波谱学杂志 ›› 2020, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1): 114-122.doi: 10.11938/cjmr20192720

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

光泵抽运3He极化程度监控系统的设计与实现

闫松1,2, 屠小青1, 彭梅1   

  1. 1. 中国工程物理研究院 核物理与化学研究所, 中子物理重点实验室, 四川 绵阳 621900;
    2. 北京交通大学 理学院, 北京 100044
  • 收稿日期:2019-03-14 出版日期:2020-03-05 发布日期:2019-05-30
  • 通讯作者: 闫松,Tel:18730231136,E-mail:yansong0115@163.com;彭梅,Tel:081-62480841,E-mail:phyn1993@163.com. E-mail:yansong0115@163.com;phyn1993@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金资助项目(11675152;91636103).

Design and Implementation of a Monitoring System for Measuring Polarization Degree of Optical Pumping 3He

YAN Song1,2, TU Xiao-qing1, PENG Mei1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Institute of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900, China;
    2. School of Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China
  • Received:2019-03-14 Online:2020-03-05 Published:2019-05-30

摘要: 极化3He的一项重要应用是中子的极化.中国绵阳研究堆(CMRR)已建立国内首个自旋交换光学泵浦(SEOP)极化3He中子极化系统.为了监测3He的极化率随时间的相对变化情况,本文首先设计了基于核磁共振(NMR)技术的3He相对极化率测量系统,通过Matlab控制程序实现了对3He相对极化率的定时检测.然后对拾波线圈的构形和信噪比(SNR)进行了优化.结果表明当绕线长度一样时,Brooks构形的线圈有利于提高SNR;当线圈的平均半径为(a0+d)/√2a03He气室的半径,d为拾波线圈与气室之间的距离)时,其SNR最高.最后对该系统的本底噪声进行了测量,发现其主要来源于环境噪声(0.27 μV/√Hz)和数据采集(DAQ)卡的噪声(0.40 μV/√Hz),系统的总噪声功率谱密度约为√0.16+0.073G2 μV/√HzG为放大器的增益倍数).

关键词: 自由感应衰减(FID), 核磁共振(NMR), 拾波线圈, 信噪比(SNR), 极化3He

Abstract: Spin polarized 3He is widely used to polarize neutrons as neutron spin filters (NSF). China Mianyang Research Reactor (CMRR) has established the first spin exchange optical pumping (SEOP) polarized 3He neutron polarization system in China. In order to monitor the relative change in the polarizability of 3He as a function of time, a 3He polarimetry system based on nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) was designed and implemented, with which the 3He polarizability could be monitored regularly using Matlab programs. The configuration and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the pickup coil were optimized. It was shown that, for a given length of winding wire, the design of a Brooks coil could improve the SNR, and achieve maximal SNR when the average radius of the coil set to (a0+d)/√2, where a0 is the radius of 3He cell, and d is the distance between the pickup coil and the cell. The noise floor level of the system was also measured, and shown to be dominated by environment noise (0.27 μV/√Hz) and data acquisition (DAQ) card noise (0.40 μV/√Hz). The power spectral density of the system was found to be approximately √0.16+0.073G2 μV/√Hz, where G is the gain of the amplifier.

Key words: free induction decay (FID), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), pickup coil, signal to noise ratio (SNR), polarized 3He

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