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

作者：Chen, Linlin; Zhou, Binquan^*; Lei, Guanqun; Wu, Wenfeng; Wang, Jing; Zhai, Yueyang; Wang, Zhuo; Fang, Jiancheng

来源：AIP Advances, 2017, 7(7): 075315.

DOI：10.1063/1.4985742

• MAGNETOMETER

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 pi/2 pulse duration can be calculated, since it is inversely proportional to the amplitude of the pi/2 pulse. Therefore, the coil constants can be calibrated by measuring the pi/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.

• 出版日期2017-7
• 单位北京航空航天大学