Princeton University Office of Technology Licensing and Intellectual Property

Fourth Floor, New South Building

                                                Post Office Box 36

                                                Princeton, New Jersey 08544-0036

                                                Phone: (609) 258-6762

                                                FAX: (609) 258-1159

NUCLEAR SPIN GYROSCOPE BASED ON ATOMIC CO-MAGNETOMETER 

            Researchers at Princeton University have developed a novel high sensitivity gyroscope with improved sensitivity to rotation and insensitivity to external perturbations.  Princeton is currently seeking industrial collaborators to commercialize this technology.

            This new device has the advantage over currently used fiber-optic and other type gyroscopes in that it is self-compensating to automatically cancel the effects of magnetic fields.  It can be fabricated from readily available components,

            It is anticipated that this new device can be used in inertial navigation devices and other standard gyroscope applications, such as for studies of earth rotation and general relativity.

            Patent protection is pending.

            For more information please contact:

                        William H. Gowen

                        Office of Technology Licensing and Intellectual Property

                        Princeton University

                        4 New South Building

                        Princeton, NJ 08544-0036

                        (609) 258-6762

                        (609) 258-1159 fax

                        wgowen@princeton.edu