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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110298457 | DOWNHOLE ORIENTATION SENSING WITH NUCLEAR SPIN GYROSCOPE Downhole orientation sensing with a nuclear spin gyroscope. A downhole orientation sensing system for use in conjunction with a subterranean well can include a downhole instrument assembly positioned in the well, the instrument assembly including an atomic comagnetomete... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110193559 | ELECTRON SPIN MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD An electron spin measuring device of the organic thin film element is provided with: at least one sample tube into which a sample for measurement is inserted and which is sealed together with specific gas or with vacuum; a cavity into which the at least one sample tube ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110031969 | ATOMIC MAGNETOMETER AND METHOD OF SENSING MAGNETIC FIELDS A magnetometer and method of use is presently disclosed. The magnetometer has at least one sensor void of extraneous metallic components, electrical contacts and electrically conducting pathways. The sensor contains an active material vapor, such as an alkali vapor, tha... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110025323 | OPTICAL ATOMIC MAGNETOMETER An optical atomic magnetometers is provided operating on the principles of nonlinear magneto-optical rotation. An atomic vapor is optically pumped using linearly polarized modulated light. The vapor is then probed using a non-modulated linearly polarized light beam. The... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024711 | APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PHOTODIODE THERMAL GAIN COEFFICIENT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME An apparatus for reducing photodiode thermal gain coefficient includes a bulk semiconductor material having a light-illumination side. The bulk semiconductor material includes a minority charge carrier diffusion length property configured to substantially match a predet... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20100327866 | NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY USING LIGHT WITH ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMEMTUM The present invention relates to a device capable of producing a high resolution chemical analysis of a sample, such as fluid, based upon nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, where the nuclear magnetic polarizations of the sample are generated by sequentially ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100301853 | POLARIZING NUCLEI IN SOLIDS VIA SPIN TRANSFER FROM AN OPTICALLY-PUMPED ALKALI VAPOR The present invention relates to a method and system for polarizing a solid compound of interest via spin transfer from an optically-pumped alkali vapor. In one embodiment, the method provides a cell which contains a solid compound as well as pure alkali metal and some ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100289491 | RADIO FREQUENCY ATOMIC MAGNETOMETER An atomic magnetometer is used to detect radio frequency magnetic fields, such as those generated in nuclear resonance experiments. The magnetometer is based on nonlinear magneto-optical rotation and pumps an atomic vapor into a quadrupole aligned state. Detection of th... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100225313 | ATOMIC MAGNETOMETERS FOR USE IN THE OIL SERVICE INDUSTRY An apparatus for obtaining information from a subterranean environment, the apparatus includes: an atomic magnetometer configured to measure a magnetic field related to the information. An associated method for obtaining the information is also disclosed.... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100188081 | Method and Device for Measuring Magnetic Fields The invention relates to a method which makes use of the Zeeman effect for measuring magnetic fields, by way of dark resonances. According to said method, a measuring cell (14) is exposed to the magnetic field (B) to be measured and contains the atoms of a measur... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100013456 | Arrangement for Detecting Resonance Frequency Shifts The present invention relates to an arrangement (1) for detection of a first resonance frequency (F1), related to a mass (1b′) loaded carrier means (1b), and to compare said first resonance frequency (F1) with a second,... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100007345 | Polarization analyzer orientation An apparatus in one example comprises a polarization filter and a polarization analyzer. The polarization filter comprises a first polarization axis. The polarization analyzer comprises a second polarization axis. The polarization filter is configured to polarize detect... | 01/14/2010 |
| 20090289629 | Method and Apparatus for Implementing EIT Magnetometry A magnetometer is provided comprising an atomic vapor in an enclosure, a source of light for preparing the vapor into a state exhibiting electromagnetically induced transparency, a first laser beam passing through the atomic vapor, a phase detector for detecting changes... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090261822 | Hyperpolarization of lithium and other nuclei The invention concerns a method for hyperpolarizing lithium atoms in a mixture by optically pumping, in a sampling cell, atoms of a first type or alkali metal and by spin exchange between the optically pumped electron of the alkali metal and the lithium atom electron. T... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090243610 | ATOMIC MAGNETOMETER AND MAGNETIC FORCE MEASURING METHOD An atomic magnetometer includes a cell containing an atomic group, a pump light source, a probe light source, a mirror, and a detector. The cell is disposed between the pump light source and the mirror and between the probe light source and the detector. A pump beam emi... