Patents by Inventor Nicole Pomeroy

Nicole Pomeroy 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).

  • Atom interferometry in dynamic environments
    Patent number: 10331087
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that provide for inertial sensing. In one example, a method for inertial sensing includes trapping and cooling a cloud of atoms, applying a first beam splitter pulse sequence to the cloud of atoms, applying one or more augmentation pulses to the cloud of atoms subsequent to applying the first beam splitter pulse sequence, applying a mirror sequence to the cloud of atoms, applying a one or more augmentation pulses to the cloud of atoms subsequent to applying the mirror sequence, applying a second beam splitter pulse sequence to the cloud of atoms subsequent to applying the second augmentation pulse, modulating at least one of a phase and an intensity of at least one of the first and the second beam splitter pulse sequences, performing at least one measurement on the cloud of atoms, and generating a control signal based on the at least one measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Krish Kotru, Justin M. Brown, David L. Butts, Richard E. Stoner, Jennifer T. Choy, David M. S. Johnson, Nicole Pomeroy, Stephen P. Smith, Nancy Wu
  • ATOM INTERFEROMETRY IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS
    Publication number: 20180267479
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus that provide for inertial sensing. In one example, a method for inertial sensing includes trapping and cooling a cloud of atoms, applying a first beam splitter pulse sequence to the cloud of atoms, applying one or more augmentation pulses to the cloud of atoms subsequent to applying the first beam splitter pulse sequence, applying a mirror sequence to the cloud of atoms, applying a one or more augmentation pulses to the cloud of atoms subsequent to applying the mirror sequence, applying a second beam splitter pulse sequence to the cloud of atoms subsequent to applying the second augmentation pulse, modulating at least one of a phase and an intensity of at least one of the first and the second beam splitter pulse sequences, performing at least one measurement on the cloud of atoms, and generating a control signal based on the at least one measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: THE CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Krish Kotru, Justin M. Brown, David L. Butts, Richard E. Stoner, Jennifer T. Choy, David M.S. Johnson, Nicole Pomeroy, Stephen P. Smith, Nancy Wu