The goal of this project was to apply Nuclear Magnetic Resonance principles to develop a nuclear magnetic oscillator. To reach this goal, it was necessary to first build a probe to induce and detect NMR in a sample. After attempting several approaches, we succeeded in seeing the effect via resonance absorption at 213.1 MHz using a sample of powdered cobalt and by inducing precession with respect to its own electronic magnetic self field. Simulations of a modeled nuclear magnetic oscillator circuit we developed can be used to work towards an implementation of a novel nuclear magnetic gyroscope for future consumer products.

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Creator

• Smith, Kevin Christopher
• Bida, Oljeta
• Malik, Reem Mushtaq
• Sino, Henri

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 02B037M

Advisor

• Cyganski, David

Year

• 2003

Date created

• 2003-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical Engineering
• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright