Patents by Inventor Eric Burton Norrgard

Eric Burton Norrgard 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).

  • Uniaxial counter-propagating monolaser atom trap
    Patent number: 11291103
    Abstract: A uniaxial counter-propagating monolaser atom trap cools and traps atoms with a single a laser beam and includes: an atom slower that slows atoms to form slowed atoms; an optical diffractor including: a first diffraction grating that receives primary light and produces first reflected light; a second diffraction grating that receives primary light and produces second reflected light; and a third diffraction grating that receives the primary light and produces third reflected light; and a trapping region that forms trap light from the reflected lights and receives slowed atoms to produce trapped atoms from the slowed atoms that interact with the trap light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Eckel, Daniel Schaeder Barker, James Anthony Fedchak, Julia Kay Scherschligt, Eric Burton Norrgard, Nikolai Nikolaevich Klimov
  • UNIAXIAL COUNTER-PROPAGATING MONOLASER ATOM TRAP
    Publication number: 20200120785
    Abstract: A uniaxial counter-propagating monolaser atom trap cools and traps atoms with a single a laser beam and includes: an atom slower that slows atoms to form slowed atoms; an optical diffractor including: a first diffraction grating that receives primary light and produces first reflected light; a second diffraction grating that receives primary light and produces second reflected light; and a third diffraction grating that receives the primary light and produces third reflected light; and a trapping region that forms trap light from the reflected lights and receives slowed atoms to produce trapped atoms from the slowed atoms that interact with the trap light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Stephen Paul Eckel, Daniel Schaeder Barker, James Anthony Fedchak, Julia Kay Scherschligt, Eric Burton Norrgard, Nikolai Nikolaevich Klimov