6A006 “Magnetometers”, “magnetic gradiometers”, “intrinsic magnetic gradiometers”, underwater electric field sensors, “compensation systems”, and “specially designed” “components” therefor, as follows (see List of Items Controlled).

See § 743.1 of the EAR for reporting requirements for exports under License Exceptions, and Validated End-User authorizations.

LVS: $1500, N/A for 6A006.a.1; “Magnetometers” and subsystems defined in 6A006.a.2 using optically pumped or nuclear precession (proton/Overhauser) having a 'sensitivity' lower (better) than 2 pT (rms) per square root Hz; and 6A006.d, and 6A006.e.

GBS: N/A

STA: License Exception STA may not be used to ship any commodity in: 6A006.a.1; or 6A006.a.2; or 6A006.c.1 “Magnetic gradiometers” using multiple “magnetometers” specified by 6A006.a.1 or 6.A006.a.2; or 6A006.d or .e (only for underwater receivers incorporating magnetometers specified in 6A006.a.1 or 6A006.a.2) to any of the destinations listed in Country Group A:6 (See Supplement No.1 to part 740 of the EAR).

Related Controls: See also 6A996. This entry does not control instruments “specially designed” for fishery applications or biomagnetic measurements for medical diagnostics.

Related Definitions: N/A

Items:

a. “Magnetometers” and subsystems, as follows:

a.1. “Magnetometers” using “superconductive” (SQUID) “technology” and having any of the following:

a.1.a. SQUID systems designed for stationary operation, without “specially designed” subsystems designed to reduce in-motion noise, and having a 'sensitivity' equal to or lower (better) than 50 fT (rms) per square root Hz at a frequency of 1 Hz; or

a.1.b. SQUID systems having an in-motion-magnetometer 'sensitivity' lower (better) than 20 pT (rms) per square root Hz at a frequency of 1 Hz and “specially designed” to reduce in-motion noise;

a.2. “Magnetometers” using optically pumped or nuclear precession (proton/Overhauser) “technology” having a 'sensitivity' lower (better) than 20 pT (rms) per square root Hz at a frequency of 1 Hz;

a.3. “Magnetometers” using fluxgate “technology” having a 'sensitivity' equal to or lower (better) than 10 pT (rms) per square root Hz at a frequency of 1 Hz;

a.4. Induction coil “magnetometers” having a 'sensitivity' lower (better) than any of the following:

a.4.a. 0.05 nT (rms)/square root Hz at frequencies of less than 1 Hz;

a.4.b. 1 × 10−3 nT (rms)/square root Hz at frequencies of 1 Hz or more but not exceeding 10 Hz; or

a.4.c. 1 × 10−4 nT (rms)/square root Hz at frequencies exceeding 10 Hz;

a.5. Fiber optic “magnetometers” having a 'sensitivity' lower (better) than 1 nT (rms) per square root Hz;

b. Underwater electric field sensors having a 'sensitivity' lower (better) than 8 nanovolt per meter per square root Hz when measured at 1 Hz;

c. “Magnetic gradiometers” as follows:

c.1. “Magnetic gradiometers” using multiple “magnetometers” controlled by 6A006.a;

c.2. Fiber optic “intrinsic magnetic gradiometers” having a magnetic gradient field 'sensitivity' lower (better) than 0.3 nT/m (rms) per square root Hz;

c.3. “Intrinsic magnetic gradiometers”, using “technology” other than fiber-optic “technology”, having a magnetic gradient field 'sensitivity' lower (better) than 0.015 nT/m (rms) per square root Hz;

d. “Compensation systems” for magnetic and underwater electric field sensors resulting in a performance equal to or better than the control parameters of 6A006.a, 6A006.b, and 6A006.c; and

e. Underwater electromagnetic receivers incorporating magnetic field sensors specified by 6A006.a or underwater electric field sensors specified by 6A006.b.