title: A rubidium Mx-magnetometer for measurements on solid state spins.
abstract: The detection of environmental magnetic fields is well established by optically pumped atomic magnetometers. Another focus of magnetometry can be the research on magnetic or spin-active solid-state samples. Here we introduce a simple and compact design of a rubidium-based Mxmagnetometer, which allows for hosting solid-state samples. The optical, mechanical, and electrical design is reported, as well as simple measurements which introduce the ground-state spin-relaxation time, the signal-to-noise ratio of a measurement, and subsequently the overall sensitivity of the magnetometer. The magnetometer is optimized for the most sensitive operation with respect to laser power and magnetic field excitation at the Larmor frequency.
authors.affiliation: 3. Physikalisches Institut and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering (SCoPE), Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart D-70569, Germany.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.affiliation: 3. Physikalisches Institut and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering (SCoPE), Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart D-70569, Germany.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Siegel
authors.affiliation: 3. Physikalisches Institut and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering (SCoPE), Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart D-70569, Germany.
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grisanti
authors.affiliation: 3. Physikalisches Institut and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering (SCoPE), Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart D-70569, Germany.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wrachtrup
authors.affiliation: 3. Physikalisches Institut and Stuttgart Research Center of Photonic Engineering (SCoPE), Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, Stuttgart D-70569, Germany.
authors.forename: Ilja
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gerhardt