Apparatus for Controllably Storing and Releasing Photons

    公开(公告)号:US20230244121A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-03

    申请号:US17955446

    申请日:2022-09-28

    CPC classification number: G02F1/3526 G02F1/3507 G01J1/44 G01J2001/442

    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed herein. The apparatus comprises a non-linear photonic element for outputting a signal and idler photon pair. The apparatus further comprises a module configured to, based on receiving one or more control signals, controllably store photons and controllably output stored photons. The apparatus further comprises a detector arrangement comprising one or more detectors for detecting light. The module is further configured to receive at least one of the signal and idler photons of the pair. The module is further configured to at least partially store one of the signal or idler photons of the pair. The module is further configured to output the said at least partially stored signal or idler photon along an optical path towards the at least one detectors. The apparatus is configured to direct the other of the signal or idler photon towards the detector arrangement.

    Single-photon emitter using frequency comb

    公开(公告)号:US12152939B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-26

    申请号:US17971311

    申请日:2022-10-21

    Abstract: A system is disclosed for producing an output photon having a predefined frequency. The system comprises a frequency comb generator for generating a frequency comb. The system further comprises a frequency comb mode selector configured to: receive a heralding signal representative of the detection of a first photon of a frequency-correlated photon pair, the heralding signal indicative of a frequency of the heralded second photon of the frequency-correlated photon pair; and select, based on the received heralding signal, a comb spectral mode of the frequency comb. The system further comprises a non-linear photonic element configured to receive the heralded second photon and the selected comb spectral mode and produce an output photon having the predefined frequency based on the frequency of the heralded second photon and the selected comb spectral mode. Methods, controllers and computer-readable media are also described herein.

    Binary Optimization with Boson Sampling

    公开(公告)号:US20230140189A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-04

    申请号:US17583054

    申请日:2022-01-24

    Abstract: Methods and systems are described herein for determining a solution to a binary optimization problem. In examples, a system described herein comprises a controller and a boson sampler which together implement a hybrid quantum-classical process. Computer-readable media are also described herein.

    Spectrally multiplexed single-photon emitter

    公开(公告)号:US12259274B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-25

    申请号:US17965692

    申请日:2022-10-13

    Abstract: A system is provided for producing an output photon having a predefined frequency. A pump module produces a plurality of pump fields at a plurality of pump frequencies. A photon pair source module generates frequency-correlated photon pairs. A detector module generates a heralding signal subsequent to detecting a first photon of a photon pair, the heralding signal indicative of a frequency of the second photon of the pair. A non-linear photonic element is arranged to (1) receive the heralded second photon and a complementary selected pump field, and (2) to produce an output photon having the predefined frequency. A pump field selector is configured to (1) receive a heralding signal and (2) select, based on the received heralding signal, a pump field of the plurality of pump fields for provision to the non-linear element. Methods, controllers and computer-readable media are also described herein.

    Multi-Qubit Entangling Measurements in Linear Optics

    公开(公告)号:US20240256935A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18332652

    申请日:2023-06-09

    CPC classification number: G06N10/40

    Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical circuit with an interferometer and a detector arrangement. The interferometer is arranged to receive, as 2N input optical modes, N dual-rail encoded photonic qubits, each photonic qubit encoded as probability amplitudes corresponding to the photon occupation of two orthogonal optical modes, where N>2. The interferometer is arranged to interfere the N dual-rail encoded photonic qubits such that (i) a beamsplitter interaction is performed on the first mode of the first qubit and the second mode of the Nth qubit, and (ii) a beamsplitter interaction is performed on the second mode of the jth qubit and the first mode of the (j+1)th qubit for all j between 1 and N−1. The interferometer is arranged to output 2N optical modes. The detector arrangement includes one or more photodetectors to measure a photon occupation of each of the 2N output optical modes.

    Boson Sampler and Neural Network for Data Generation

    公开(公告)号:US20240135144A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18451255

    申请日:2023-08-17

    CPC classification number: G06N3/045 G01N21/45 G06N3/0464 G06N3/084 G06T11/00

    Abstract: Methods are provided for generating a dataset (e.g., an image). According to an example, the method comprises controlling a boson sampler to produce one or more integer sequences, each of the one or more integer sequences representative of a measurement outcome of one or more photodetectors of the boson sampler; determining, from the one or more integer sequences, one or more latent vectors; providing the determined one or more latent vectors to a trained artificial neural network (ANN) configured to convert one or more latent vectors to a generated dataset; and outputting the generated dataset. Methods for training an ANN are also provided. Systems and computer-readable storage media are also described.

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