SBIR/STTR Research Award
ADVANCED HELIUM NAGNETOMETERS FOR SPACE APPLICATIONS
Award amount
$205,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1987Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 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
THE GOAL OF PHASE I IS DEVELOPMENT OF AN ADVANCED OPTICALLY PUMPED HELIUM MAGNETOMETER CONCEPT. THIS INSTRUMENT WILL MEASURE MAGNETIC FIELDS IN THE 1 TO 10-8 GAUSS RANGE WITH ORDER OF MAGNITUDE IMPROVEMENTS IN SENSITIVITY AND ABSOLUTE ACCURACY OVER EXISTING MAGNETOMETERS. OPTICALLY PUMPED HELIUM ISOTOPES CAN BE OPTICALLY PUMPED AND USED AS MAGNETOMETERS IN THE FOLLOWING THREE MODES: (1) VECTOR MODE (PARAMETER RESONANCE), (2) SCALAR MODE (MAGNETIC RESONANCE),AND (3) FREE PRECESSION MODE. SINGLE LINE PUMPING TO ACHIEVE IMPROVED SENSITIVITY AND ACCURACY WILL BE THEORETICALLY INVESTIGATED FOR EACH MODE. LASER DIODE SOURCES WILL BE SOUGHT AND, IF CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, EVALUATED FOR OPTICAL PUMPING AT 1.083 MICRON. AMAGNETOMETER CONCEPT WILL BE DEVELOPED WHICH IDENTIFIES THE OPTIMUM COMBINATION OF MODES AND PUMPING SOURCE FOR SPACE AND GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS.
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