NUCLEAR GYROSCOPE STUDY.

Abstract

A review of the principles of the operation of the nuclear gyroscope is given. A detailed study of the low-field optical resonance techniques for orienting a collection of atomic nuclei and for monitoring the motion of the resultant magnetization led to the abandonment of the conventional high-field NMR techniques for constructing NMR controlled feedback oscillators. A theoretical estimate of the accuracy of a nuclear gyroscope using optical techniques is made for a particular configuration which is found to have a high level of accuracy. Details of a laboratory test model are given. A method for making the gyro self calibrating is treated in Appendix I. Appendix II is a survey of optical pumping techniques. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0600145

Entities

People

  • J. H. Simpson

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Feedback
  • Gyroscopes
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Magnetization
  • Monitoring
  • Optical Pumping
  • Oscillators
  • Pumping
  • Resonance

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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