Quantum Patent Grants

Laser device, light source, and measurement apparatus, and method for using a laser device

Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number: 12027814
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…

Automatic implementation of a physical barrier to protect removable storage media access

Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number: 12027182
The technology disclosed herein enables automatic implementation of a physical barrier to protect access to data on removable storage media. In a particular embodiment, a method provides determining that the item moved into a storage position using an automatic transfer mechanism and determining that a condition for protecting the item is satisfied. Upon determining that the condition is satisfied, the method provides implementing a physical barrier that prevents the automatic transfer…

Quantum computing task processing method, system and apparatus, and operating system

Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number: 12026590
Disclosed are a quantum computing task processing method and a quantum computing task processing apparatus, and a quantum computer operating system. The method includes: cutting a quantum circuit corresponding to a quantum computing task into a plurality of quantum sub-circuits based on an evolution process of a quantum state of a qubit in the quantum circuit; separately preparing an initial quantum state of a qubit in each of the quantum sub-circuits; measuring a qubit, obtained after…

Control of charge carriers in quantum information processing architectures

Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number: 12026588
Methods are disclosed for controlling charge stability in a device for quantum information processing. According to examples, a device for quantum information processing comprises a first plurality of confinement regions confining spinful charge carriers for use as qudits. The device further comprises a second plurality of confinement regions confining spinful charge carriers, each confinement region of the second plurality of confinement regions adjacent to a confinement region of the…

Adaptive basis selection for fusion measurements

Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number: 12026587
A quantum computing system and methods for performing fault-tolerant quantum computing. A fusion controller sequentially performs a series of fusion measurements on different fusion sites of a plurality of fusion sites to obtain a respective series of classical measurement results. The series of fusion measurements is performed on quantum modes of a logical qubit. For respective fusion measurements of the series of fusion measurements, a basis for performing the respective fusion…

Dermal spray nozzle

Granted: July 2, 2024
Patent Number: D1033635

Orbital angular momentum generating apparatus for polarization modulation of orbital angular momentum and method thereof

Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number: 12019251
The disclosure provides an orbital angular momentum generating apparatus for polarization modulation of orbital angular momentum and method thereof, comprising a Gaussian light source module, a first orbital angular momentum modulation module, a second orbital angular momentum modulation module and a multiplexing module; when working, the Gaussian light source module generates a Gaussian light beam in any polarization state and enters the multiplexing module, which decomposes the…

Synchronization in a quantum controller with modular and dynamic pulse generation and routing

Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number: 12021532
A quantum controller comprises a first quantum control pulse generation circuit and a second quantum control pulse generation circuit. The first quantum control pulse generation circuit and a second quantum control pulse generation circuit are operable to operate asynchronously during some time intervals of a quantum algorithm and synchronously during other time intervals of the quantum algorithm.

Resonator couplable to alkali atom for qubit generation and entanglement

Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number: 12020120
A quantum computing system includes a first resonator couplable to a first alkali atom, a second resonator couplable to a second alkali atom, and lasers for trapping, cooling, and manipulating the first alkali atom and the second alkali atom. Detectors detect a presence of the trapped first alkali atom and the trapped second alkali atom, and a processor is configured to receive at least one input signal from at least one of the detectors, the input signal indicating a presence of the…

Time-bin qubit converter

Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number: 12019354
A system includes a first photonic integrated circuit. The circuit includes a qubit encoder configured to receive a spatial-mode qubit and convert the spatial-mode qubit to a temporal-mode qubit and an optical interconnect configured to receive and transmit the temporal-mode qubit. The system further includes a second photonic integrated circuit, itself including a qubit decoder configured to receive the temporal-mode qubit and convert the temporal-mode qubit back into the spatial-mode…

Hydraulic charging system with electronic power limiting and load balancing

Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number: 12018703
A marine hydraulic system and method of use for reducing cyclic loading of the pump(s) and motor(s) and an amount of accumulator storage required in a hydraulic system. A closed loop logic controller comprising at least one control algorithm for each pump/motor pair utilized in a single hydraulic system is utilized to reduce load fluctuations on the motors, allow the use of common pressure compensated, variable displacement (VDH) pumps, reduce the number and/or volume of system…

Cellular ionic activity visualisation

Granted: June 25, 2024
Patent Number: 12016656
Described herein are improved systems and methods for cellular ionic activity visualization. Specifically, for example, the systems and methods can observe and characterize biological ionic channel activity and subsequently detect, measure or manipulate a biological sample in the field of biological or medical sciences on the cellular level. Such a capability can be implemented across any type of biological cell which possesses ionic channels on the surface or contained within.

