Development of a magnetic tensor gradiometer: integration with an autonomous underwater vehicle

Daniel K. Lathrop; Robert Matthews; Alexander R. Perry; Peter V. Czipott; George I. Allen

doi:10.1117/12.391880

12 July 2000 Development of a magnetic tensor gradiometer: integration with an autonomous underwater vehicle

Daniel K. Lathrop, Robert Matthews, Alexander R. Perry, Peter V. Czipott, George I. Allen

Proceedings Volume 4039, Information Systems for Divers and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Operating in Very Shallow Water and Surf Zone Regions II; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391880
Event: AeroSense 2000, 2000, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

In Phase II of a Small Business Innovation Research contract funded through the Office of Secretary of Defense, Quantum Magnetics has developed a fieldable room-temperature gradiometer (RTG). The RTG affords unprecedented dynamic range that enables detection of signals near fluxgate sensor noise (approximately 5 pT/Hz^1/2 at 1 Hz while the system is in motion in the earth's field (approximately 5 X 10⁷ pT). To achieve this sensitivity when the RTG is integrated with an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), the magnetic interference generated by magnetic sources onboard the AUV must be removed. Direct magnetic feedback or signal processing using both ancillary sensors and a priori information about the interfering sources can be used to recover the baseline sensitivity of the RTG.

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Daniel K. Lathrop, Robert Matthews, Alexander R. Perry, Peter V. Czipott, and George I. Allen "Development of a magnetic tensor gradiometer: integration with an autonomous underwater vehicle", Proc. SPIE 4039, Information Systems for Divers and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Operating in Very Shallow Water and Surf Zone Regions II, (12 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.391880

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