ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,741, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to 1. CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris), OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS (Paris) and 3. SORBONNE UNIVERSITE (Paris).

"Device for measuring a quantity representative of a population of cold atoms and associated sensor" was invented by Carlos Garrido Alzar (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for measuring a quantity representative of a population (N) of cold atoms, the cold atoms being located in a cloud of cold atoms to be analyzed, the device includes a microwave source configured to generate an incident signal at a predetermined signal frequency, a microwave guide configured t...