Patents by Inventor Christian WEEDBROOK

Christian WEEDBROOK 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: 20240053615
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical circuit having at least one reconfigurable beamsplitter and is configured to receive a plurality of input optical modes in a Gaussian state and generate a plurality of output optical modes. The apparatus also includes at least one detector optically coupled with the optical circuit and configured to perform a non-Gaussian measurement of a first output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes. The non-Gaussian measurement of the first output optical mode is configured to cause a second output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes to be in a first non-Gaussian state. The apparatus also includes a controller operatively coupled to the optical circuit and configured to change a setting of the at least one reconfigurable beamsplitter to cause the second output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes to be in a second non-Gaussian state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Krishnakumar SABAPATHY, Haoyu QI, Joshua Abe IZAAC, Christian WEEDBROOK, Daiqin SU, Casey MYERS
  • Patent number: 11815696
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an optical circuit having at least one reconfigurable beamsplitter and is configured to receive a plurality of input optical modes in a Gaussian state and generate a plurality of output optical modes. The apparatus also includes at least one detector optically coupled with the optical circuit and configured to perform a non-Gaussian measurement of a first output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes. The non-Gaussian measurement of the first output optical mode is configured to cause a second output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes to be in a first non-Gaussian state. The apparatus also includes a controller operatively coupled to the optical circuit and configured to change a setting of the at least one reconfigurable beamsplitter to cause the second output optical mode from the plurality of output optical modes to be in a second non-Gaussian state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Krishnakumar Sabapathy, Haoyu Qi, Joshua Abe Izaac, Christian Weedbrook, Daiqin Su, Casey Myers
  • Patent number: 10809592
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing squeezed light includes a substrate and a first beam splitter integrated onto the substrate. The apparatus also includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer integrated onto the substrate. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer has a first input coupled to a first output of the first beam splitter and a first output coupled to a second output of the first beam splitter. The apparatus also includes a waveguide integrated onto the substrate and connecting a second input of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer to a second output of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The waveguide and the Mach-Zehnder interferometer form a ring resonator. The ring resonator can also be replaced by a waveguide section, including, for example, a spiral waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Avik Dutt, Zachary Vernon, Christian Weedbrook
  • Publication number: 20190056632
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing squeezed light includes a substrate and a first beam splitter integrated onto the substrate. The apparatus also includes a Mach-Zehnder interferometer integrated onto the substrate. The Mach-Zehnder interferometer has a first input coupled to a first output of the first beam splitter and a first output coupled to a second output of the first beam splitter. The apparatus also includes a waveguide integrated onto the substrate and connecting a second input of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer to a second output of the Mach-Zehnder interferometer. The waveguide and the Mach-Zehnder interferometer form a ring resonator. The ring resonator can also be replaced by a waveguide section, including, for example, a spiral waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Avik DUTT, Zachary VERNON, Christian WEEDBROOK