Patents by Inventor Gary Gibson
Gary Gibson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240134243Abstract: A waveguide structure includes a substrate and a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a first material characterized by a first index of refraction and a first electro-optic coefficient. The waveguide structure also includes a first cladding layer at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a second material characterized by a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction and a second electro-optic coefficient greater than the first electro-optic coefficient. The second cladding layer is coupled to the first cladding layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: Psiquantum, Corp.Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Hung-Hsi Lin, Gary Gibson
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Patent number: 11841559Abstract: An optical switch structure includes at least one optical input port and at least one optical output port. The optical switch structure also includes an optical waveguide structure including a waveguide core and a waveguide cladding The optical waveguide structure is optically coupled to the at least one optical input port and the at least one optical output port. The waveguide core includes a first material characterized by a first index of refraction and a first electro-optic coefficient and the waveguide cladding includes a second material characterized by a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction and a second electro-optic coefficient greater than the first electro-optic coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Psiquantum, Corp.Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Hung-Hsi Lin, Gary Gibson
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Patent number: 11782323Abstract: An optical device includes a first waveguide that includes a plurality of first portions coupled with regions doped with first dopants, and a plurality of second portions coupled with regions doped with second dopants, distinct from the first dopants, the plurality of first portions being interleaved with the plurality of second portions. And the optical device includes a second waveguide located adjacent to the first waveguide for coupling light from the first waveguide to the second waveguide. The second waveguide includes a third portion coupled with a third region doped with the first dopants and a fourth portion coupled with a fourth region doped with the second dopants, wherein the first portion is located adjacent to the third portion and the second portion is located adjacent to the fourth portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: PSIQUANTUM CORP.Inventors: Mihai Vidrighin, Nikhil Kumar, Gary Gibson
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Patent number: 11783967Abstract: The present disclosure provides a circuit that includes a first component and a plurality of superconducting wires thermally-coupled to the first component. The superconducting wires of the plurality of superconducting wires are arranged and configured such that a threshold superconducting current for each superconducting wire is dependent on an amount of heat received from the first component. The circuit further includes a dielectric material separating the plurality of superconducting wires from one another. A superconducting wire nearest the first component among the plurality of superconducting wires is more than a phonon mean free path of the dielectric material from the first component. The circuit further includes control circuitry electrically-coupled to the plurality of superconducting wires and configured to provide current to each of the plurality of superconducting wires.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: PSIQUANTUM CORP.Inventors: Qiaodan Jin Stone, Gary Gibson
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Publication number: 20230296957Abstract: An optical switch structure includes a substrate, a first electrical contact, a first material having a first conductivity type electrically connected to the first electrical contact, a second material having a second conductivity type coupled to the first material, and a second electrical contact electrically connected to the second material. The optical switch structure also includes a waveguide structure disposed between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact and comprising a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a first material characterized by a first index of refraction and a first electro-optic coefficient and a waveguide cladding at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a second material characterized by a second index of refraction and a second electro-optic.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: Psiquantum, Corp.Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Hung-Hsi Lin, Gary Gibson
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Publication number: 20230255988Abstract: A method for treating a subject having or likely to develop a neurodegenerative disease, wherein the subject is administered a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound within the generic structure (1) wherein R1 is either —R or —SR, wherein R is a hydrocarbon group containing 1-20 carbon atoms and optionally containing one or more heteroatoms selected from oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur; and R2 is selected from the group consisting of —OR?, —OPO32?, and —OC(O)R?, wherein R? is a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group containing 1-6 carbon atoms; and wherein Formula (1) may include pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and polymorphs thereof, and wherein the subject may be identified as positive, before or during treatment, for at least one marker, including, for example, amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, decline in brain glucose metabolism, decline in thiamine diphosphate-dependent enzyme activity, and increase in advanced glycation end products.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Applicants: CORNELL UNIVERSITY, BURKE NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTEInventor: Gary GIBSON
