IP Library Granted Patent US 9,503,110
Granted Patent B2
US 9,503,110 · App. 14/571,747 · Granted Nov 22, 2016

Gas cell, quantum interference device, atomic oscillator, electronic device, and moving object

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Patent No.
US 9,503,110
App. No.
14/571,747
Granted
Nov 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas cell includes an internal space in which metal atoms and a buffer gas are sealed, the buffer gas includes nitrogen gas, and the partial pressure of the nitrogen gas in the internal space is equal to or higher than 30 Torr. The gas cell includes a pair of window portions and a body portion, the length of the internal space along a direction in which the pair of window portions are arranged is equal to or less than 10 mm, and the width of the internal space along a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the pair of window portions are arranged is equal to or less than 10 mm.

Claims (28)

1. A gas cell comprising:

metal atoms which are sealed in an internal space; and

a buffer gas which is sealed in the internal space and includes nitrogen gas,

wherein a partial pressure of the nitrogen gas in the internal space is within a range of 30 Torr to 100 Torr to avoid an electromagnetically induced transparency signal decrease.

2. The gas cell according to claim 1 ,

wherein the buffer gas further includes argon gas.

3. The gas cell according to claim 1 ,

wherein the buffer gas further includes krypton gas.

4. The gas cell according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal atoms are cesium atoms.

5. The gas cell according to claim 1 ,

wherein the metal atoms are rubidium atoms.

6. The gas cell according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a pair of window portions; and

a body portion which is disposed between the pair of window portions and forms the internal space along with the pair of window portions,

wherein a distance between the pair of window portions is equal to or less than 10 mm.

7. The gas cell according to claim 6 ,

wherein a width of the body portion along a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the pair of window portions are arranged is equal to or less than 10 mm.

8. The gas cell according to claim 1 ,

wherein the buffer gas does not substantially include neon gas.

9. A quantum interference device comprising:

the gas cell according to claim 1 .

10. An atomic oscillator comprising:

the gas cell according to claim 1 .

11. An electronic device comprising:

the gas cell according to claim 1 .

12. A moving object comprising:

the gas cell according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 23, 2022
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 061301/0770 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 16, 2014
From: YOSHIDA, HIROYUKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034516/0068 →