

Keywords

  • Bose-Einstein condensate
  • magnetic field imaging

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