Patents by Inventor Bichen ZHANG

Bichen ZHANG 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: 20250356237
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques for generating and steering laser beams onto atoms for performing locally addressed quantum gate operations. A system may include (i) a high-speed acousto-optic modulator (AOM) for producing a single input beam, (ii) a phase-only spatial light modulator (SLM) for imprinting a phase pattern on the single input beam, the phase pattern being chosen such that after a lens positioned after the SLM, the single input beam is divided into a pattern of secondary beams that correspond to the positions of the atoms or ions in a quantum computer, the lens after the SLM being positioned so the secondary beams are focused to form an image on a digital micromirror device (DMD) amplitude modulator, (iii) a compensation grating after the DMD, in the path of the secondary beams, and (iv) an objective lens after the compensation grating to image the secondary beams onto an atomic array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey THOMPSON, Bichen ZHANG, Pai PENG
  • Patent number: 12093788
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for optimizing two-qubit gates performance in a quantum circuit of a quantum computing system. A quantum computing system selects, from qubits in the quantum circuit, a pair of target qubits on which to perform a quantum gate operation. The quantum computing system selects, from the plurality of qubits, a second plurality of qubits on which to introduce an intentional noise. The intentional noise is applied to the second plurality of qubits via a numerical optimizer. An optimized frequency is determined based on the applied intentional noise. The quantum gate operation is performed by modifying the pair of target qubits frequency to the optimized frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Duke University
    Inventors: Kenneth Brown, Mingyu Kang, Qiyao Liang, Bichen Zhang
  • Patent number: 12079687
    Abstract: A system includes a controller configured to reconstitute a continuous waveform to a discrete analogue version. The system includes a numerical optimizer configured to determine frequencies of a pulse sequence. The numerical optimizer uses radial motional mode frequencies and a desired gate time. The numerical optimizer generates the pulse sequence by closing phase-space trajectories, disentangling spins and motions, and constraining a Rabi frequency for motional sideband transitions. The system also includes a display configured to illustrate a discrete frequency modulation pulse sequence based on the determined frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DUKE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Brown, Pak Hong Leung, Shilin Huang, Bichen Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220343203
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes techniques for optimizing two-qubit gates performance in a quantum circuit of a quantum computing system. A quantum computing system selects, from qubits in the quantum circuit, a pair of target qubits on which to perform a quantum gate operation. The quantum computing system selects, from the plurality of qubits, a second plurality of qubits on which to introduce an intentional noise. The intentional noise is applied to the second plurality of qubits via a numerical optimizer. An optimized frequency is determined based on the applied intentional noise. The quantum gate operation is performed by modifying the pair of target qubits frequency to the optimized frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth BROWN, Mingyu KANG, Qiyao LIANG, Bichen ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210304051
    Abstract: A system includes a controller configured to reconstitute a continuous waveform to a discrete analogue version. The system includes a numerical optimizer configured to determine frequencies of a pulse sequence. The numerical optimizer uses radial motional mode frequencies and a desired gate time. The numerical optimizer generates the pulse sequence by closing phase-space trajectories, disentangling spins and motions, and constraining a Rabi frequency for motional sideband transitions. The system also includes a display configured to illustrate a discrete frequency modulation pulse sequence based on the determined frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth R. BROWN, Pak Hong LEUNG, Shilin HUANG, Bichen ZHANG