Quantum tomography and photon source optimization
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12199683
A quantum computing system includes a photon processing system, a photon analyzer, and a photon source module coupled to the photon processing system and to the photon analyzer. The photon source module includes at least one photon source configured to discharge one or more photons per trigger signal and a photon multiplexer configured to direct the one or more photons to the photon processing system or to the photon analyzer.
Silicon nitride films having reduced interfacial strain
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12198926
In some embodiments a method comprises depositing a first silicon nitride layer on a top surface of a semiconductor wafer and forming one or more first gaps in the first silicon nitride layer. The one or more first gaps can relieve stress formed in the first silicon nitride layer. A first fill material is deposited on the first silicon nitride layer and the first silicon nitride layer is planarized. A second silicon nitride layer is deposited across the first silicon nitride layer and…
N-configuration resonator-coupled quantum emitter
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12198012
A quantum computing system, method, and computer readable medium involves initializing a state of a resonator-coupled quantum emitter having at least four levels arranged in an N-configuration, the N-configuration having a first ground state, a second ground state, a first excited state and a second excited state. A frequency of a first transition between the first ground state and the first excited state is tuned, a frequency of a second transition between the second ground state and…
Cascaded resonators photon pair source
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12197103
A frequency conversion system includes a bus waveguide, a first pump laser coupled to the bus waveguide and characterized by a first frequency, a second pump laser coupled to the bus waveguide and characterized by a second frequency, an input light combining device coupled to the bus waveguide and configured to combine light from the first pump laser and the second pump laser to produce a combined light, and a plurality of optical resonators coupled to the bus waveguide. Each optical…
Phase shifter employing transparent electrodes
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12197100
Electro-optical devices and methods for constructing electro-optical devices such as a switch or phase shifter. An electrode layer is deposited on a substrate layer, a waveguide structure is deposited on the electrode layer, a first cladding layer is deposited on the waveguide structure, and the first cladding layer is planarized and bonded to a wafer. The substrate layer is removed and the electrode layer is etched to split the electrode layer into a first electrode separated from a…
Method for coating film by pulsed laser deposition with plasma grating
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12195841
A method for film coating by pulsed laser deposition with a plasma grating includes: in step 1, providing a substrate and a target material; in step 2, generating a femtosecond pulsed laser beam which is split by a beam splitting module so as to form a plurality of femtosecond pulsed laser sub-beams; in step 3, performing a first excitation on the target material by one of the split femtosecond pulsed laser sub-beams as a pre-pulse after focus, to generate a first plasma; in step 4,…
Compounds for imaging tau proteins that accumulate in the brain
Granted: January 14, 2025
Patent Number:
12195454
The present invention provides a compound represented by the following formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate thereof: wherein: R1 and R2 are each separately selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, acyl, and hydroxyalkyl; R3 is hydrogen or halogen; ring A is a benzene ring or a pyridine ring; ring B is selected from the group consisting of the following formulas (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv): in the formula (ii), Ra…
Field effect transistor with a negative capacitance gate structure
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12191355
A field effect transistor has a negative capacitance gate structure. The field effect transistor comprises a channel and a gate dielectric arranged over the channel. The negative capacitance gate structure comprises a bottom electrode structure comprising a bottom electrode, a multi-domain structure, and a top electrode structure. The multi-domain structure comprises a multi-domain element arranged over the bottom electrode, the multi-domain element comprising a plurality of topological…
Method for quantum communication
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12191916
A method for quantum communication between at least three receivers includes: i) generating an entangled photon pair in a source (2) with a signal photon in a signal wavelength range and an idler photon in an idler wavelength range, ii) assigning the signal and idler photons to the quantum channels (4) on the basis of their wavelength; iii) transmitting the photon pair to the receivers (3) via the quantum channels (4); iv) detecting the photon pair at the receivers (3). The…
Millimeter wave radio frequency structure
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12191900
A millimeter wave radio frequency (RF) structure uses a substrate including a liquid-crystal polymer material, at least one dual-polarized antenna, a RF transceiver module, and a switching module electrically connected to the at least one dual-polarized antenna and the RF transceiver module, where the switching module includes a first switching element and a second switching element electrically connected to the at least one dual-polarized antenna, and a third switching element…
