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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2005
Applicant:
Thomas B. Bahder, Clarksville, MD (US);
Inventor:
Thomas B. Bahder, Clarksville, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Included in this disclosure is a quantum positioning system (QPS) that includes a corner cube reflector and a plurality of baselines. Each baseline may include an interferometer, which may include a photon source, a beam splitter, and a photon detector. The interferometer is configured for creating a bi-photon pair and initiating communication of the bi-photon pair with the corner cube reflector. Also included in the QPS is a positioning device configured to calculate a user's position.