Quantum chip test structure and fabrication method therefor, and test method and fabrication method for quantum chip

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12016253
Disclosed are a quantum chip test structure and a fabrication method therefor, and a test method and a fabrication method for a quantum chip. The quantum chip test structure includes: a superconducting Josephson junction and a connection structure of the superconducting Josephson junction that are located on a substrate; a first isolation layer located on the connection structure, where a connection window penetrating through the first isolation layer is formed in the first isolation…

Superconducting signal amplifier

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12015383
A system includes a plurality of superconducting wires connected in parallel with one another. The plurality of superconducting wires includes a first superconducting wire and a second superconducting wire. The plurality of superconducting wires are configured to, while receiving a bias current provided to the parallel combination of the plurality of superconducting wires, operate in a superconducting state in the absence of a trigger current. The first superconducting wire is configured…

Techniques for monitoring user interactions and operation of a website to detect frustration events

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12013745
A method is provided for monitoring operation of and/or interaction with a website to detect events (“frustration events”). A detection system can monitor a website for the same or unrelated interaction and operation to detect events that affect the performance of a website, while contributing to the frustration of user interaction with the website. The detection system can monitor interaction with and/or operation of one or more documents of a website. Interactions with a website,…

Conjugation device and method for producing conjugates

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12012582
A conjugation device includes at least one flow reactor having an inlet and an outlet, the flow reactor(s) being completely filled with a support such as a matrix including 1) chromatography beads, fibers or membranes, and 2) a biologic catalyzer, namely the enzyme ligase, which is immobilized onto this support; a fluid delivery unit in fluid communication with the inlet of the flow reactor(s) and configured to continuously provide the flow reactor(s) with at least one kind of reaction…

Peristaltic pumping of fluids and associated methods, systems, and devices

Granted: June 18, 2024
Patent Number: 12011716
Embodiments described herein generally relate to apparatuses, cartridges, and pumps for peristaltic pumping of fluids and associated methods, systems, and devices. The pumping of fluids is, in certain cases, an important aspect of a variety of applications, such as bioanalytical applications (e.g., biological sample analysis, sequencing, identification). The inventive features described herein may, in some embodiments, provide an ability to pump fluids in ways that combine certain…

Machine learning mapping for quantum processing units

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12008436
Some embodiments include a process, including obtaining, with a classical computer system, a mathematical problem to be solved by a quantum computing system, wherein: the quantum computing system comprises one or more quantum computers, the mathematical problem involves more variables than any of the one or more quantum computers have logical qubits, and solving the mathematical problem entails determining values of the variables; decomposing, with the classical computer system, the…

Superconducting logic components

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12009819
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, a superconducting component includes: (1) a superconductor having a plurality of alternating narrow and wide portions, each wide portion having a corresponding terminal; and (2) a plurality of heat sources, each heat source thermally coupled to a corresponding narrow portion such that heat from the heat source is transmitted to the corresponding narrow…

Wellness monitoring by measurement of incidental routine

Granted: June 11, 2024
Patent Number: 12009101
The present disclosure provides for the automatic measurement of measurable incidental routine parameters (MIRP). MIRP can include every movement of the body and a user's routine. This data can be incorporated into an accurate and comprehensive evaluation of a user's routine. The present disclosure functions by identifying normalcy for an individual in the consistency of habitual movement and behavior. This normalcy can become an indicator of wellness. Therefore, the present disclosure…