Patent ID: 9568565
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G01R,G04F,H01S,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus comprising: a vapor cell having first and second cavities fluidly connected by multiple channels; the first cavity configured to receive a material to dissociate into one or more gases that are contained within the vapor cell; the second cavity configured to receive the one or more gases; wherein the vapor cell is configured to allow radiation to pass through the second cavity; a silicon wafer comprising the cavities and the channels; and an optically transparent wafer secured to the silicon wafer, wherein the optically transparent wafer is thinner vertically between the silicon wafer and the optically transparent wafer in a location proximate to the first cavity than at a location proximate the second cavity and wherein the first and second cavities do not extend into the optically transparent wafer.