US Patent Issued to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on April 8 for "Quantum weak-value birefringent Coriolis vibratory gyroscope" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,653, issued on April 8, was assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Quantum weak-value birefringent Coriolis vibratory gyroscope" was invented by Garrett K. Josemans (Fredericksburg, Va.) and Benjamin A. Baldwin (King George, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device is provided for rotation rate measurement. The device includes a laser, pre- and post-selection polarizers, a birefringent crystal, and a detector. The laser emits a photon beam. The crystal separates the beam into separate parallel beams by phase difference in response to the rotation rate as measured by the...