Patents by Inventor Christina Knapp

Christina Knapp 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).

  • Measuring and manipulating states of non-abelian quasiparticles via quantum dot hybridization energy shifts
    Patent number: 10635988
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise methods and/or devices for performing measurements and/or manipulations of the collective state of a set of Majorana quasiparticles/Majorana zero modes (MZMs). Example methods/devices utilize the shift of the combined energy levels due to coupling multiple quantum systems (e.g., in a Stark-effect-like fashion). The example methods can be used for performing measurements of the collective topological charge or fermion parity of a group of MZMs (e.g., a pair of MZMs or a group of 4 MZMs). The example devices can be utilized in any system supporting MZMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Roman Lutchyn, Parsa Bonderson, Michael Freedman, Torsten Karzig, Chetan Nayak, Jason Alicea, Christina Knapp
  • MEASURING AND MANIPULATING STATES OF NON-ABELIAN QUASIPARTICLES VIA QUANTUM DOT HYBRIDIZATION ENERGY SHIFTS
    Publication number: 20180053113
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology comprise methods and/or devices for performing measurements and/or manipulations of the collective state of a set of Majorana quasiparticles/Majorana zero modes (MZMs). Example methods/devices utilize the shift of the combined energy levels due to coupling multiple quantum systems (e.g., in a Stark-effect-like fashion). The example methods can be used for performing measurements of the collective topological charge or fermion parity of a group of MZMs (e.g., a pair of MZMs or a group of 4 MZMs). The example devices can be utilized in any system supporting MZMs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Roman Lutchyn, Parsa Bonderson, Michael Freedman, Torsten Karzig, Chetan Nayak, Jason Alicea, Christina Knapp