Coldquanta, Inc.

Teledyne Scientific and Imaging, LLC

Maximillian Adriano Perez

Jeffrey DeNatale

Philip Stupar

Steven Michael Hughes

Robert Mihailovich

Alex Papavasiliou

Calvin Cahall

A system, method, or device for providing a vacuum cell comprising a conformal coating is disclosed. The system includes (i) a vacuum cell having at least one internal vacuum chamber, the vacuum cell being formed of at least one piece, and (ii) a conformal coating on the at least one internal vacuum chamber or surface of the vacuum cell, the conformal coating having fewer seams than a number of the at least one piece.

Conformal coatings for quantum vacuum applications

A micro-machined optical shutter includes an entry layer with a through-passage having an input side adapted to receive incoming light and an output side, and an exit layer with a through-passage having an input side comprising a pinhole and an output side. The entry and exit layers are vertically aligned, thereby providing an optical path such that light exiting the entry layer enters the exit layer via the pinhole unless the optical path is interrupted. An actuation plane positioned between the entry and exit layers comprises a shutter blade and an actuator arranged to move the shutter blade laterally with respect to the pinhole when actuated. The shutter blade preferably has a reflective angled surface such that, when the blade covers the pinhole, the angled surface redirects light on the optical path away from the pinhole, preferably into a micromachined beam dump.

Compact, high-performance MEMS-based optical shutter

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Maximillian Adriano Perez