Randall Gardner Hulet - Houston TX 77005 Kevin Edwin Strecker - Houston TX 77054 Jordan Mitchell Gerton - Houston TX 77005 William Ian McAlexander - Fresno CA 93705 Curtis Charles Bradley - Fort Worth TX 76129 Jeffrey J Tollett - Houston TX 77030 Charles Ackley Sackett - Boulder CO 80301 Bita Ghaffari - Ann Arbor MI 48104 Stephen Calvin Moss - Los Alamos NM 87544
International Classification:
H05H 302
US Classification:
250251, 2505151
Abstract:
Neutral particles, such as atoms and molecules, transported along a path having at least one curved region are selectively conveyed or filtered according to each particles velocity by generating an inhomogeneous magnetic field across a cross-section of the path. The neutral particles may be transported through a physical tube or simply through the region defined by the magnetic field. The path may have more than one curved region and may additionally have one or more straight regions. The magnetic field may be generated for example by homogeneously or inhomogeneously magnetized permanent magnets or by current carrying elements. The magnetic elements may additionally be used in conjunction with at least one piece of a high permeability magnetic material for focussing or containing the magnetic field.
George Sudarshan - Austin TX Randall G. Hulet - Houston TX
Assignee:
Quantum Optical Devices, Ltd. - Phoenix AZ
International Classification:
G02B 306 G02B 2722
US Classification:
359434
Abstract:
An optical rotation device with infinite depth of field for transmitting optical images along an optical axis and selectively rotating the image about the optical axis, while preserving all of the three dimensional characteristics of the image. The optical rotation device consists of two optical elements optically coupled in series, each of which produces an inversion of the image about an axis orthogonal to the optical axis. Rotation of the image by any angle in the plane normal to the optical axis is achieved by rotating the two optical elements relative to one another about the optical axis.
E. C. George Sudarshan - Austin TX Randall G. Hulet - Houston TX
International Classification:
G02B 306 G02B 2722
US Classification:
359434
Abstract:
An optical rotation device with infinite depth of field for transmitting optical images along an optical axis and selectively rotating the image about the optical axis, while preserving all of the three dimensional characteristics of the image. The optical rotation device consists of two optical elements optically coupled in series, each of which produces an inversion of the image about an axis orthogonal to the optical axis. Rotation of the image by any angle in the plane normal to the optical axis is achieved by rotating the two optical elements relative to one another about the optical axis.