A method for calibrating coil constants by using the free induction decay of noble gases

We propose a precise method to calibrate the coil constants of spin-precession gyroscopes and optical atomic magnetometers. This method is based on measuring the initial amplitude of Free Induction Decay (FID) of noble gases, from which the π / 2 pulse duration can be calculated, since it is inverse...

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Published in:AIP advances 2017-07, Vol.7 (7), p.075315-075315-6
Main Authors: Chen, Linlin, Zhou, Binquan, Lei, Guanqun, Wu, Wenfeng, Wang, Jing, Zhai, Yueyang, Wang, Zhuo, Fang, Jiancheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amplitudes
Calibration
Coils
Decay
Gyroscopes
Larmor precession
Magnetometers
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Precession
Pulse duration
Rare gases
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Summary:We propose a precise method to calibrate the coil constants of spin-precession gyroscopes and optical atomic magnetometers. This method is based on measuring the initial amplitude of Free Induction Decay (FID) of noble gases, from which the π / 2 pulse duration can be calculated, since it is inversely proportional to the amplitude of the π / 2 pulse. Therefore, the coil constants can be calibrated by measuring the π / 2 pulse duration. Compared with the method based on the Larmor precession frequency of atoms, our method can avoid the effect of the pump and probe powers. We experimentally validated the method in a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Gyroscope (NMRG), and the experimental results show that the coil constants are 436.63 ± 0.04 nT/mA and 428.94 ± 0.02 nT/mA in the x and y directions, respectively.
ISSN:2158-3226
2158-3226
DOI:10.1063/1.4985742