Patents by Inventor Alireza Shabani BARZEGAR
Alireza Shabani BARZEGAR 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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Patent number: 11222149Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for designing an artificial quantum thermal bath. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a primary quantum system; an auxiliary quantum system comprising a plurality of modes and that interacts with the primary quantum system, wherein: the auxiliary system interacts with the primary quantum system through one or more couplings, wherein the one or more couplings are controllable; a steady state of the auxiliary system, a response function of the auxiliary quantum system, an auxiliary system operator, and a spectrum of the auxiliary quantum system are determined to meet a respective condition; and the auxiliary system is controllable to relax the primary quantum system to an equilibrium state using a controllable function of the auxiliary system operator.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Alireza Shabani Barzegar, Hartmut Neven
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Patent number: 11188843Abstract: A quantum computing device includes multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, at least one coupler element arranged such that each co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, is operatively couplable to each other co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, of the quantum computing device, and a tuning quantum device, in which the tuning quantum device is in electrical contact with a first co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits and with a second co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Alireza Shabani Barzegar, Pedram Roushan, Yu Chen, Hartmut Neven
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Publication number: 20210256412Abstract: A qubit device includes an elongated thin film uninterrupted by Josephson junctions, a quantum device in electrical contact with a proximal end of the elongated thin film, and a ground plane that is co-planar with the elongated thin film and is in electrical contact with a distal end of the elongated thin film, in which the thin film, the quantum device, and the ground plane comprise a material that is superconducting at a designed operating temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Applicant: Google LLCInventors: Yu Chen, John Martinis, Daniel Thomas Sank, Alireza Shabani Barzegar
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Patent number: 10949769Abstract: A qubit device includes an elongated thin film uninterrupted by Josephson junctions, a quantum device in electrical contact with a proximal end of the elongated thin film, and a ground plane that is co-planar with the elongated thin film and is in electrical contact with a distal end of the elongated thin film, in which the thin film, the quantum device, and the ground plane comprise a material that is superconducting at a designed operating temperature.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Yu Chen, John Martinis, Daniel Thomas Sank, Alireza Shabani Barzegar
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Patent number: 10832156Abstract: A quantum computing device includes: a first array of qubits arranged along a first axis; and a second array of qubits arranged along a second axis different from the first axis so that the qubits of the second array intersect with the qubits of the first array to form a lattice structure, in which each qubit in the first array is offset along the second axis relative to a directly adjacent qubit in the first array, each qubit in the second array is offset along the first axis relative to a directly adjacent qubit in the second array, and each intersection between a qubit from the first array and a qubit from the second array in the lattice structure comprises a coupler arranged to inductively couple the qubit from the first array to the qubit from the second array.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Yu Chen, Hartmut Neven, Austin Greig Fowler, Alireza Shabani Barzegar
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Publication number: 20200250570Abstract: A quantum computing device includes multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, at least one coupler element arranged such that each co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, is operatively couplable to each other co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, of the quantum computing device, and a tuning quantum device, in which the tuning quantum device is in electrical contact with a first co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits and with a second co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Alireza Shabani Barzegar, Pedram Roushan, Yu Chen, Hartmut Neven
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Publication number: 20200242503Abstract: A qubit device includes an elongated thin film uninterrupted by Josephson junctions, a quantum device in electrical contact with a proximal end of the elongated thin film, and a ground plane that is co-planar with the elongated thin film and is in electrical contact with a distal end of the elongated thin film, in which the thin film, the quantum device, and the ground plane comprise a material that is superconducting at a designed operating temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Yu Chen, John Martinis, Daniel Thomas Sank, Alireza Shabani Barzegar
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Patent number: 10657455Abstract: A quantum computing device includes multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, at least one coupler element arranged such that each co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, is operatively couplable to each other co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, of the quantum computing device, and a tuning quantum device, in which the tuning quantum device is in electrical contact with a first co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits and with a second co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Alireza Shabani Barzegar, Pedram Roushan, Yu Chen, Hartmut Neven
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Patent number: 10650320Abstract: A qubit device includes an elongated thin film uninterrupted by Josephson junctions, a quantum device in electrical contact with a proximal end of the elongated thin film, and a ground plane that is co-planar with the elongated thin film and is in electrical contact with a distal end of the elongated thin film, in which the thin film, the quantum device, and the ground plane comprise a material that is superconducting at a designed operating temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Yu Chen, John Martinis, Daniel Thomas Sank, Alireza Shabani Barzegar
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Publication number: 20190147359Abstract: A quantum computing device includes: a first array of qubits arranged along a first axis; and a second array of qubits arranged along a second axis different from the first axis so that the qubits of the second array intersect with the qubits of the first array to form a lattice structure, in which each qubit in the first array is offset along the second axis relative to a directly adjacent qubit in the first array, each qubit in the second array is offset along the first axis relative to a directly adjacent qubit in the second array, and each intersection between a qubit from the first array and a qubit from the second array in the lattice structure comprises a coupler arranged to inductively couple the qubit from the first array to the qubit from the second array.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2016Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Yu Chen, Hartmut Neven, Austin Greig Fowler, Alireza Shabani Barzegar
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Publication number: 20180365587Abstract: A quantum computing device includes multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, at least one coupler element arranged such that each co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, is operatively couplable to each other co-planar waveguide flux qubit, of the multiple co-planar waveguide flux qubits, of the quantum computing device, and a tuning quantum device, in which the tuning quantum device is in electrical contact with a first co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits and with a second co-planar waveguide flux qubit of the plurality of co-planar waveguide flux qubits.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Alireza Shabani Barzegar, Pedram Roushan, Yu Chen, Hartmut Neven
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Publication number: 20180336299Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for designing an artificial quantum thermal bath. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a primary quantum system; an auxiliary quantum system comprising a plurality of modes and that interacts with the primary quantum system, wherein: the auxiliary system interacts with the primary quantum system through one or more couplings, wherein the one or more couplings are controllable; a steady state of the auxiliary system, a response function of the auxiliary quantum system, an auxiliary system operator, and a spectrum of the auxiliary quantum system are determined to meet a respective condition; and the auxiliary system is controllable to relax the primary quantum system to an equilibrium state using a controllable function of the auxiliary system operator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Alireza Shabani Barzegar, Hartmut Neven
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Publication number: 20180322408Abstract: A qubit device includes an elongated thin film uninterrupted by Josephson junctions, a quantum device in electrical contact with a proximal end of the elongated thin film, and a ground plane that is co-planar with the elongated thin film and is in electrical contact with a distal end of the elongated thin film, in which the thin film, the quantum device, and the ground plane comprise a material that is superconducting at a designed operating temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2015Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Yu CHEN, John MARTINIS, Daniel Thomas SANK, Alireza Shabani BARZEGAR