ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,432, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).
"Magneto-optical sensor for magnetic field measurement" was invented by Israel Owens (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Andrew Charles Biller (Albuquerque, N.M.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magneto-optical sensor can be used to measure electrical current with a very narrow pulse width as sensed by the magnetic field in the transmission line region of a pulsed power accelerator. Pulsed power accelerator experimental results agreed remarkably well with the Faraday effect theory, device physical model, and reference electrical...