NUMBER-RESOLVING PHOTON DETECTOR WITH GRAPHENE-INSULATING-SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTION

    公开(公告)号:US20180337324A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-22

    申请号:US15983928

    申请日:2018-05-18

    Abstract: A photon detector including a graphene-insulating-superconducting junction configured as a temperature sensor. Photons are absorbed by the graphene sheet of the graphene-insulating-superconducting junction, each absorbed photon causing a temporary increase in the temperature of the graphene sheet, and a corresponding change in the differential impedance of the graphene-insulating-superconducting junction. The graphene-insulating-superconducting junction is part of a resonant circuit connected as a shunt load between a radio frequency input transmission line and a radio frequency output transmission line. The transmission S-parameter from input to output is affected by the impedance of the resonant circuit which in turn is affected by the differential impedance of the graphene-insulating-superconducting junction, and therefore by the temperature of the graphene sheet. The absorption of photons is detected by detecting changes in the transmission S-parameter indicating temperature changes caused by the absorption of a photon.

    Graphene-based bolometer
    22.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09869592B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-16

    申请号:US15653466

    申请日:2017-07-18

    Inventor: Kin Chung Fong

    Abstract: A bolometer. In one embodiment a graphene sheet is configured to absorb electromagnetic waves. The graphene sheet has two contacts connected to an amplifier, and a power detector connected to the amplifier. Electromagnetic power in the evanescent electromagnetic waves is absorbed in the graphene sheet, heating the graphene sheet. The power of Johnson noise generated at the contacts is proportional to the temperature of the graphene sheet. The Johnson noise is amplified and the power in the Johnson noise is used as a measure of the temperature of the graphene sheet, and of the amount of electromagnetic wave power absorbed by the graphene sheet.

    TUNABLE JOSEPHSON JUNCTION OSCILLATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220393090A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-08

    申请号:US17886283

    申请日:2022-08-11

    Inventor: Kin Chung Fong

    Abstract: A tunable oscillator including a Josephson junction. In some embodiments, the tunable oscillator includes a first superconducting terminal, a second superconducting terminal, a graphene channel including a portion of a graphene sheet, and a conductive gate. The first superconducting terminal, the second superconducting terminal, and the graphene channel together may form a Josephson junction having an oscillation frequency, and the conductive gate may be configured, upon application of a voltage across the conductive gate and the graphene channel, to modify the oscillation frequency.

    TUNABLE JOSEPHSON JUNCTION OSCILLATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220223780A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-14

    申请号:US17147387

    申请日:2021-01-12

    Inventor: Kin Chung Fong

    Abstract: A tunable oscillator including a Josephson junction. In some embodiments, the tunable oscillator includes a first superconducting terminal, a second superconducting terminal, a graphene channel including a portion of a graphene sheet, and a conductive gate. The first superconducting terminal, the second superconducting terminal, and the graphene channel together may form a Josephson junction having an oscillation frequency, and the conductive gate may be configured, upon application of a voltage across the conductive gate and the graphene channel, to modify the oscillation frequency.

    Graphene-based bolometer
    28.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10024721B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-17

    申请号:US15869725

    申请日:2018-01-12

    Inventor: Kin Chung Fong

    Abstract: A bolometer. In one embodiment a graphene sheet is configured to absorb electromagnetic waves. The graphene sheet has two contacts connected to an amplifier, and a power detector connected to the amplifier. Electromagnetic power in the evanescent electromagnetic waves is absorbed in the graphene sheet, heating the graphene sheet. The power of Johnson noise generated at the contacts is proportional to the temperature of the graphene sheet. The Johnson noise is amplified and the power in the Johnson noise is used as a measure of the temperature of the graphene sheet, and of the amount of electromagnetic wave power absorbed by the graphene sheet.

    Graphene-based infrared bolometer
    30.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US09933310B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-03

    申请号:US14794591

    申请日:2015-07-08

    Inventor: Kin Chung Fong

    Abstract: An infrared bolometer. In one embodiment a waveguide configured to transmit infrared radiation is arranged to be adjacent a graphene sheet and configured so that evanescent waves from the waveguide overlap the graphene sheet. The graphene sheet has two contacts connected to an amplifier, and a power detector connected to the amplifier. Infrared electromagnetic power in the evanescent waves is absorbed in the graphene sheet, heating the graphene sheet. The power of Johnson noise generated at the contacts is proportional to the temperature of the graphene sheet. The Johnson noise is amplified and the power in the Johnson noise is used as a measure of the temperature of the graphene sheet, and of the amount of infrared power propagating in the waveguide.

Patent Agency Ranking