  We report the use of an atomic magnetometer based on nonlinear
magneto-optical rotation with frequency modulated light (FM NMOR) to detect
nuclear magnetization of xenon gas. The magnetization of a
spin-exchange-polarized xenon sample ($1.7 $cm$^3$ at a pressure of $5 $bar,
natural isotopic abundance, polarization 1%), prepared remotely to the
detection apparatus, is measured with an atomic sensor (which is insensitive to
the leading field of 0.45 G applied to the sample; an independent bias field at
the sensor is $140 \mu$G). An average magnetic field of $\sim 10 $nG induced by
the xenon sample on the 10-cm diameter atomic sensor is detected with
signal-to-noise ratio $\sim 10$, limited by residual noise in the magnetic
environment. The possibility of using modern atomic magnetometers as detectors
of nuclear magnetic resonance and in magnetic resonance imaging is discussed.
Atomic magnetometers appear to be ideally suited for emerging low-field and
remote-detection magnetic resonance applications.