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090214440 | Method and device for examining a biological tissue The invention relates to a method and a device for analyzing a biological tissue, whereby a luminescence light of a luminescence substance is detected. The aim of the invention is to increase the precision and reliability of the analysis. To this end, a permutation symm... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090179637 | Label-free biosensors based upon distributed feedback laser A biosensor based upon a vertically emitting, distributed feedback (DFB) laser is disclosed. In one configuration, the DFB laser comprises a replica-molded, one- or two-dimensional dielectric grating coated with a laser dye-doped-polymer as the gain medium. A sensor is ... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090039881 | COMPACT ATOMIC MAGNETOMETER AND GYROSCOPE BASED ON A DIVERGING LASER BEAM An atomic magnetometer that simultaneously achieves high sensitivity, simple fabrication and small size. This design is based on a diverging (or converging) beam of light that passes through an alkali atom vapor cell and that contains a distribution of beam propagation ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090009165 | QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Quantum information processing device includes resonator incorporating material containing physical systems, each of physical systems having at least four energy states, transition between two energy states of at least four energy states, and transition energy between a... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080157762 | Optical Decoupling, Tuning and Shimming of Magnetic Resonance Coils A magnetic resonance imaging system (10) includes a transmit coil (22) and one or more receive coils (32). The transmit coil includes one or more circuit segments (44, 44, 80, 90) including a light-sensitive metal-insulator-semiconductor capa... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080106261 | Subfemtotesla radio-frequency atomic magnetometer for nuclear quadrupole resonance detection A radio-frequency tunable atomic magnetometer for detection of nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) from room temperature solids, including detection of nitrogen-containing explosives placed external to a sensor unit. A potassium radio-frequency magnetometer with sensitiv... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20070247149 | NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE GYROSCOPE A method comprises the steps of providing a nuclear magnetic resonance cell with first, second, and third nuclear moment gases and at least one optically pumpable substance; obtaining first, second, and third measured precession frequencies that correspond to the first,... | 10/25/2007 |
| 20070216412 | Magnetic resonance force microscope A magnetic resonance force microscope (MRFM) generator for producing an RF magnetic field uniformly over the whole of a sample. A cantilever with magnetic probe tip is self-excited. Under this condition, spins in the sample are controlled to produce a magnetic resonance... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070205767 | ATOMIC MAGNETIC GRADIOMETER FOR ROOM TEMPERATURE HIGH SENSITIVITY MAGNETIC FIELD DETECTION A laser-based atomic magnetometer (LBAM) apparatus measures magnetic fields, comprising: a plurality of polarization detector cells to detect magnetic fields; a laser source optically coupled to the polarization detector cells; and a signal detector that measures the la... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070182409 | Wireless mr receiving coil system A magnetic resonance imaging system includes a local coil assembly (30) which is disposed in an examination region (14) electrically isolated from the scanner. The coil assembly includes a plurality of coils (34) each with an electronics module. The... | 08/09/2007 |
| 20070080684 | Method for the hyperpolarisation of atomic nuclei and device for carrying out said method The invention relates to a method for the hyperpolarisation of atomic nuclei by means of optical pumps in a sample cell. Polarisation of an electron spin of an optically pumpable species, which is produced by means of laser light, is transferred to the nucleus spin of a... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20060220642 | Magnetic lens, method and focus volume imaging MRI A ferromagnetic lens in the presence of a DC magnetic field and a smaller AC magnetic field creates a localized minimum of the magnitude of the magnetic field vector of the combined magnetic field in a volume defined in free space away from the lens referred to as the f... | 10/05/2006 |
| 20060132130 | Micro-cell for NMR gyroscope A cell in one example comprises an alkali metal and a coating of parylene on an interior surface of the cell. In one implementation, the alkali metal may be an optically pumped gaseous phase of an alkali metal. The parylene coating minimizes interaction of the excited s... | 06/22/2006 |
| 20060066311 | Magnetic resonance system and method A magnetic resonance (MR) system and method for generating information about an object is provided. The MR system comprises at least one MR detector configured to sense a plurality of electromagnetic signals and a modulator coupled to the MR detector and configured to m... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20060066312 | Magnetic resonance detector and method A magnetic resonance (MR) system and method for generating information about an object is provided. The MR system comprises at least one MR detector configured to sense a plurality of signals within a shielded environment and a digitizing circuit configured for digitizi... | 03/30/2006 |
| 20050030026 | Enhancement of NMR and MRI in the presence of hyperpolarized noble gases The present invention relates generally to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques for both spectroscopy and imaging. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods in which hyperpolarized noble gases (e.g., Xe and He) are used to enhance and improve NM... | 02/10/2005 |
