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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2021
Eric A. Imhof, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Thomas G. Spence, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Steven Ryan Jefferts, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Michael D. Bulatowicz, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Eric A. Imhof, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Thomas G. Spence, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Steven Ryan Jefferts, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Michael D. Bulatowicz, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment includes a vapor cell for an atomic physics-based sensor system. The vapor cell includes a cell wall formed from an approximately transparent material. The cell wall can enclose an alkali metal vapor and can include an inner surface and an outer surface. The vapor cell can also include at least one structural feature provided on at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface of the cell wall and extending along a portion of the respective at least one of the inner surface and the outer surface.