Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical pumping magnetometer
- Patent Title (中): 光泵磁力计
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Application No.: US13827062Application Date: 2013-03-14
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Publication No.: US09366735B2Publication Date: 2016-06-14
- Inventor: Ryuzo Kawabata , Akihiko Kandori , Taro Osabe , Seiichi Suzuki , Yudai Kamada
- Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JP2012-086954 20120406
- Main IPC: G01R33/26
- IPC: G01R33/26

Abstract:
Stable magnetic field measurement is enabled without collapse of polarization or fluctuation of intensity of a laser beam incident on a glass cell of an optical pumping magnetic sensor. Excitation light generated with a light source, having optimized light intensity and polarized wave, through frequency stabilization, intensity control and polarized-wave control, is introduced via a polarized wave holding optical fiber to a magnetic sensor provided in a magnetic shield, and magnetic field measurement is performed by optical pumping using magneto-optical properties of spin-polarized alkali metal. The magnetic sensor has a structure where a lens, a polarization optical device, the glass cell and a photodetector, are integrally accommodated in a non-magnetic case.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130265042A1 Optical Pumping Magnetometer Public/Granted day:2013-10-10
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