Patents by Inventor Alexander F. Sugarbaker

Alexander F. Sugarbaker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240102856
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to optical measurement systems that utilize multiple emitters to emit light during a measurement, as well as methods of performing measurements using these optical measurement systems. The optical measurement systems may include a light generation assembly that is configured to generate light via a light source unit, and a photonic integrated circuit that includes a launch group having a plurality of emitters. Each of these emitters is optically coupled to the light generation assembly to receive light generated from the light generation assembly, and may emit this light from a surface of the photonic integrated circuit. The optical measurement system may perform a measurement in which the light generation assembly generates light and each of the plurality of emitters simultaneously emit light received from the light generation assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew A. Terrel, David S. Gere, Alexander F. Sugarbaker, Thomas C. Greening, Jason S. Pelc, Mark A. Arbore
  • Patent number: 11456086
    Abstract: A high bandwidth gravimeter or accelerometer includes laser(s), modulator(s), and an atomic interferometer. The laser(s) and modulator(s) produce four laser frequencies. A first and second pair of laser frequencies are each separated by wm. The first and second pair are offset by wshift. A first laser frequency of the first pair and a second laser frequency of the second pair are separated by wm+wshift. A second laser frequency of the first pair and a first laser frequency of the second pair are separated by wm?wshift. The first pair is routed to arrive from a first direction at atoms in an interaction region, and the second pair from a second direction. The first pair are phase stable with respect to the second pair. wm is adjusted so that wm+wshift or wm?wshift corresponds to a Raman resonance for the atomic interferometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: AOSense, Inc.
    Inventors: Miroslav Y. Shverdin, Matthew Todd Cashen, Micah P. Ledbetter, Martin M. Boyd, Michael R. Matthews, Alexander F. Sugarbaker, Adam T. Black, Akash Rakholia, Igor Teper