Systems and methods for unifying statistical models for different data modalities
Granted: November 8, 2022
Patent Number:
11494589
Techniques for performing a prediction task using a multi-modal statistical model configured to receive input data from multiple modalities including input data from a first modality and input data from a second modality different from the first modality. The techniques include: obtaining information specifying the multi-modal statistical model including values of parameters of each of multiple components of the multi-modal statistical model, the multiple components including first and…
Photonic quantum computer assembly having dies with specific contact configuration and matched CTE
Granted: November 8, 2022
Patent Number:
11493713
Techniques disclosed herein relate to devices that each include one or more photonic integrated circuits and/or one or more electronic integrated circuits. In one embodiment, a device includes a silicon substrate, a die stack bonded (e.g., fusion-bonded) on the silicon substrate, and a printed circuit board (PCB) bonded on the silicon substrate, where the PCB is electrically coupled to the die stack. The die stack includes a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) that includes a photonic…
Cryogenic microfluidic cooling for photonic integrated circuits
Granted: November 8, 2022
Patent Number:
11493687
Techniques disclosed herein relate generally to photonic integrated circuits working at cryogenic temperatures. In one example, a device includes a substrate, a dielectric layer on the substrate, an optical waveguide in the dielectric layer, a superconducting circuit in the dielectric layer and coupled to the optical waveguide, and a micro-channel in the dielectric layer and adjacent to the superconducting circuit. The micro-channel is aligned with the superconducting circuit and is…
Method of correcting gravity-induced error in quantum cryptography system, method of quantum cryptography authentification using the same, and user terminal and server
Granted: November 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11489667
A method of correcting gravity-induced error in quantum cryptography system, which is capable of improving accuracy when an optical cable is not installed and photons are transmitted through an artificial satellite, is disclosed. The method performed by an electronic device, comprises receiving a distance (r) to a satellite that receives polarized photon from a sender and transmits the polarized photon to a receiver, receiving an angular momentum per unit mass of the satellite (lobs),…
Lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes with secondary phase inclusions
Granted: November 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11489193
The instant disclosure sets forth multiphase lithium-stuffed garnet electrolytes having secondary phase inclusions, wherein these secondary phase inclusions are material(s) which is/are not a cubic phase lithium-stuffed garnet but which is/are entrapped or enclosed within a lithium-stuffed garnet. When the secondary phase inclusions described herein are included in a lithium-stuffed garnet at 30-0.1 volume %, the inclusions stabilize the multiphase matrix and allow for improved sintering…
Metal macrostructures
Granted: November 1, 2022
Patent Number:
11484941
The invention includes apparatus and methods for instantiating precious metals in a nanoporous carbon powder.
Secure out-of-band symmetric encryption key delivery
Granted: October 25, 2022
Patent Number:
11483140
Trusted nodes in a network perform secure out-of-band symmetric encryption key delivery to user devices. A first trusted node receives a request from a first user device to deliver symmetric encryption keys to the first user device and a second user device, as a pair of user devices. The first trusted node delivers a second symmetric encryption key to the second user device, via trusted nodes. The first trusted node receives confirmation of delivery of the second symmetric encryption…
Laser device, light source, and measurement apparatus
Granted: October 25, 2022
Patent Number:
11482831
Provided is a laser device in which: a laser medium doped with ytterbium emits light upon absorption of excitation light; the light emitted by the laser medium is amplified to obtain output light; and the output light is outputted in the form of a plurality of pulses. In the laser device, a spatial filter is disposed in the optical path of the light emitted by the laser medium or is disposed in the optical path of the output light outputted from an optical resonator, the spatial filter…
Superconductive memory cells and devices
Granted: October 18, 2022
Patent Number:
11475945
An electronic device includes a substrate and a layer of superconducting material disposed over the substrate. The layer of superconducting material includes a first wire and a loop that is (i) distinct and separate from the first wire and (ii) capacitively coupled to the first wire while the loop and the first wire are in a superconducting state.
