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VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT – THE NMR MAGNETOMETER

Gregor Geršak, Janez Humar, Dušan Fefer
  • Abstract:
    In this paper a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance magnetometer (NMR) in a form of a LabVIEW Virtual instrument (VI) is proposed. The heart of the magnetometer remains the marginal oscillator with a proton sample. The magnetic resonance signal and all other auxiliary signals are generated and controlled by a set-up composed of a digital counter (for resonance frequency measuring), a VXI system (for the modulation signal generation and for the sampling of the oscillator output), a programmable DC voltage source (for oscillator frequency control) and a personal computer controlling the measurement. The virtual magnetometer was built and preliminary test measurements were done. The measuring results of the determination of a field-coil coilconstant showed that the virtual NMR magnetometer’s readings were comparable to the classic NMR magnetometer’s within 5·10-4.
  • Keywords:
    virtual instrument, NMR magnetometer, VXI
  • DOI:
    _unreg_wc-2003.TC4-074

Event details:

  • IMEKO TC:
  • Event name:
    XVII IMEKO World Congress
  • Title:

    Metrology in the 3rd Millennium

  • Place:
    Dubrovnik, CROATIA
  • Time:
    22 June 2003 - 28 June 2003