Putting a spin on light and atoms

Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 14:21 in Physics & Chemistry

Magnetometers come in many shapes and sizes -- an ordinary hand-held compass is the simplest -- but alkali-vapor magnetometers are extrasensitive devices that measure magnetic fields using light...

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