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公开(公告)号:US12199039B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-14
申请号:US18518394
申请日:2023-11-22
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp.
Inventor: Faraz Najafi , Vitor Riseti Manfrinato
IPC: H01L23/528 , H10N60/83 , H10N69/00 , H01L23/532 , H10N60/84 , H10N60/85
Abstract: A superconducting circuit includes a photon detector component, a second component, and a multi-taper superconducting connector shaped to reduce current crowding, the superconducting connector electrically connecting the photon detector component and the second component. The multi-taper superconducting connector includes a first taper arranged adjacent the photon detector component and a second taper arranged adjacent the second component.
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公开(公告)号:US12082512B2
公开(公告)日:2024-09-03
申请号:US16662586
申请日:2019-10-24
Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Inventor: Georg Wolfgang Winkler , Roman Mykolayovych Lutchyn , Leonardus Petrus Kouwenhoven , Farhad Karimi
Abstract: A semiconductor-superconductor hybrid device comprises a semiconductor layer and a superconductor layer. The superconductor layer is arranged over an edge of the semiconductor layer so as to enable energy level hybridisation between the semiconductor layer and the superconductor layer. The semiconductor layer is arranged in a sandwich structure between first and second insulating layers, each insulating layer being in contact with a respective opposed face of the semiconductor layer. This configuration may allow for good control over the geometry of the semiconductor layer and may improve tolerance to manufacturing variations. The device may be useful in a quantum computer. Also provided is a method of manufacturing the device, and a method of inducing topological behaviour in the device.
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公开(公告)号:US11994426B1
公开(公告)日:2024-05-28
申请号:US17098235
申请日:2020-11-13
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp.
Inventor: Faraz Najafi , Eric Dudley
CPC classification number: G01J1/44 , G01J1/4228 , G06N10/00 , H10N60/30 , H10N60/84 , H10N69/00 , G01J2001/442 , G01J2001/4473
Abstract: A photon counting device includes unit cells, a bias current source coupled to the unit cells, and a waveguide coupled to the unit cells. Each unit cell includes photodetector(s). Each photodetector includes superconducting component(s) and a transistor. The transistor includes a superconducting gate that is coupled in parallel with the photodetector(s), and a channel that is electrically isolated from the superconducting gate. For each unit cell, a photodetector is optically coupled to the waveguide. A superconducting component is configured to transition from the superconducting state to the non-superconducting state in response to a photon being incident upon the superconducting component while the superconducting component receives at least a portion of bias current output from the bias current source. The superconducting gate of the unit cell is configured to transition from the superconducting state to the non-superconducting state in response to the superconducting component transitioning to the non-superconducting state.
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公开(公告)号:US11800814B1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-24
申请号:US17307931
申请日:2021-05-04
Applicant: SeeQC Inc.
Inventor: Ivan Nevirkovets , Oleg Mukhanov
CPC classification number: H10N60/84 , G11C11/44 , H10N60/12 , H10N60/805 , H10N69/00
Abstract: A memory cell having a Josephson junction and a magnetic junction situated in a close proximity to the Josephson junction. The two junctions may be vertically integrated. The magnetic junction has at least two magnetic layers with different coercive forces and a non-magnetic layer therebetween, to form a spin valve or pseudo-spin valve. A magnetization direction of a magnetic layer with lower coercive force can be rotated with respect to the larger coercive force magnetic layer(s). Magnetic fields produced by appropriately configured control lines carrying electric current, or spin-polarized current through the magnetic junction, can result in rotation. The magnetic junction influences the Josephson critical current of the Josephson junction, leading to distinct values of critical current which can serve as digital logic states. The so obtained memory cell can be integrated into the large arrays containing a plurality of the cells, to enable the selective READ and WRITE operations.
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公开(公告)号:US11715026B2
公开(公告)日:2023-08-01
申请号:US16917710
申请日:2020-06-30
Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inventor: William Oliver , Seth Lloyd , Danna Rosenberg , Michael O'Keeffe , Amy Greene , Morten Kjaergaard , Mollie Schwartz , Gabriel Samach , Iman Marvian Mashhad
CPC classification number: G06N10/00 , G06F11/004 , H03M13/6508 , H10N60/84
Abstract: Systems and methods for performing open-loop quantum error mitigation using quantum measurement emulations are provided. The open-loop quantum error mitigation methods do not require the performance of state readouts or state tomography, reducing hardware requirements and increasing overall computation speed. To perform a quantum measurement emulation, an error mitigation apparatus is configured to stochastically apply a quantum gate to a qubit or set of qubits during a quantum computational process. The stochastic application of the quantum gate projects the quantum state of the affected qubits onto an axis, reducing a trace distance between the quantum state and a desired quantum state.
