Patents by Inventor Roman M. Lutchyn

Roman M. Lutchyn 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).

  • Patent number: 10679138
    Abstract: A fusion outcome quasiparticle may be trapped in a potential well of a topological segment. The fusion outcome quasiparticle may be the product of fusion of a first quasiparticle and a second quasiparticle, where the first and the second quasiparticles are localized at ends of a topological segment. The potential well having the fusion outcome quasiparticle trapped therein and a third quasiparticle may be moved relative to each other such that the potential well and the third quasiparticle are brought toward each other. The quasiparticles may be Majorana modes of a nanowire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Freedman, Zhenghan Wang, Roman M. Lutchyn, Chetan Nayak, Parsa Bonderson
  • Publication number: 20170293854
    Abstract: A fusion outcome quasiparticle may be trapped in a potential well of a topological segment. The fusion outcome quasiparticle may be the product of fusion of a first quasiparticle and a second quasiparticle, where the first and the second quasiparticles are localized at ends of a topological segment. The potential well having the fusion outcome quasiparticle trapped therein and a third quasiparticle may be moved relative to each other such that the potential well and the third quasiparticle are brought toward each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Freedman, Zhenghan Wang, Roman M. Lutchyn, Chetan Nayak, Parsa Bonderson
  • Patent number: 9713199
    Abstract: A fusion outcome quasiparticle may be trapped in a potential well of a topological segment. The fusion outcome quasiparticle may be the product of fusion of a first quasiparticle and a second quasiparticle, where the first and the second quasiparticles are localized at ends of a topological segment. The potential well having the fusion outcome quasiparticle trapped therein and a third quasiparticle may be moved relative to each other such that the potential well and the third quasiparticle are brought toward each other. The quasiparticles may be Majorana modes of a nanowire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael H. Freedman, Zhenghan Wang, Roman M. Lutchyn, Chetan Nayak, Parsa Bonderson
  • Patent number: 9152924
    Abstract: Computing bus devices that enable quantum information to be coherently transferred between conventional qubit pairs are disclosed. A concrete realization of such a quantum bus acting between conventional semiconductor double quantum dot qubits is described. The disclosed device measures the joint (fermion) parity of the two qubits by using the Aharonov-Casher effect in conjunction with an ancillary superconducting flux qubit that facilitates the measurement. Such a parity measurement, together with the ability to apply Hadamard gates to the two qubits, allows for the production of states in which the qubits are maximally entangled, and for teleporting quantum states between the quantum systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Parsa Bonderson, Roman M. Lutchyn
  • Publication number: 20150242758
    Abstract: Computing bus devices that enable quantum information to be coherently transferred between conventional qubit pairs are disclosed. A concrete realization of such a quantum bus acting between conventional semiconductor double quantum dot qubits is described. The disclosed device measures the joint (fermion) parity of the two qubits by using the Aharonov-Casher effect in conjunction with an ancillary superconducting flux qubit that facilitates the measurement. Such a parity measurement, together with the ability to apply Hadamard gates to the two qubits, allows for the production of states in which the qubits are maximally entangled, and for teleporting quantum states between the quantum systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Parsa Bonderson, Roman M. Lutchyn
  • Patent number: 9040959
    Abstract: A topological qubit wire hosts Majorana zero-energy modes and includes a superconductor, which may be an s-wave superconductor, and a quasi-1D nanowire, which may be a semi-conductor. The Majorana zero-energy modes are localized at ends of the quasi-1D nanowire, which may be sized and shaped to provide occupancy of a few transverse modes in a first direction and occupancy of a few transverse modes in a second direction. In some instances, the occupancy in the first direction may be greater than or equal to 3, and the occupancy in the second direction may be 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Roman M. Lutchyn, Sankar DasSarma
  • Publication number: 20140221059
    Abstract: A fusion outcome quasiparticle may be trapped in a potential well of a topological segment. The fusion outcome quasiparticle may be the product of fusion of a first quasiparticle and a second quasiparticle, where the first and the second quasiparticles are localized at ends of a topological segment. The potential well having the fusion outcome quasiparticle trapped therein and a third quasiparticle may be moved relative to each other such that the potential well and the third quasiparticle are brought toward each other. The quasiparticles may be Majorana modes of a nanowire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Michael H. Freedman, Zhenghan Wang, Roman M. Lutchyn, Chetan Nayak, Parsa Bonderson
  • Patent number: 8748196
    Abstract: Computing bus devices that enable quantum information to be coherently transferred between topological and conventional qubits are disclosed. A concrete realization of such a topological quantum bus acting between a topological qubit in a Majorana wire network and a conventional semiconductor double quantum dot qubit is described. The disclosed device measures the joint (fermion) parity of the two different qubits by using the Aharonov-Casher effect in conjunction with an ancillary superconducting flux qubit that facilitates the measurement. Such a parity measurement, together with the ability to apply Hadamard gates to the two qubits, allows for the production of states in which the topological and conventional qubits are maximally entangled, and for teleporting quantum states between the topological and conventional quantum systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Parsa Bonderson, Roman M. Lutchyn
  • Publication number: 20140050475
    Abstract: Computing bus devices that enable quantum information to be coherently transferred between topological and conventional qubits are disclosed. A concrete realization of such a topological quantum bus acting between a topological qubit in a Majorana wire network and a conventional semiconductor double quantum dot qubit is described. The disclosed device measures the joint (fermion) parity of the two different qubits by using the Aharonov-Casher effect in conjunction with an ancillary superconducting flux qubit that facilitates the measurement. Such a parity measurement, together with the ability to apply Hadamard gates to the two qubits, allows for the production of states in which the topological and conventional qubits are maximally entangled, and for teleporting quantum states between the topological and conventional quantum systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Parsa Bonderson, Roman M. Lutchyn
  • Publication number: 20130299783
    Abstract: A topological qubit wire hosts Majorana zero-energy modes and includes a superconductor, which may be an s-wave superconductor, and a quasi-1D nanowire, which may be a semi-conductor. The Majorana zero-energy modes are localized at ends of the quasi-1D nanowire, which may be sized and shaped to provide occupancy of a few transverse modes in a first direction and occupancy of a few transverse modes in a second direction. In some instances, the occupancy in the first direction may be greater than or equal to 3, and the occupancy in the second direction may be 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Roman M. Lutchyn, Sankar DasSarma