Nuclear magnetic resonance gyroscope system

    公开(公告)号:US09651378B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-16

    申请号:US14188405

    申请日:2014-02-24

    IPC分类号: G01C19/60 G01C19/62

    CPC分类号: G01C19/60 G01C19/62

    摘要: One embodiment includes a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) gyroscope system. The system includes a vapor cell that encloses an alkali metal and a gyromagnetic isotope. The system also includes a magnetic field source that generates a magnetic field aligned with a sensitive axis of the NMR gyroscope system and which is provided through the vapor cell to cause the alkali metal and the gyromagnetic isotope to precess. The system also includes a laser that generates an optical beam that polarizes the alkali metal in the vapor cell to facilitate the precession of the alkali metal and the gyromagnetic isotope. The system further includes an angular rotation sensor configured to calculate a rotation angle about the sensitive axis based on a measured characteristic of a detection beam corresponding to the optical beam exiting the vapor cell, the characteristic being associated with the precession of the gyromagnetic isotope.

    DIVERGING WAVEGUIDE ATOMIC GYROSCOPE
    3.
    发明申请
    DIVERGING WAVEGUIDE ATOMIC GYROSCOPE 有权
    分流波导原子陀螺仪(DIVERGING WAVEGUIDE ATOMIC GYROSCOPE)

    公开(公告)号:US20160377436A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-29

    申请号:US14717782

    申请日:2015-05-20

    IPC分类号: G01C19/72

    摘要: Waveguide includes fork with first and second bifurcated ends coupled to loop section and separated by angle determined based on velocities of portions of quantum mechanical wavefunction of atoms traveling above waveguide. Waveguide propagates blue-detuned laser having first evanescent field that repels atoms away from waveguide and red-detuned laser having second evanescent field that attracts atoms toward waveguide, together creating potential minimum/well. Laser cooling atoms, causing atoms positioned in potential minimum/well to move toward first fork section following potential minimum/well. Atomic state initialization section initializes atomic states of atoms to known ground-state configuration. Beam splitter section splits quantum mechanical waveform of each atom above surface of diverging waveguide into first portion at first velocity that travels into first end of first fork section into first loop section and second portion at second velocity that travels into second end of first fork section into first loop section.

    摘要翻译: 波导包括叉,其具有耦合到环路部分的第一和第二分叉端,并且基于在波导上行进的原子的量子机械波函数的部分的速度确定的角度分开。 波导传播具有将原子远离波导的第一瞬逝场的蓝色失谐激光,并且具有将原子吸引到波导的第二衰减场的红色失谐激光一起产生潜在的最小/阱。 激光冷却原子,导致位于潜力最小/井的原子在潜在的最小/井之后朝向第一叉段移动。 原子状态初始化部分将原子的原子状态初始化为已知的基态配置。 光束分离器部分将发散波导表面上的每个原子的量子力学波形分解成第一部分,其以第一速度行进到第一叉部分的第一端到第一回路部分中,而第二部分以第二速度行进到第一叉部分的第二端 第一回路段。

    Magnetic solenoid for generating a substantially uniform magnetic field
    4.
    发明授权
    Magnetic solenoid for generating a substantially uniform magnetic field 有权
    用于产生基本上均匀的磁场的磁性螺线管

    公开(公告)号:US08487729B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-07-16

    申请号:US13165023

    申请日:2011-06-21

    IPC分类号: H01F5/00

    摘要: One embodiment of the invention includes a magnetic solenoid. The magnetic solenoid includes an elongated sidewall that extends along and surrounds a central axis between spaced apart ends. The central axis can include a center point that is approximately equidistant from the spaced apart ends. The magnetic solenoid also includes a conductive coil that extends along and conforms to the elongated sidewall and comprises a plurality of consecutive loops centered on the central axis. The plurality of consecutive loops can have a consecutive loop-spacing that is non-uniform along the central axis and having a substantial maximum spacing value at approximately the center point.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的一个实施例包括一个磁性螺线管。 磁性螺线管包括细长侧壁,该侧壁沿间隔开的端部延伸并围绕中心轴线。 中心轴线可以包括与间隔开的端部大致等距的中心点。 磁螺线管还包括沿着细长侧壁延伸并且符合细长侧壁的导电线圈,并且包括以中心轴为中心的多个连续环。 多个连续的环可以具有沿着中心轴不均匀并且在大约中心点处具有相当大的最大间隔值的连续环间隔。

    Compact atomic magnetometer and gyroscope based on a diverging laser beam
    5.
    发明授权
    Compact atomic magnetometer and gyroscope based on a diverging laser beam 有权
    基于发散激光束的紧凑型原子磁强计和陀螺仪

    公开(公告)号:US07872473B2

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-18

    申请号:US12186690

    申请日:2008-08-06

    IPC分类号: G01V3/00

    CPC分类号: G01R33/26 G01C19/60

    摘要: An atomic magnetometer that simultaneously achieves high sensitivity, simple fabrication and small size. This design is based on a diverging (or converging) beam of light that passes through an alkali atom vapor cell and that contains a distribution of beam propagation vectors. The existence of more than one propagation direction permits longitudinal optical pumping of atomic system and simultaneous detection of the transverse atomic polarization. The design could be implemented with a micro machined alkali vapor cell and light from a single semiconductor laser. A small modification to the cell contents and excitation geometry allows for use as a gyroscope.