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公开(公告)号:US20240410748A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-12
申请号:US18646508
申请日:2024-04-25
Applicant: Enterprise Science Fund, LLC
Inventor: Nathan P. Myhrvold , Brian C. Holloway , Stuart A. Wolf , Rohit P. Prasankumar , Mahmoud Hussein , Christoph Heil , Matthew N Julian
Abstract: According to various embodiments, a quantum-engineered superconductor metamaterial is formed with a plurality of structurally engineered superconductor nanophononic crystal nanostructures. Each superconductor nanophononic crystal nanostructure may be formed as a crystal of the superconductor material. Structural modifications are made to each superconductor nanophononic crystal nanostructure to alter a characteristic of a phonon mode of the superconducting material to enhance a superconducting parameter thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US20240397834A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-28
申请号:US18789404
申请日:2024-07-30
Applicant: HERMES-EPITEK CORPORATION
Inventor: Shang-Jr Gwo , Chang-Wei Cheng
Abstract: The invention provides a single-photon detector structure that includes a superconducting nanowire made from a single-crystalline and uniform superconducting film. A transparent dielectric layer and an integrated transition-metal nitride reflector are combined to collect an incident light to the superconducting nanowire. A surface-plasmon wavelength-selective surface may be further provided above the superconducting nanowire to resonantly transmits the incident light within a selective optical passband, making the single-photon detector operable in a broad wavelength range. In addition, a large area of superconducting film with a high level of film uniformity is grown to achieve the up scaling of single-photon detectors into a single-photon detector array.
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公开(公告)号:US12061114B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-13
申请号:US17967773
申请日:2022-10-17
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp.
Inventor: Mark Thompson , Faraz Najafi
CPC classification number: G01J1/44 , G01J1/0407 , G02B6/4202 , H10N60/84 , G01J2001/442
Abstract: 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 photons within the second waveguide.
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公开(公告)号:US20240057484A1
公开(公告)日:2024-02-15
申请号:US18492511
申请日:2023-10-23
Applicant: SeeQC Inc.
Inventor: Ivan Nevirkovets , Oleg Mukhanov
CPC classification number: H10N60/84 , G11C11/44 , H10N60/12 , H10N60/805 , H10N69/00
Abstract: A memory cell having a Josephson junction and a magnetic junction in close proximity. The two junctions may be vertically integrated. The magnetic junction has at least two magnetic layers with different coercive forces and a non-magnetic layer therebetween, to form a spin valve or pseudo-spin valve. A magnetization direction of a magnetic layer with lower coercive force can be rotated with respect to the larger coercive force magnetic layer(s). Magnetic fields produced by appropriately configured control lines carrying electric current, or spin-polarized current through the magnetic junction, can result in rotation. The magnetic junction influences the Josephson critical current of the Josephson junction, leading to distinct values of critical current which can serve as digital logic states. The memory cell can be integrated into large arrays containing a plurality of the cells, to enable the selective READ and WRITE operations.
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公开(公告)号:US11871683B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-09
申请号:US18178267
申请日:2023-03-03
Applicant: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
Inventor: Xiaofen Li , Zhiwei Zhang , Zhijian Jin , Yanbo Bi
Abstract: A charging and field supplement circuit for superconducting magnets based on a pulsed current includes a capacitor charging circuit, an energy-storage capacitor, a capacitor discharging circuit, a superconducting magnetic energy storage circuit, and a superconducting persistent-current switch. Two output ends of the capacitor charging circuit are respectively connected to two ends of the energy-storage capacitor. Two input ends of the capacitor discharging circuit are respectively connected to the two ends of the energy-storage capacitor. Two output ends of the capacitor discharging circuit are respectively connected to two input ends of the superconducting magnetic energy storage circuit. Two output ends of the superconducting magnetic energy storage circuit are respectively connected to two input ends of the superconducting persistent-current switch. Two output ends of the superconducting persistent-current switch are configured to charge and magnetize a target superconducting magnet.
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