Detectors, optical switches, and waveguides
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12190206
A quantum computing system, method and computer readable medium involve a vacuum enclosure for sustaining a vacuum below 10?3 millibar, optical resonators tuned to a resonance of an alkali atom, and a trapping laser for maintaining the alkali atom within a mode of the optical resonators. An atom excitation laser induces photon emissions, a plurality of waveguides couple photons to and from the optical resonators, and a plurality of detectors detect a presence or absence of an…
Heralding-free connections in quantum computing
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12190205
Systems and methods for a quantum computing include a plurality of photonic processing stages, a plurality of heralding-free connections, and circuitry configured to regulate photon flow between adjacent stages such that decisions about stage settings or flow between adjacent stages are free of input from a previous stage. Each heralding-free connection is located between adjacent photonic processing stages. Each photonic processing stage includes at least two of an optical switch, a…
Active photonic devices incorporating high dielectric constant materials
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12189266
A waveguide structure includes a substrate and a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a first material characterized by a first index of refraction and a first electro-optic coefficient. The waveguide structure also includes a first cladding layer at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a second material characterized by a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction and a second electro-optic coefficient greater than the…
Counterpropagating generalized Mach Zehnder interferometer
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12189261
Photons can propagate concurrently in two different directions along optical paths in a generalized Mach Zehnder interferometer (GMZI). A counterpropagating GMZI can include a first set of input ports and a second set of input ports, a first set of output ports and a second set of output ports, and optical components interconnected to form a GMZI that can selectably establish a first optical path between one of the first set of input ports and one of the first set of output ports and a…
Integrated sensor with reduced skew
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12188870
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for reducing skew in an integrated device, such as a CMOS imaging device. In some aspects, multiple pixels of an integrated circuit may be configured to receive a same control signal and conduct charge carriers responsive to the control signal substantially at the same time. In some aspects, an integrated circuit may have modulated charge transfer channel voltage thresholds, such as by having different charge transfer channel…
Waveguide excitation uniformity
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12188868
Systems and methods for optical power distribution within an integrated device, in a substantially uniform manner, to a large number of sample wells and/or other photonic elements. The integrated device and related instruments and systems may be used to analyze samples in parallel. The integrated device may include a grating coupler configured to receive light from an excitation source and optically couple with multiple waveguides configured to couple with sample wells. Vertical extents…
High pressure seals
Granted: January 7, 2025
Patent Number:
12188562
A sealing system for sealing an annulus. The annulus is defined by a cylindrical interior and a cylindrical exterior within, and axially movable relative to, the cylindrical interior. The sealing system includes an inner seal (to surround and sealingly engage the cylindrical exterior), a seal support (to surround, and axially support, the inner seal), an outer seal (to surround the seal support and sealingly engage the seal support and the cylindrical interior), a first support ring (to…
Microfluidic device with DEP arrays
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179200
Microfluidic device having a plurality of microfluidic channels and corresponding dielectrophoresis (DEP) electrode arrays, each channel arranged to direct fluid over a DEP electrode array such that in use target particles are manipulated by the DEP electrode array. The device also has a first connection point and second connection point for connecting the device to an alternating current source, a first input of each DEP electrode array connected to the first connection point via the…
Quantum chip system, quantum computing processing system and electronic apparatus
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12182664
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a quantum chip system, a quantum computing processing system and an electronic apparatus, wherein one quantum chip system includes at least one first qubit, each first qubit includes at least two control electrodes, and a first event register for controlling the control electrode, wherein each first event register is configured for storing a control signal of the control electrode, and each first qubit corresponds to at least two first event…
Sample well fabrication techniques and structures for integrated sensor
Granted: December 31, 2024
Patent Number:
12179204
A method of forming an integrated device includes forming a sample well within a cladding layer of a substrate; forming a sacrificial spacer layer over the substrate and into the sample well; performing a directional etch of the sacrificial spacer layer so as to form a sacrificial sidewall spacer on sidewalls of the sample well; forming, over the substrate and into the sample well, a functional layer that provides a location for attachment of a biomolecule; and removing the sacrificial…
