A Cryogenic Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Gyroscope
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Navigation
- Vol. 34 (1) , 19-37
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s037346330002422x
Abstract
Any device having a property which varies as a result of its being rotated in space can, in principle, be used as the primary sensor of an inertial navigation system. A wide range of devices and properties has received attention with this aim in view. The spinning-wheel gyroscope has, to date, proved the most fruitful but a number of ‘exotic’ types of gyro show promise. The discovery that the atomic nucleus can, under certain conditions, behave like a spinning mass gave birth to ideas of a nuclear gyro of some sort. The further discovery that some nuclei possess magnetic properties opened the way to nuclear magnetic resonance and offered a method of communicating with the minute spinning masses.Keywords
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