Four-channel optically pumped magnetometer for a magnetoencephalography sensor array.

Autor: Iivanainen J, Carter TR, Dhombridge JE, Read TS, Campbell K, Abate Q, Ridley DM, Borna A, Schwindt PDD
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Optics express [Opt Express] 2024 May 06; Vol. 32 (10), pp. 18334-18351.
DOI: 10.1364/OE.517961
Abstrakt: We present a novel four-channel optically pumped magnetometer (OPM) for magnetoencephalography that utilizes a two-color pump/probe scheme on a single optical axis. We characterize its performance across 18 built sensor modules. The new sensor implements several improvements over our previously developed sensor including lower vapor-cell operating temperature, improved probe-light detection optics, and reduced optical power requirements. The sensor also has new electromagnetic field coils on the sensor head which are designed using stream-function-based current optimization. We detail the coil design methodology and present experimental characterization of the coil performance. The magnetic sensitivity of the sensor is on average 12.3 fT/rt-Hz across the 18 modules while the average gradiometrically inferred sensitivity is about 6.0 fT/rt-Hz. The sensor 3-dB bandwidth is 100 Hz on average. The on-sensor coil performance is in good agreement with the simulations.
Databáze: MEDLINE