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Publication number: 20230241568Abstract: An apparatus for the manufacture of cubic Boron Nitride includes a pressure vessel having a chamber therein, and a body located in the chamber. The pressure vessel and the body are formed of materials having different coefficients of expansion. The coefficient of expansion of the body is greater than the coefficient of expansion of the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel is formed from a material having a melting point in excess of 1327° C. and capable of withstanding a pressure of at least 4.4Gpa at a temperature of at least 1327° C. The chamber is configured to receive the body, and a Boron Nitride source, the apparatus further comprising a furnace configured to heat at least the body to a temperature at least of 1327° C. The coefficient of expansion of the body is selected such that upon heating thereof to at least 1327° C. the pressure exerted on the Boron Nitride source is at least 4.4Gpa.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventor: Gary Gibson
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Patent number: 11675221Abstract: An optical switch structure includes a substrate, a first electrical contact, and a first material having a first conductivity type electrically connected to the first electrical contact. The optical switch structure also includes a second material having a second conductivity type coupled to the first material, a second electrical contact electrically connected to the second material, and a waveguide structure disposed between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The waveguide structure includes a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a core material characterized by a first index of refraction and a waveguide cladding at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a cladding material characterized by a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction and an isotope-enhanced Pockels effect.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Psiquantum, Corp.Inventor: Gary Gibson
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Patent number: 11624964Abstract: An optical switch structure includes a substrate, a first electrical contact, a first material having a first conductivity type electrically connected to the first electrical contact, a second material having a second conductivity type coupled to the first material, and a second electrical contact electrically connected to the second material. The optical switch structure also includes a waveguide structure disposed between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact and comprising a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a first material characterized by a first index of refraction and a first electro-optic coefficient and a waveguide cladding at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a second material characterized by a second index of refraction and a second electro-optic.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Psiquantum, Corp.Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Hung-Hsi Lin, Gary Gibson
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Patent number: 11623194Abstract: An apparatus for the manufacture of synthetic diamonds includes a pressure vessel having a chamber therein, and a body located in the chamber. The pressure vessel and the body are formed of materials having different coefficients of expansion. The coefficient of expansion of the body is greater than the coefficient of expansion of the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel is formed from a material having a melting point in excess of 1327° C. and capable of withstanding a pressure of at least 4.4 Gpa at a temperature of at least 1327° C. The chamber is configured to receive the body, and a carbon source, the apparatus further comprising a heating means configured to heat at least the body to a temperature at least of 1327° C. The coefficient of expansion of the body is selected such that upon heating thereof to at least 1327° C. the pressure exerted on the carbon source is at least 4.4 Gpa.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Gull Corporation LtdInventor: Gary Gibson
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Publication number: 20230047258Abstract: An optical switch device includes a first semiconductor structure configured to operate as a first waveguide and a second semiconductor structure configured to operate as a second waveguide. The second semiconductor structure is located above or below the first semiconductor structure and separated from the first semiconductor structure. The second semiconductor structure includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a width different from the first width and located on the first portion. The first portion is located between a first doped region and a second doped region.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Mihai VIDRIGHIN, Nikhil KUMAR, Gary GIBSON
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Patent number: 11314143Abstract: An optical switch device includes a first semiconductor structure configured to operate as a first waveguide and a second semiconductor structure configured to operate as a second waveguide. The second semiconductor structure is located above or below the first semiconductor structure and separated from the first semiconductor structure. The second semiconductor structure includes a portion of a first doped region doped with dopants of a first type and a portion of a second doped region doped with dopants of a second type that is different from the dopants of the first type.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: PSIQUANTUM CORP.Inventors: Mihai Vidrighin, Nikhil Kumar, Gary Gibson
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Patent number: 11256115Abstract: A waveguide structure includes a substrate, a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a first material characterized by a first index of refraction, and an isotope-enhanced cladding layer at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a second material characterized by a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction and an isotope-enhanced Pockels effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: PSIQUANTUM, CORP.Inventor: Gary Gibson
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Publication number: 20210397064Abstract: An optical switch structure includes a substrate, a first electrical contact, a first material having a first conductivity type electrically connected to the first electrical contact, a second material having a second conductivity type coupled to the first material, and a second electrical contact electrically connected to the second material. The optical switch structure also includes a waveguide structure disposed between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact and comprising a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a first material characterized by a first index of refraction and a first electro-optic coefficient and a waveguide cladding at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a second material characterized by a second index of refraction and a second electro-optic.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Applicant: Psiquantum, Corp.Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Hung-Hsi Lin, Gary Gibson
