Managing Coupling of Optical Modes with Quantum State Emission Elements

    公开(公告)号:US20240345318A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18502263

    申请日:2023-11-06

    IPC分类号: G02B6/122 B82Y10/00 H04B10/70

    摘要: A method for interacting with quantum states over respective time intervals comprises: providing, from at least one optical fiber interface, a fiber-coupled optical mode that controls optical coupling to and/or from an optical fiber, where at least a portion of the optical fiber extends outside of an interior of a housing comprising the at least one optical fiber interface; providing a quantum state from each quantum state emission element (QSEE) housed on or inside the housing; providing, from each of multiple portions of one or more directional structures, a preferential direction for an associated element-coupled optical mode that controls optical coupling to and from a different respective subset of one or more of the QSEEs; and scanning a scanning structure housed on or inside the housing to change an overlap between the fiber-coupled optical mode and a different respective one of the element-coupled optical modes over each time interval.

    QUANTUM PROBABILITY ENCODING FOR PATH IDENTIFICATION, QUANTUM RELAYS AND FASTER DATA RATES

    公开(公告)号:US20240340090A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18296513

    申请日:2023-04-06

    IPC分类号: H04B10/70 H04B10/29 H04J14/02

    CPC分类号: H04B10/70 H04B10/29 H04J14/02

    摘要: The quantum relay and quantum signal source exploit quantum properties of photon streams. A pair of spatially separated and polarization-entangled photon streams is used. The pair collectively exist in a quantum superposition state by virtue of their mutual entanglement. In the relay, an encoder establishes a modulation control signal corresponding to the information to be conveyed. An optical quantum circuit is placed in the path of one of the pair of streams, so that the first stream passes through it. The optical quantum circuit alters the quantum polarization state of the photon passing through it based on the control signal. In this way information is encoded into quantum probability distributions of the superposition state through quantum parallelism and quantum interference, whereby information is conveyed in the photon streams. In the signal source a second information source is used to modulate the other of the pair of streams, thus enhancing the information density of the system, by encoding both in the probability distribution and in the correlation of the photon arrival times.

    System and method for network distribution of quantum entanglement

    公开(公告)号:US12107635B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-01

    申请号:US17949405

    申请日:2022-09-21

    发明人: Moshiur Rahman

    IPC分类号: H04L9/08 H04B10/70

    摘要: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, identifying a request to facilitate communications between first and second processing nodes, determining that the communications are to be established via quantum teleportation between, and identifying a network path comprising a first path segment to obtain a quantum channel, wherein quantum entanglement is established between the first and second processing nodes based on transportation of a first quantum entangled object via the quantum channel. A classical communication channel is facilitated between the first and second processing nodes, adapted to exchange between the nodes, quantum state information of a measurement performed upon the first quantum entangled object. Information is exchanged between the first and second processing nodes via the quantum channel according to the transported first quantum entangled object and the exchanged quantum state information. Other embodiments are disclosed.

    QUANTUM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING ENTANGLED PHOTONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240322916A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18290885

    申请日:2022-07-15

    IPC分类号: H04B10/70

    CPC分类号: H04B10/70

    摘要: The invention relates to a quantum communication system (1), which comprises: ⋅ an entangled photon transmitter (2) comprising a source which is configured to generate at least one pair of entangled photons comprising a first photon (P1) emitted on a first propagation path (D1) and a second photon (P2) emitted on a second propagation path (D2); ⋅ a first receiver (3) which is arranged on the first propagation path (D1) and comprises a first instrument (35), which is arranged to absorb the first photon in one of two complementary polarisations, and an optical selector (30), which is configured either to allow the first photon to pass towards said first measuring instrument (35) or to prevent it from being measured; and ⋅ a second receiver (4) which is arranged on the second propagation path (D2) and comprises an optical amplifier (40), which makes it possible to demultiply the second photon while maintaining its polarisation, and a measuring instrument (45), which makes it possible to measure the average quantum state of the demultiplied photons (P20).

    CROSSTALK REDUCTION IN MULTI-CHANNEL ACOUSTO-OPTIC MODULATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20240313865A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18677448

    申请日:2024-05-29

    IPC分类号: H04B10/70 H04B10/114

    CPC分类号: H04B10/70 H04B10/114

    摘要: Aspects of the present disclosure describe techniques for controlling coherent crosstalk errors that occur in multi-channel acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) by applying cancellation tones to reduce or eliminate the crosstalk errors. For example, methods and systems are described that include calculating initial radio frequency (RF) tones to be applied to multiple channels of the AOM; calculating, in response to an application of the initial RF tones, compensation RF tones to be added to the initial RF tones to at least partially correct for undesired crosstalk effects; and in response to the application of the initial RF tones and the compensation RF tones, calculating subsequent compensation RF tones to be added to the initial RF tones until the crosstalk effect in each of the multiple channels is below a threshold level.

    HIGH SPEED REMOVAL OF BIAS OF A HOMODYNE DETECTOR USING A CLONE LOCAL OSCILLATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20240275493A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18437706

    申请日:2024-02-09

    申请人: UT-Battelle, LLC

    发明人: Brian P. Williams

    IPC分类号: H04B10/63 H04B10/70 H04L9/08

    摘要: A receiver configured to remove a bias of a homodyne detector is provided. The receiver produces at least one clone local oscillator (LO) pulse per LO pulse for the reference pulse and per LO pulse for the data-carrying pulse. Measurement made using clone LO pulses are used to compensate for the bias in reference measurements and data-carrying measurements. Clone LO pulses are produced when the reference pulses and the data-carrying pulses are not expected to be present at the homodyne detector. The bias corrected reference measurements may be used as feedback to maintain a timing synchronization of the LO for the reference pulse and the LO for the data-carrying pulse with the corresponding reference pulse and the data-carrying pulse, respectively and for polarization correction. The receiver may be incorporated into a continuous variable (CV) quantum key distribution (QKD) system.