Patents
US 9869731 B1: Wavelength-modulated coherence pumping and hyperfine repumping for an atomic magnetometer
- Granted
- 2018-01-16
- Filed
- 2014-03-31 application 14230354
- Type
- Utility · 16 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An FM-NMOR magnetometer and concomitant magnetometry method comprising providing a linearly-polarized pump beam generator, employing a center wavelength approximately equal to a center wavelength of hyperfine peaks, and employing a modulation amplitude in the range HFS-3×LW to HFS.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg180116.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 8,781 patents | US company or organization | Oakland, CA | REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA State business registration FUZZY medium confidence: same name (legal endings aside) and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Southwest Sciences Incorporated 10 patents | US company or organization | Santa Fe, NM | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Christian Hovde | Cincinnati, OH | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dmitry Budker | Corona, CA | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Brian R. Patton | Oakland, CA | 16 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G01R | Measuring electric variables; measuring magnetic variables | G01R33/26 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BUDKER, DMITRY signed 2016-05-17 PATTON, BRIAN signed 2016-05-17 | THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND, CA | 39136/569 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2016-05-06 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HOVDE, DAVID CHRISTIAN signed 2014-04-24 | SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INCORPORATED SANTA FE, NM | 38485/302 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2014-05-21 | Government interest Confirmatory license | SOUTHWEST SCIENCE, INC. signed 2014-04-14 | NAVY, DEPARTMENT OF THE PATUXENT RIVER, MD | 33003/561 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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