Wideband RF spectrum real-time monitor

    公开(公告)号:US12032009B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-09

    申请号:US17350901

    申请日:2021-06-17

    CPC classification number: G01R29/0885

    Abstract: A sensor system comprises a laser source that emits a pump beam at a first wavelength and a probe beam at a second wavelength, and an optical means for receiving the pump and probe beams. The optical means is operative to generate a plurality of light beams, each having a different frequency, from the pump and probe beams. One or more cells receive the light beams from the optical means and allow passage of the light beams therethrough, with the cells containing alkali atoms. A dichroic filter is configured to receive the light beams from the cells. The dichroic filter separates pump beam light and probe beam light from the light beams. A detector array receives the probe beam light from the dichroic filter. The detector array includes a two-dimensional array of photosensors that map out transmission of respective light beams corresponding to the probe beam light through the cells.

    INTEGRATED PHOTONICS TENSOR MAGNETOMETER

    公开(公告)号:US20210255260A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-19

    申请号:US17027450

    申请日:2020-09-21

    Abstract: Systems and embodiments for an integrated photonics tensor magnetometer are described herein. In certain embodiments, a system includes a plurality of magnetometers. The system also includes a laser carrier wafer coupled to each of the plurality of magnetometers that commonly distributes one or more lasers to each of the magnetometers in the plurality of magnetometers. Additionally, the system includes a plurality of photodetectors that detect light emitted from the laser carrier wafer and the plurality of magnetometers. Further, the system includes one or more processors that execute computer-executable instructions that cause the processor to monitor and control operation of the one or more lasers and calculate a magnetic field gradient based on the detected light from the magnetometers.

    Systems and methods for eliminating multi-path errors from atomic inertial sensors

    公开(公告)号:US09887019B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-06

    申请号:US15016180

    申请日:2016-02-04

    CPC classification number: G21K1/006 G01C19/58 G01P15/08

    Abstract: Systems and methods for eliminating multi-path errors from atomic inertial sensors are provided. In certain embodiments, a system for performing atom interferometry includes a vacuum cell containing multiple atoms and a first plurality of lasers configured to trap the atoms within the vacuum cell. The system further includes a second plurality of lasers configured to impart momentum to the atoms and direct the atoms down multiple paths, wherein a primary path in the multiple paths has a first and second component that converge at a converging point, wherein a diverging part of the primary path in which the first and second components are diverging is asymmetrical with respect to a converging part of the primary path in which the first and second components are converging, such that only the first and second components converge at the converging point wherein other paths do not converge at the converging point.

    ATOMIC INTERFEROMETRIC ACCELEROMETER WITH ENHANCED VIBRATIONAL STABILITY

    公开(公告)号:US20170307652A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-10-26

    申请号:US15138035

    申请日:2016-04-25

    Inventor: Robert Compton

    Abstract: An atomic interferometric accelerometer comprises a laser that emits a pulsed beam at a first frequency, an electro-optic modulator that receives the beam, and a vacuum cell in communication with the electro-optic modulator. The electro-optic modulator outputs a first optical signal corresponding to the beam at the first frequency and a second optical signal having a second frequency different from the first frequency. The vacuum cell has a chamber for laser cooled atoms. The vacuum cell receives the optical signals such that they propagate in a direction that passes through the atoms. A piezo mirror retro-reflects the optical signals back through the vacuum cell in a counter-propagating direction. The piezo mirror is driven with substantially constant velocity during a beam pulse, thereby imparting a Doppler shift to the retro-reflected optical signals to create two non-symmetric counter-propagating lightwave pairs. One of the lightwave pairs supports interferometry while the other is non-resonant.

