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- Patent Title: Fully reciprocal atomic interferometric gyroscope
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Application No.: US15418990Application Date: 2017-01-30
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Publication No.: US10352702B2Publication Date: 2019-07-16
- Inventor: Robert Compton
- Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NJ Morris Plains
- Agency: Fogg & Powers LLC
- Main IPC: G01C19/58
- IPC: G01C19/58 ; G01C19/64

Abstract:
A fully reciprocal atomic interferometric gyroscope is provided. The fully reciprocal atomic interferometric gyroscope includes an atomic chamber, a plurality of lasers, a controller and measurement sensor. The atomic chamber is used to hold an atom cloud. The plurality of lasers are selectively positioned to selectively direct laser beams into the atomic chamber. The controller is configured to control the plurality lasers to initially cool the atom cloud to a point where at least one optical lattice can be formed that is used to move wave function halves of atoms of the atom cloud along split wave function paths that form an interferometer cycle. The measurement sensor is configured to conduct a phase readout of a wave function upon the completion of at least one interferometer cycle around the split wave function paths.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180066942A1 FULLY RECIPROCAL ATOMIC INTERFEROMETRIC GYROSCOPE Public/Granted day:2018-03-08
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