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Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2019
Applicant:

The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AU;

Inventors:

Alexander Wood, Melbourne, AU;

Andrew Martin, Melbourne, AU;

Alastair Stacey, Melbourne, AU;

Lloyd Hollenberg, Melbourne, AU;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/26 (2006.01); G01R 33/12 (2006.01); G01R 33/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/26 (2013.01); G01R 33/02 (2013.01); G01R 33/1284 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure relates to a magnetometer for measuring a magnetic field. The magnetometer comprises a solid state quantum system with at least two quantum spin states. A control signal generator sets the quantum system into a quantum state that accumulates a phase over time depending on the magnetic field. A detector measures a signal from the quantum system indicative of the accumulated phase at a measurement time after the setting of the quantum state. A processor determines a magnetic field measurement based on the signal measured by the detector. Importantly, the quantum system is mounted on a rotator that is configured to rotate the quantum system about a rotation axis that defines an angle with the direction of the magnetic field and at a rotation rate that modulates the magnetic field over the measurement time.


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