US Patent Issued to Vector Atomic on Nov. 3 for "Photonic chip with beam shaping and steering for atomic sensors" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,133, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Vector Atomic Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Photonic chip with beam shaping and steering for atomic sensors" was invented by Arman Cingoz (Pleasanton, Calif.), Matthew Todd Cashen (Pleasanton, Calif.), Christopher Scott Corder (Berkeley, Calif.), Junichiro Fujita (Los Altos, Calif.) and Abijith Sudarsan Kowligy (Livermore, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein describe an atomic sensor that includes a photonic die that outputs optical signals using an integrated beam shaper. These optical signals can be directed as needed to satisfy a particular type of atomic sensor by a photoni...