    ATOM INTERFEROMETER WITH ADAPTIVE LAUNCH DIRECTION AND/OR POSITION
    48.
    发明申请
    ATOM INTERFEROMETER WITH ADAPTIVE LAUNCH DIRECTION AND/OR POSITION 有权
    具有自适应发射方向和/或位置的ATOM干涉仪

    公开(公告)号:US20170032863A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-02-02

    申请号:US15294510

    申请日:2016-10-14

    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide for a method of launching atoms in an atom interferometer. The method includes determining a direction of the total effective acceleration force on the atoms, controlling a direction of launch of the atoms for measurement in the atom interferometer based on the direction of the total effective acceleration force, and obtaining measurements from the atoms.

    Abstract translation: 本文描述的实施例提供了在原子干涉仪中发射原子的方法。 该方法包括确定原子上总有效加速力的方向,基于总有效加速力的方向控制原子干涉仪中用于测量的原子的发射方向,并从原子获得测量值。

    Physics-based authentication
    49.
    发明授权
    Physics-based authentication 有权
    物理认证

    公开(公告)号:US09465960B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-10-11

    申请号:US14097094

    申请日:2013-12-04

    CPC classification number: G06F21/73 H04L63/0876

    Abstract: In some examples, a controller is configured to generate a key based on a physics-based output of a component. The controller may, for example, use the key to authenticate communication between at least two nodes, to encrypt data, or to decrypt data. In some examples, the component includes one or more subcomponents, each subcomponent including a cell filled with a gas, a light source configured to transmit a light through the gas cell, and a photodetector configured to sense light transmitted through the gas cell. The photodetector of each subcomponent is configured to generate an electrical signal that changes as a function of one or more properties of the light sourced by the light source, transmitted through the gas cell. The output of the component can is based on the signals generate by the one or more photodetectors.

    Abstract translation: 在一些示例中,控制器被配置为基于组件的基于物理的输出来生成密钥。 例如,控制器可以使用密钥来认证至少两个节点之间的通信,以加密数据或解密数据。 在一些示例中,组件包括一个或多个子部件,每个子部件包括填充有气体的单元,被配置为透过气体单元的光的光源和被配置为感测透过气室的光的光电检测器。 每个子部件的光电检测器被配置为产生电信号,该电信号根据通过气室传输的由光源产生的光的一个或多个属性而变化。 组件罐的输出基于由一个或多个光电探测器产生的信号。

    Atomic referenced optical accelerometer
    50.
    发明授权
    Atomic referenced optical accelerometer 有权
    原子参考光学加速度计

    公开(公告)号:US09417261B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-16

    申请号:US14162697

    申请日:2014-01-23

    Abstract: In some examples, a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) optical accelerometer includes a housing comprising an internal chamber that includes a Fabry-Perot cavity and a proof mass affixed to the housing via one or more elastic elements, a light source configured to emit radiation, a first detector configured to receive radiation transmitted through the Fabry-Perot cavity and configured to generate one or more signals that indicate a position of the proof mass. The MEMS optical accelerometer further comprises an atomic wavelength reference and a second detector configured to detect radiation transmitted through the atomic wavelength reference and configured to generate one or more signals that indicate a wavelength of the radiation emitted by the light source, and a servomechanism electrically coupled to the second photo detector and the light source, configured to adjust the light source to maintain the radiation emitted by the light source at approximately a selected wavelength.

    Abstract translation: 在一些示例中,微电子机械系统(MEMS)光学加速度计包括壳体,该壳体包括内部腔室,该内部腔室包括法布里 - 珀罗空腔和经由一个或多个弹性元件固定到壳体的校验物质, 发射辐射,第一检测器被配置为接收透射通过法布里 - 珀罗腔的辐射并被配置为产生指示证明质量位置的一个或多个信号。 MEMS光学加速度计还包括原子波长参考和第二检测器,其被配置为检测透射原子波长参考的辐射并被配置为产生指示由光源发射的辐射的波长的一个或多个信号,以及电耦合的伺服机构 所述第二光检测器和所述光源被配置为调节所述光源以将由所述光源发射的辐射保持在大致选定的波长。

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