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Patent number: 11036111Abstract: An optical switch structure includes a substrate, a first electrical contact, and a first material having a first conductivity type electrically connected to the first electrical contact. The optical switch structure also includes a second material having a second conductivity type coupled to the first material, a second electrical contact electrically connected to the second material, and a waveguide structure disposed between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The waveguide structure includes a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a first material characterized by a first index of refraction and a first electro-optic coefficient and a waveguide cladding at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a second material characterized by a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction and a second electro-optic coefficient greater than the first electro-optic coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: PSIQUANTUM, CORP.Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Hung-Hsi Lin, Gary Gibson
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Publication number: 20210003903Abstract: An optical switch device includes a first semiconductor structure configured to operate as a first waveguide and a second semiconductor structure configured to operate as a second waveguide. The second semiconductor structure is located above or below the first semiconductor structure and separated from the first semiconductor structure. The second semiconductor structure includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a width different from the first width and located on the first portion. The first portion is located between a first doped region and a second doped region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: Mihai VIDRIGHIN, Nikhil KUMAR, Gary GIBSON
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Publication number: 20200376454Abstract: An apparatus for the manufacture of synthetic diamonds includes a pressure vessel having a chamber therein, and a body located in the chamber. The pressure vessel and the body are formed of materials having different coefficients of expansion. The coefficient of expansion of the body is greater than the coefficient of expansion of the pressure vessel. The pressure vessel is formed from a material having a melting point in excess of 1327° C. and capable of withstanding a pressure of at least 4.4 Gpa at a temperature of at least 1327° C. The chamber is configured to receive the body, and a carbon source, the apparatus further comprising a heating means configured to heat at least the body to a temperature at least of 1327° C. The coefficient of expansion of the body is selected such that upon heating thereof to at least 1327° C. the pressure exerted on the carbon source is at least 4.4 Gpa.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventor: Gary Gibson
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Publication number: 20200301238Abstract: An optical switch structure includes a substrate, a first electrical contact, and a first material having a first conductivity type electrically connected to the first electrical contact. The optical switch structure also includes a second material having a second conductivity type coupled to the first material, a second electrical contact electrically connected to the second material, and a waveguide structure disposed between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The waveguide structure includes a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a first material characterized by a first index of refraction and a first electro-optic coefficient and a waveguide cladding at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a second material characterized by a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction and a second electro-optic coefficient greater than the first electro-optic coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2019Publication date: September 24, 2020Applicant: Psiquantum, Corp.Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Hung-Hsi Lin, Gary Gibson
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Patent number: 10747085Abstract: An optical switch device includes a first semiconductor structure configured to operate as a first waveguide and a second semiconductor structure configured to operate as a second waveguide. The second semiconductor structure is located above or below the first semiconductor structure and separated from the first semiconductor structure. The second semiconductor structure includes a first portion having a first width and a second portion having a width different from the first width and located on the first portion. The first portion is located between a first doped region and a second doped region.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: PsiQuantum Corp.Inventors: Mihai Vidrighin, Nikhil Kumar, Gary Gibson
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Patent number: 10627696Abstract: An optical switch structure includes a substrate, a first electrical contact, and a first material having a first conductivity type electrically connected to the first electrical contact. The optical switch structure also includes a second material having a second conductivity type coupled to the first material, a second electrical contact electrically connected to the second material, and a waveguide structure disposed between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. The waveguide structure includes a waveguide core coupled to the substrate and including a first material characterized by a first index of refraction and a first electro-optic coefficient and a waveguide cladding at least partially surrounding the waveguide core and including a second material characterized by a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction and a second electro-optic coefficient greater than the first electro-optic coefficient.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: PSIWUANTUM, CORP.Inventors: Chia-Ming Chang, Hung-Hsi Lin, Gary Gibson