ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,118, issued on April 8, was assigned to ColdQuanta Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).
"Flexible atomic clock" was invented by Judith Olson (Northglenn, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling an atomic clock is described. The method includes receiving, at a processor, a request including an operational mode of multiple operational modes for the atomic clock. The atomic clock includes a local oscillator, a vapor cell, a detector, and a local oscillator controller. The vapor cell includes atoms and receives from the local oscillator a signal having a frequency. The signal causes transitions of the atoms between atomic energy ...