Patents Assigned to AOSense, Inc.
  • Device for producing laser-cooled atoms
    Patent number: 8921764
    Abstract: The device for producing laser-cooled atoms comprises a two dimensional trap or a three-dimensional trap, or a combination of two- and three-dimensional traps. The two-dimensional trap comprises: three or more permanent magnets arranged around a perimeter of a loop, wherein a plane of the loop is perpendicular to a free axis of the two-dimensional atom trap, and the three or more permanent magnets bracket an internal volume of the two-dimensional atom trap; and one or more laser beam input ports enabling access for one or more laser beams to the internal volume of the two-dimensional atom trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: AOSense, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Loftus, Artyom Vitouchkine, Michael R. Matthews, Adam T. Black, Igor Teper, Leo W. Hollberg, Todd L. Gustavson, Brent C. Young
  • Permanent magnet axial field zeeman slower
    Patent number: 8710428
    Abstract: An atomic slower comprises a bore and one or more tapered permanent magnets configured to produce an axial magnetic field along an axis of the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: AOSense, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Loftus, Artyom Vitouchkine, Leo Hollberg
  • DEVICE FOR PRODUCING LASER-COOLED ATOMS
    Publication number: 20140061454
    Abstract: The device for producing laser-cooled atoms comprises a two dimensional trap or a three-dimensional trap, or a combination of two- and three-dimensional traps. The two-dimensional trap comprises: three or more permanent magnets arranged around a perimeter of a loop, wherein a plane of the loop is perpendicular to a free axis of the two-dimensional atom trap, and the three or more permanent magnets bracket an internal volume of the two-dimensional atom trap; and one or more laser beam input ports enabling access for one or more laser beams to the internal volume of the two-dimensional atom trap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: AOSense, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Loftus, Artyom Vitouchkine, Michael R. Matthews, Adam T. Black, Igor Teper, Leo W. Hollberg, Todd L. Gustavson, Brent C. Young