SBIR/STTR Research Award
ADVANCED FREE PRECESSION MAGNETOMETER
Award amount
$299,912Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1995Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- POLATOMIC, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- MC4NM5LXZTE8
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
A NOVEL HIGH-PERFORMANCE HELIUM FREE PRECESSION (HFP) MAGNETOMETER IS USED IN GEOMAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND MAGNETIC GEOPHYSICAL EXPLORATION. RESEARCHERS ARE DEFINING A CONCEPT FOR A PORTABLE LASER-PUMPED HELIUM 3 MAGNETOMETER WHICH HAS SMALL SIZE , HIGH SENSITIVITY AND LOW POWER CONSUMPTION. THE KEY TECHNICAL COMPONENT IS A MINIATURE TUNABLE NEAR-INFRARED LASER PUMP SOURCE IN A HELIUM 4 SPACE MAGNETOMETER. THE LASER PUMPING LIGHT AND SENSOR READ-OUT IS CARRIED BY OPTICAL FIBER LINK BETWEEN THE SENSOR AND THE LASER/ELECTRONICS PACKAGE. THE FEASIBILITY OF THE LASER-PUMPED HELIUM 3 MAGNETOMETER AND THE LASER PUMP SOURCE FOR PUMPING HELIUM 3 IS BEING ASSESSED.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Adaptive Helium Magnetic Gradiometer (AHMG) for Minehunting UUVs
- Lightweight Magnetic Optical Gradiometer (LMOG) for Autonomous Cable Repair Mission
- Low Cost Magnetic Sensor for Mine Neutralizer Identification and Charge Placement
- Compact Magnetic Detection Set (CMDS) for Air Antisubmarine Warfare (ASW) and Land-Based Use
- Miniature Laser Magnetometer (MLM)
Research funding history
53 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1985–2021). Reported award amounts total $21,206,548. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation