Non-uniform dynamic magnetic field compensation for a lightweight magnetically shielded room based on distributed differential coils

Abstract Due to the influence of material characteristics and engineering imperfections, the residual magnetic fields including static and dynamic field in a lightweight magnetically shielded room (MSR) present non-uniform distribution characteristic. To effectively reduce the residual static field, a non-uniform field compensation method based on distributed coils has been proposed. This method takes the L2-norm of the magnetic field at the target array points as the objective function, to optimize the compensation current in each of the designed distributed coils, achieving non-uniform field compensation. To further achieve compensation for non-uniform residual dynamic field, a closed-loop control system containing a voltage divider and multi-channel amplifiers is designed in this paper. Additionally, the coil constant of the distributed differential coils and the initial magnetic field distribution vector for dynamic compensation are redefined. In conjunction with a PI controller, dynamic compensation is achieved using a single optically pumped magnetometer as the feedback component. The experimental results indicate that the average dynamic field decreased from 376.75 pT to 27.80 pT over the central volume of (300 mm) 3 in MSR, achieving a near-zero magnetic environment. This method has universal applicability for compensating non-uniform residual field under different working conditions.