Patents by Inventor Clinton CAHALL

Clinton CAHALL 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).

  • COMPACT VACUUM PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY USABLE WITH ION TRAPS
    Publication number: 20230298880
    Abstract: A vacuum system is described. The vacuum system includes a vacuum cell and an ion trap. The vacuum cell includes walls having an inner surface that form at least a portion of a vacuum chamber. At least a portion of the inner surface has a topography including structures therein. The structures include a getter material. The ion trap is within the vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Michael Hughes, Clinton Cahall, Steffen Michael Kross, James S. Hale, Hugo Leon, Matthew Barton Jaskot
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MULTIPLE SEALS FOR A COMPACT VACUUM CELL
    Publication number: 20230232561
    Abstract: A vacuum cell including a vacuum chamber, a first bond, and a second bond is described. The first bond affixes a first portion of the vacuum cell to a second portion of the vacuum cell. The first bond has a first bonding temperature and a first debonding temperature greater than the first bonding temperature. The second bond affixes a third portion of the vacuum cell to a fourth portion of the vacuum cell. The second bond has a second bonding temperature and a second debonding temperature. The second bonding temperature is less than the first debonding temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Clinton Cahall, Jayson Denney, Thomas William Noel, Hugo Leon, Steffen Michael Kross, James S. Hale, Colin Fitzgerald, Matthew Barton Jaskot
  • Systems and methods for multiphoton detection using a conventional superconducting nanowire single photon detector
    Patent number: 11274962
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system for resolving an n-number of photons from an optical source multiphoton event, the apparatus includes a cryostat includes a single-pixel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) configured to receive an optical signal and therefrom produce a corresponding electrical signal, and a current bias source configured to supply a bias current to the SNSPD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: Duke University, Ohio State Innovation Foundation
    Inventors: Jungsang Kim, Clinton Cahall, Daniel J. Gauthier, Gregory P. Lafyatis, Kathryn L. Nicolich, Nurul T. Islam
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPHOTON DETECTION USING A CONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTING NANOWIRE SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR
    Publication number: 20190145822
    Abstract: An apparatus, method and system for resolving an n-number of photons from an optical source multiphoton event, the apparatus includes a cryostat includes a single-pixel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector (SNSPD) configured to receive an optical signal and therefrom produce a corresponding electrical signal, and a current bias source configured to supply a bias current to the SNSPD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Jungsang KIM, Clinton CAHALL