ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,435, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Technion Research & Development Foundation Ltd. (Haifa, Israel).
"Microwave quantum device" was invented by Aharon Blank (Haifa, Israel) and Alexander Sherman (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microwave device comprises: a cavity containing a crystal having paramagnetic defects, and being responsive to light; a magnetic field source for applying magnetic field to the cavity and the crystal; and a light source for generating a pump light beam directed to the crystal and having a frequency selected to induce inversion of spin energy levels of the crystal."
The patent was filed on N...