REAL-TIME PHOTON NUMBER DETERMINATION
    83.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240214078A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18538154

    申请日:2023-12-13

    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for real-time routing of optical signals. A signal trace is received by a signal processor from a photon-number resolving detector. The signal trace is produced by the photon-number resolving detector in response to an optical pulse from a light source (e.g. a pulsed laser). The signal processor determines the photon number of the optical pulse by applying a function to the signal trace and one or more reference traces. A feedback signal is then defined based on the photon number of the optical pulse. The feedback signal is used to control the operation of a switch positioned in the path of a related optical signal. The switch operates to define the forward routing path of the related optical signal.

    SINGLE-PHOTON TIMING SYSTEM AND METHOD
    86.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240183709A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-06

    申请号:US18287829

    申请日:2022-04-20

    CPC classification number: G01J1/44 G01J3/1895 G01J3/2803 G01J2001/442

    Abstract: A time-to-frequency converter transforms an initial single-photon pulse into a transformed pulse such that the temporal waveform of the initial pulse is mapped to the spectrum of the transformed pulse. The time-to-frequency converter includes a dispersive optical element followed by a time lens. The spectrum of the transformed pulse is then measured to determine the arrival time of the initial pulse. The spectrum can be measured using a photon-counting spectrometer that spatially disperses the transformed pulse onto an single-photon detector array. Alternatively. an additional dispersive element can be used with the time-to-frequency converter to implement a time magnifier. The arrival time of the resulting time-magnified pulse can then be measured using time-correlated single-photon counting. This arrival time can then be divided by the magnification factor of the time magnifier to obtain the arrival time of the initial pulsc.

    Self-triaging photon detector
    87.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11994428B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-28

    申请号:US18110851

    申请日:2023-02-16

    Inventor: Faraz Najafi

    Abstract: A photon detecting component is provided. The photon detecting component includes a first waveguide and a detecting section. The detecting section includes a second waveguide; a detector, optically coupled with the second waveguide, configured to detect one or more photons in the second waveguide; an optical switch configured to provide an optical coupling between the first waveguide and the second waveguide when the detector is operational; and an electrical switch electrically coupled to the detector, wherein the electrical switch is configured to change state in response to the detector detecting one or more photons. The photon detecting component further includes readout circuitry configured to determine a state of the electrical switch of the detecting section.

    Integrated photonic chip structure for universal quantum walk simulation

    公开(公告)号:US11984934B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-14

    申请号:US17228719

    申请日:2021-04-13

    CPC classification number: H04B10/70 G01J1/44 G02F1/212 G06N10/00 G01J2001/442

    Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrated photonic chip structure for universal quantum walk simulation which combines the multiphoton source that can generate the spatially entangled multi-photon state and the linear optical network that can implement the unitary transformation, and establishes mapping between on-chip spatial-entangled multi-photon state and quantum walk state and mapping between on-chip linear optical unitary transformation and the evolution process of multi-particle quantum walk. By manipulating the spatially entangled multi-photon state generated via the multi-photon sources and the optical unitary transformation implemented via the universal linear optical networks, the chip structure can implement universal quantum walk simulation with the control over all parameters of multiple-particle quantum walks including such as evolution Hamiltonian, evolution time, initial evolution state and particle properties (i.e., particle indistinguishability and particle exchange symmetry).

    Superconducting Field-Programmable Gate Array

    公开(公告)号:US20240080029A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18387402

    申请日:2023-11-06

    CPC classification number: H03K19/195 G01J1/44 H10N60/30 H10N60/84 G01J2001/442

    Abstract: A programmable circuit includes a superconducting multi-dimensional array. The programmable circuit further includes a plurality of photon detectors coupled to respective portions of the superconducting multi-dimensional array, each photon detector configured to selectively provide input to a corresponding respective portion sufficient to transition the corresponding respective portion from a superconducting state to a non-superconducting state. The programmable circuit also includes one or more electrical terminals coupled to respective second portions of the superconducting multi-dimensional array.

    Superconducting field-programmable gate array

    公开(公告)号:US11811394B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-07

    申请号:US17838917

    申请日:2022-06-13

    CPC classification number: H03K19/195 G01J1/44 H10N60/30 H10N60/84 G01J2001/442

    Abstract: A programmable circuit includes a superconducting component arranged in a multi-dimensional array of alternating narrow and wide portions. The programmable circuit further includes a plurality of heat sources, each heat source configured to selectively provide heat to a respective narrow portion sufficient to transition the respective narrow portion from a superconducting state to a non-superconducting state. The programmable circuit further includes a plurality of electrical terminals, each electrical terminal coupled to a respective wide portion of the multi-dimensional array.

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