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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Christina Hartsell Drake, Orlando, FL (US);
Clara Rivero Baleine, Orlando, FL (US);
Nelson Ch Poon, Palmdale, CA (US);
Assignee:
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/34 (2006.01); G01R 33/44 (2006.01); G01N 24/08 (2006.01); G01R 33/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 33/441 (2013.01); G01R 33/34092 (2013.01); G01N 24/084 (2013.01); G01R 33/3635 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for enhanced NQR or GPR include a metamaterial antenna configured to both transmit and receive a magnetic field focused at a near-field distance separated from the antenna at a corresponding antenna frequency corresponding to a nuclear quadrupole resonance frequency of an atom in a target material.