Patents by Inventor AMOS M. SMITH

AMOS M. SMITH 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).

  • Publication number: 20250067940
    Abstract: System and method for performing fiber optic alignment and attachment of an industry standard single fiber optic cable or fiber array to the facet of an optical chip. The proposed invention provides a means to gently hold and release a single fiber or fiber array while maintaining tolerance restrictions created by the presence of neighboring fibers or chip carriers via an inverted vacuum system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Amos M. SMITH, Erin C. SHERIDAN, Andrew BROWNELL, Nicholas BARTON
  • Publication number: 20240329303
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for minimum crosstalk between waveguides via on chip filtering and scatter mitigation necessary to provide tunable addressing of atomic memories. Methods are disclosed to improve the extinction ratio between coherent optical outputs capable of selectively striking a single atom in an array of atoms confined in a trapped memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Michael L. FANTO, David HUCUL, Stefan PREBLE, Amos M. SMITH, Zachary SMITH, Kathy-Anne SODERBERG, Christopher TISON
  • Patent number: 9264148
    Abstract: We describe an integrated waveguide device that creates entanglement between a sequence of periodically spaced (in time) photons in a single input and output mode. The device consists of a polarization maintaining integrated waveguide chip containing a number of delay lines, integrated multimode interferometers with the potential for rapid switching, a polarization controller and off chip computer logic and timing. The device is capable of creating a diverse array of outputs such as linear cluster states and ring cluster states in a single output mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Amos M. Smith, Michael L. Fanto
  • Patent number: 9146441
    Abstract: An apparatus providing an integrated waveguide device that creates entanglement between a symmetrical sequence of periodically spaced (in time) photons in a single input and output mode. The invention comprises a polarization maintaining integrated waveguide chip containing a number of delay lines, integrated multimode interferometers with the potential for rapid switching, a polarization controller and off chip computer logic and timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Amos M. Smith, Michael L Fanto
  • Patent number: 9083473
    Abstract: An integrated waveguide device that creates entanglement between a sequence of periodically spaced (in time) photons in a single input and output mode. The device consists of a polarization maintaining integrated waveguide chip containing a number of delay lines, integrated multimode interferometers with the potential for rapid switching, a polarization controller, an entangling gate, and off chip computer logic and timing. The device is capable of creating a diverse array of outputs such as linear cluster states and ring cluster states in a single output mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Amos M. Smith, Michael L. Fanto
  • Patent number: 9077457
    Abstract: An integrated waveguide device that creates entanglement between a sequence of periodically spaced (in time) photons in a single input and output mode. The device consists of a polarization maintaining integrated waveguide chip containing a number of delay lines, integrated multimode interferometers with the potential for rapid switching, a polarization controller, an entangling gate, and off chip computer logic and timing. The device is capable of creating a diverse array of outputs such as linear cluster states and ring cluster states in a single output mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Amos M. Smith, Michael L. Fanto
  • Patent number: 9075282
    Abstract: An apparatus providing an integrated waveguide device that creates entanglement between a sequence of periodically spaced (in time) photons in a single input and output mode. The invention comprises a polarization maintaining integrated waveguide chip containing a number of delay lines, integrated multimode interferometers with the potential for rapid switching, a polarization controller and off chip computer logic and timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Amos M. Smith, Michael L Fanto
  • Publication number: 20150077821
    Abstract: We describe an integrated waveguide device that creates entanglement between a sequence of periodically spaced (in time) photons in a single input and output mode. The device consists of a polarization maintaining integrated waveguide chip containing a number of delay lines, integrated multimode interferometers with the potential for rapid switching, a polarization controller and off chip computer logic and timing. The device is capable of creating a diverse array of outputs such as linear cluster states and ring cluster states in a single output mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: AMOS M. SMITH, MICHAEL L. FANTO
  • Publication number: 20150029569
    Abstract: An apparatus providing an integrated waveguide device that creates entanglement between a symmetrical sequence of periodically spaced (in time) photons in a single input and output mode. The invention comprises a polarization maintaining integrated waveguide chip containing a number of delay lines, integrated multimode interferometers with the potential for rapid switching, a polarization controller and off chip computer logic and timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: AMOS M. SMITH, MICHAEL L. FANTO
  • Publication number: 20150029568
    Abstract: An apparatus providing an integrated waveguide device that creates entanglement between a sequence of periodically spaced (in time) photons in a single input and output mode. The invention comprises a polarization maintaining integrated waveguide chip containing a number of delay lines, integrated multimode interferometers with the potential for rapid switching, a polarization controller and off chip computer logic and timing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: AMOS M. SMITH, MICHAEL L. FANTO