ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,173, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Diamond magneto-optical sensor" was invented by Hiroshige Deguchi (Kyoto, Japan), Natsuo Tatsumi (Kyoto, Japan), Tsukasa Hayashi (Kyoto, Japan) and Yoshiki Nishibayashi (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diamond magneto-optical sensor includes: a diamond including a color center with an electronic spin, a transmission circuit that transmits electromagnetic waves, and an irradiation unit that irradiates the diamond with electromagnetic waves transmitted by the transmission circuit, wherein the transmission circuit includes an impedance...