Patents by Inventor Cort N. Johnson

Cort N. Johnson 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).

  • Patent number: 9995800
    Abstract: An atomic magnetometer includes an atomic vapor cell, an optical system conformed to transmit pump radiation and probe radiation through the vapor cell, and an optical detection system arranged to receive and detect probe radiation after it exits the vapor cell. Improvements in the separation of spatial channels are achieved by using a a diffractive optical element arranged to divide at least the pump radiation into a plurality of separate diffracted beams that traverse the vapor cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Peter Schwindt, Cort N. Johnson, Yuan-Yu Jau
  • Publication number: 20170119250
    Abstract: A fundoscopy system comprises a fixture supporting optics configured to be mounted to a surface of a smartphone and align the optics with a pupil of a camera of the smartphone and to align a light guide with an illumination source of the smartphone. The light guide is configured to direct light from the illumination source into an eye of a subject disposed in front of the fixture. The fixture is further configured to direct light reflected from a retina of the eye through the optics and into the pupil of the camera of the smartphone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Vijaya B. Kolachalama, Cort N. Johnson, Francis J. Rogomentich, Mitchell L. Hansberry, Scott T. Bambrick, Philip D. Parks, II
  • Patent number: 8212556
    Abstract: An atomic magnetometer is disclosed which uses a pump light beam at a D1 or D2 transition of an alkali metal vapor to magnetically polarize the vapor in a heated cell, and a probe light beam at a different D2 or D1 transition to sense the magnetic field via a polarization rotation of the probe light beam. The pump and probe light beams are both directed along substantially the same optical path through an optical waveplate and through the heated cell to an optical filter which blocks the pump light beam while transmitting the probe light beam to one or more photodetectors which generate electrical signals to sense the magnetic field. The optical waveplate functions as a quarter waveplate to circularly polarize the pump light beam, and as a half waveplate to maintain the probe light beam linearly polarized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Sandia Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Schwindt, Cort N. Johnson