Lithium, phosphorus, sulfur, and iodine including electrolyte and catholyte compositions, electrolyte membranes for electrochemical devices, and annealing methods of making these electrolytes and catholytes
Granted: October 18, 2022
Patent Number:
11476496
The present disclosure sets forth battery components for secondary and/or traction batteries. Described herein are new solid-state lithium (Li) conducting electrolytes including monolithic, single layer, and bi-layer solid-state sulfide-based lithium ion (Li+) conducting catholytes or electrolytes. These solid-state ion conductors have particular chemical compositions which are arranged and/or bonded through both crystalline and amorphous bonds. Also provided herein are methods of making…
Storage apparatus for shuffling removable storage media
Granted: October 18, 2022
Patent Number:
11475922
The technology disclosed herein enables a gripper to shuffle items of removable storage media within a storage apparatus for those items. In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes a housing for items of removable storage media. A top channel and a bottom channel are shaped to accept and store the items in respective single-file rows via an opening at one end of the rows. The apparatus also includes a shuffler for moving a first subset of the items, including ones of the items…
Systems and methods for generating entanglement between qubits
Granted: October 18, 2022
Patent Number:
11475347
A method of fusing qubits includes providing, to a Hadamard gate: a first qubit; a second qubit; and a Bell pair comprising a fourth qubit that is entangled with a fifth qubit. The method further includes determining whether the Hadamard gate was successful in producing a fused qubit. The method further includes in accordance with the determination that the Hadamard gate was successful in producing fused qubit, outputting the fused qubit.
Magnetic material observation method, and magnetic material observation apparatus
Granted: October 18, 2022
Patent Number:
11474169
A magnetic material observation method in accordance with the present invention includes: an irradiating step including irradiating a region of a sample with an excitation beam and thereby allowing a magnetic element contained in the sample to radiate a characteristic X-ray; a detecting step including detecting intensities of a right-handed circularly polarized component and a left-handed circularly polarized component contained in the characteristic X-ray; and a calculating step…
Superconducting photon detector
Granted: October 18, 2022
Patent Number:
11473974
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating superconducting photon detectors. In one aspect, a photon detector includes: (1) a first waveguide configured to guide photons from a photon source; (2) a second waveguide that is distinct and separate from the first waveguide and optically-coupled to the first waveguide; and (3) a superconducting component positioned adjacent to the second waveguide and configured to detect…
Tamper detection in a quantum communications system
Granted: October 11, 2022
Patent Number:
11469888
A tamper detecting component for a quantum communication system is a trusted node, configurable as a first endpoint trusted node, a middle-trusted node and a second endpoint trusted node. The trusted node has a tamper detection module and a secure memory. The tamper detection module deletes critical system parameters responsive to detecting physical tampering. The trusted node, as the first endpoint trusted node, exchanges a quantum key, encrypts data and transmits encrypted data. The…
Superconducting amplification circuit
Granted: October 11, 2022
Patent Number:
11469728
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, an amplification circuit includes: (1) a superconducting component; (2) an amplifier coupled in parallel with the superconducting component such that the superconducting component is in a feedback loop of the amplifier; (3) a voltage source coupled to a first input of the amplifier; (4) one or more resistors coupled to a second input of…
Generating electromagnetic radiation from a photonic crystal maser
Granted: October 11, 2022
Patent Number:
11469566
In a general aspect, a photonic crystal maser includes a dielectric body having an array of cavities ordered periodically to define a photonic crystal structure in the dielectric body. The dielectric body also includes a region in the array of cavities defining a defect in the photonic crystal structure. An elongated slot through the region extends from a slot opening in a surface of the dielectric body at least partially through the dielectric body. The elongated slot and the array of…
Pulsed laser and bioanalytic system
Granted: October 11, 2022
Patent Number:
11466316
Apparatus and methods for producing ultrashort optical pulses are described. A high-power, solid-state, passively mode-locked laser can be manufactured in a compact module that can be incorporated into a portable instrument for biological or chemical analyses. The pulsed laser may produce sub-100-ps optical pulses at a repetition rate commensurate with electronic data-acquisition rates. The optical pulses may excite samples in reaction chambers of the instrument, and be used to generate…
Methods and systems for hotspot detection
Granted: October 4, 2022
Patent Number:
11461901
Methods and systems for monitoring an industrial process are disclosed. Some aspects of the system arrange multiple imaging sensors to image machinery associated with an industrial process. Regions of interest within images acquired by the multiple imaging sensors may be monitored for abnormal thermal conditions, and alerts generated as needed. Alerts may also be generated if temperatures within a region of interest exceed thresholds associated with that region of interest. Each region…
Identity authentication method and system based on wearable device
Granted: October 4, 2022
Patent Number:
11463435
The method comprises: a user terminal initiating an authentication request to a target server and providing device information of the user terminal, and the target server receiving the authentication request and generating a temporary session, and sending a temporary session ID and the device information to a quantum key allocation network; the quantum key allocation network searching for a wearable device bound to the user terminal, and sending the temporary session ID to the wearable…
