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AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
InventorsAugust John McClenehan, Steven Ryan Jefferts, Vyacheslav Lebedev
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One example includes a vapor cell. The cell includes a transparent enclosure and alkali metal atoms enclosed within the transparent enclosure. The alkali metal atoms can be configured to be stimulated from a first energy state to a second energy state in response to an optical beam provided through the vapor cell and to emit fluorescent light in response to energy of the alkali metal atoms decaying from the second energy state to the first energy state. The cell further includes a reflective coating that is provided on an exterior surface of the transparent enclosure to surround the vapor cell to provide a reflective interior surface with respect to the transparent enclosure of the vapor cell to reflect the fluorescent light. The reflective coating can include a detection window configured to facilitate escape of the fluorescent light from the vapor cell for optical detection.
A vapor cell comprising:
A method for forming a vapor cell, the method comprising:
An atomic system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.