Patent application number | Description | Published |
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20120319085 | ARRAY OF QUANTUM SYSTEMS IN A CAVITY FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING - A device includes a volume bounded by electromagnetically conducting walls, an aperture in a bounding wall of the electromagnetically conducting walls, a plurality of quantum systems disposed within the volume and an electromagnetic field source coupled to the volume via the aperture. | 12-20-2012 |
20120319684 | MODULAR ARRAY OF FIXED-COUPLING QUANTUM SYSTEMS FOR QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING - A quantum information processing system includes a first composite quantum system, a second composite quantum system, a plurality of electromagnetic field sources coupled to the system and an adjustable electromagnetic coupling between the first composite quantum system and the second composite quantum system. | 12-20-2012 |
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20140264285 | MULTIPLE-QUBIT WAVE-ACTIVATED CONTROLLED GATE - A device includes a housing, at least two qubits disposed in the housing and a resonator disposed in the housing and coupled to the at least two qubits, wherein the at least two qubits are maintained at a fixed frequency and are statically coupled to one another via the resonator, wherein energy levels |03> and |12> are closely aligned, wherein a tuned microwave signal applied to the qubit activates a two-qubit phase interaction. | 09-18-2014 |
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20140368234 | MULTIPLE-QUBIT WAVE-ACTIVATED CONTROLLED GATE - A device includes a housing, at least two qubits disposed in the housing and a resonator disposed in the housing and coupled to the at least two qubits, wherein the at least two qubits are maintained at a fixed frequency and are statically coupled to one another via the resonator, wherein energy levels |03> and |12> are closely aligned, wherein a tuned microwave signal applied to the qubit activates a two-qubit phase interaction. | 12-18-2014 |
20150028970 | MULTI-TUNABLE SUPERCONDUCTING CIRCUITS - A tunable superconducting circuit includes a first charge island, a second charge island, a third charge island, a fourth charge island, a first junction loop electrically coupled to the first and third charge islands, a second junction loop coupled to the second and third charge islands and a third junction loop coupled to the third and fourth charge islands, wherein the first, second and third junction loops are tuned in frequency to operate together as a qubit. | 01-29-2015 |