Electricity: measuring and testing – Magnetic – Magnetometers
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-28
2010-02-02
LeDynh, Bot L (Department: 2858)
Electricity: measuring and testing
Magnetic
Magnetometers
C324S248000, C324S304000, C600S409000, C505S162000, C505S846000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07656154
ABSTRACT:
Provided is a highly accurate optical pumping magnetometer, in which a static magnetic field and an oscillating field to be applied to a vapor cell are stabilized. To this end, the optical pumping magnetometer includes: Helmholtz coils for applying a constant static magnetic field to a vapor cell serving as a magnetic field detector; fluxgate magnetometers for detecting environmental magnetic noise in two directions of X-axis direction and Y-axis direction other than Z-axis direction which is a direction for detecting a magnetic field coming out of a measurement object while locating the vapor cell in the center thereof; magnetometer drive circuits for driving the fluxgate magneotometers; current converters for converting outputs of the magnetometer drive circuits into amount of currents; and magnetic field generating coils for generating a magnetic field in a phase opposite to the environmental magnetic noise in the two directions.
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Kandori Akihiko
Kawabata Ryuuzou
Antonelli, Terry Stout & Kraus, LLP.
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
LeDynh Bot L
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