    摘要翻译: 同时实现高灵敏度,简单制造和小尺寸的原子磁强计。 这种设计是基于通过碱性原子蒸汽池并且包含光束传播矢量分布的发散(或会聚的)光束。 存在多个传播方向允许原子系统的纵向光泵浦和横向原子极化的同时检测。 该设计可以用微加工的碱性蒸汽池和来自单个半导体激光器的光来实现。 对细胞内容和激发几何的小修改允许用作陀螺仪。

    Self-calibrating nuclear magnetic resonance gyro
    6.
    发明授权
    Self-calibrating nuclear magnetic resonance gyro 有权
    自校准核磁共振陀螺仪

    公开(公告)号:US07728587B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-06-01

    申请号:US11888280

    申请日:2007-07-31

    IPC分类号: G01V3/00

    CPC分类号: G01C19/60 G01C25/00

    摘要: The method and apparatus in one embodiment may have: a gyro housing containing a bias field; a bias field that generates a stable axial magnetic field; Xenon or other gas contained within at least a portion of the axial magnetic field, Xenon or other gas nuclear spins precessing at a constant angular rate with respect to the gyro housing in response to the axial magnetic field; wherein reversing a polarity of the bias field reverses a polarity of the magnetic field and a polarity of the precession of the Xenon or other gas nuclear spin, and wherein a reversing of the polarity of the gyro scalefactor thereby results without reversing a polarity of the gyro bias.

    摘要翻译: 一个实施例中的方法和装置可以具有:包含偏置场的陀螺仪壳体; 产生稳定轴向磁场的偏置场; 包含在轴向磁场的至少一部分中的氙或其它气体,氙或其它气体核以相对于陀螺仪壳体以恒定角速率响应于轴向磁场而进动; 其中反转偏置场的极性反转了磁场的极性和氙气或其他气体核自旋的进动的极性,并且其中陀螺仪比例因子的极性反转从而导致陀螺仪的极性反转 偏压。

    Micro-cell for NMR gyroscope
    7.
    发明授权
    Micro-cell for NMR gyroscope 有权
    用于NMR陀螺仪的微电池

    公开(公告)号:US07292031B2

    公开(公告)日:2007-11-06

    申请号:US11312310

    申请日:2005-12-20

    IPC分类号: G01V3/00

    摘要: A cell in one example comprises an alkali metal and a coating of parylene on an interior surface of the cell. In one implementation, the alkali metal may be an optically pumped gaseous phase of an alkali metal. The parylene coating minimizes interaction of the excited state of the alkali metal, increases lifetime of the excited state, and minimizes interaction of nuclear spin states with the cell walls.

    摘要翻译: 一个实例中的电池包含碱金属和在电池内表面上的聚对二甲苯涂层。 在一个实施方案中,碱金属可以是碱金属的光泵浦气相。 聚对二甲苯涂层最小化碱金属的激发态的相互作用,增加激发态的寿命,并使核自旋态与细胞壁的相互作用最小化。

    Self-inflated micro-glass blowing
    10.
    发明授权
    Self-inflated micro-glass blowing 有权
    自充气微玻璃吹

    公开(公告)号:US08151600B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-10

    申请号:US12113927

    申请日:2008-05-01

    IPC分类号: C03B9/31 C03B19/08 C03B19/10

    摘要: A method for glass-blowing on a microscopic level includes the steps of defining a plurality of microholes in a wafer, disposing a sheet of thermally formable material onto the wafer covering the microholes, heating the sheet of thermally formable material until a predetermined degree of plasticity is achieved, applying self-induced fluidic pressure by expansion of the heated trapped gas in the microholes to the sheet of thermally formable material, while the sheet is still plastic, and simultaneously forming a plurality of blown micro-objects in the sheet on the wafer by means of continued application of pressure for a predetermined time.

    摘要翻译: 在微观水平上进行玻璃吹制的方法包括在晶片中限定多个微孔的步骤,将可热成型的材料片放置在覆盖微孔的晶片上,将可热成型的材料片加热至预定的塑性程度 通过将微孔中的被加热的捕获气体膨胀到片状的可热成形材料上而施加自身的流体压力,同时片材仍然是塑料,并且同时在晶片上的片材中形成多个吹出的微物体 通过持续施加压力达预定时间。