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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2020
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Alexandre Cooper-Roy, Downey, CA (US);
Jacob P. Covey, Pasadena, CA (US);
Ivaylo S. Madjarov, Pasadena, CA (US);
Jason R. Williams, Pasadena, CA (US);
Adam L. Shaw, Pasadena, CA (US);
Vladimir Schkolnik, Pasadena, CA (US);
Tai Hyun Yoon, Pasadena, CA (US);
Manuel Endres, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/30 (2006.01); G01N 15/14 (2006.01); G01N 21/64 (2006.01); C09K 11/55 (2006.01); G06N 10/00 (2022.01); H03L 7/26 (2006.01); G04F 5/14 (2006.01); G02B 21/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 15/1434 (2013.01); C09K 11/55 (2013.01); G01N 21/6404 (2013.01); G02B 21/32 (2013.01); G04F 5/14 (2013.01); G06N 10/00 (2019.01); H03L 7/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for individually trapping atoms, individually imaging the atoms, and individually cooling the atoms to prevent loss of the atoms from the trap caused by the imaging. The apparatus can be implemented in various quantum computing, sensing, and metrology applications (e.g., in an atomic clock).