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Advanced Optically-driven Spin Precession Magnetometer for ASW

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Navy 		Award ID:
70388 		Program Year/Program:
2006 / STTR
Agency Tracking Number:
N045-002-0311 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Polatomic, Inc.
1810 N. Glenville Dr. Suite 116 Richardson, TX -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 2006
Title: Advanced Optically-driven Spin Precession Magnetometer for ASW
Agency / Branch: DOD / NAVY
Contract: N68335-06-C-0041
Award Amount: $499,780.00
 

Abstract:

This SBIR Phase II proposal describes the development of a breadboard Advanced Optically-driven Spin Precession Magnetometer (AOSPM), an ultra high-sensitivity scalar laser magnetometer for airborne ASW. The AOSPM is an innovative high-sensitivity instrument capable of measuring scalar DC and ELF magnetic fields with a sensitivity better than 10.0 fT/root-Hz. Since the high sensitivity AOSPM is a scalar instrument, it is free of the extreme motional noise effects associated with all high performance superconducting and optical vector magnetometers. This is a major advantage for airborne ASW applications where future ASW operation will use two high sensitivity scalar magnetometers in a gradiometer mode on a pair of collaborative airborne platforms to reduce geomagnetic noise in the detection band. The POLATOMIC 2000 laser magnetometer has demonstrated a sensitivity of 100 fT/root-Hz. Under this STTR project, the laser magnetometer sensitivity will be improved by more than one order of magnitude through laser noise reduction, improvement in sensor components and use of Optically-driven Spin Precession (OSP) to induce magnetic resonance. The breadboard AOSP magnetometer will be designed, fabricated and tested under this Phase II Project.

Principal Investigator:

Robert E. Slocum
PI
9726900099
bob_slocum@polatomic.com

Business Contact:

Robert E. Slocum
Chairman
9726900099
bob_slocum@polatomic.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

POLATOMIC, INC.
1810 N. Glenville Dr. Suite 116 Richardson, TX 75081

EIN/Tax ID: 751839721
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
Research Institution Information:
UNIV. OF TEXAS AT DALLAS
P. O. Box 830688, EC33
Richardson, TX 75083
Contact: Robert L. Lovitt
Contact Phone: (972) 883-2314
RI Type: Federally funded R&D center (FFRDC)