Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Egger

Daniel J. Egger 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).

  • Patent number: 11210600
    Abstract: A quantum processing comprises n fixed-frequency quantum circuits of distinct frequencies, where n?3. The device further comprises a frequency-tunable coupler, designed in such a manner that its frequency can be concomitantly modulated at m frequencies, where m?2, and wherein said m frequencies correspond, each, to a difference of energy between a respective pair of quantum states spanned by the quantum circuits. The quantum circuits are, each, coupled to the tunable coupler. The method may rely on modulating the frequency of the tunable coupler concomitantly at said m frequencies. This, for example, is done so as to drive m energy transitions between connected pairs of states spanned by the quantum circuits and achieve an entangled state of the quantum circuits as a superposition of l states spanned by the quantum circuits, l?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gian R. von Salis, Nikolaj Moll, Marc Ganzhorn, Daniel J. Egger, Stefan Filipp
  • Patent number: 10748078
    Abstract: Techniques relate to operating a quantum processing device is provided. The device includes at least two fixed-frequency quantum circuits coupled to a frequency-tunable coupler. The frequency of the coupler can be modulated so as to drive at least two selectively addressable energy transitions in the quantum processing device. The method includes modulating the frequency of the coupler so as to drive two first-order energy transitions. This is done so as to transfer (at least partly) an excitation of one of the quantum circuits to at least another one of the quantum circuits, via the tunable coupler. Related quantum processing devices are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan Filipp, Nikolaj Moll, Daniel J. Egger, Marc Ganzhorn, Andreas Fuhrer, Gian R. Von Salis
  • Publication number: 20190347576
    Abstract: A quantum processing comprises n fixed-frequency quantum circuits of distinct frequencies, where n?3. The device further comprises a frequency-tunable coupler, designed in such a manner that its frequency can be concomitantly modulated at m frequencies, where m?2, and wherein said m frequencies correspond, each, to a difference of energy between a respective pair of quantum states spanned by the quantum circuits. The quantum circuits are, each, coupled to the tunable coupler. The method may rely on modulating the frequency of the tunable coupler concomitantly at said m frequencies. This, for example, is done so as to drive m energy transitions between connected pairs of states spanned by the quantum circuits and achieve an entangled state of the quantum circuits as a superposition of l states spanned by the quantum circuits, l?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Gian R. von Salis, Nikolaj Moll, Marc Ganzhorn, Daniel J. Egger, Stefan Filipp
  • Publication number: 20190294991
    Abstract: Techniques relate to operating a quantum processing device is provided. The device includes at least two fixed-frequency quantum circuits coupled to a frequency-tunable coupler. The frequency of the coupler can be modulated so as to drive at least two selectively addressable energy transitions in the quantum processing device. The method includes modulating the frequency of the coupler so as to drive two first-order energy transitions. This is done so as to transfer (at least partly) an excitation of one of the quantum circuits to at least another one of the quantum circuits, via the tunable coupler. Related quantum processing devices are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Stefan Filipp, Nikolaj Moll, Daniel J. Egger, Marc Ganzhorn, Andreas Fuhrer, Gian R. Von Salis
  • Patent number: 10354198
    Abstract: Techniques relate to operating a quantum processing device is provided. The device includes at least two fixed-frequency quantum circuits coupled to a frequency-tunable coupler. The frequency of the coupler can be modulated so as to drive at least two selectively addressable energy transitions in the quantum processing device. The method includes modulating the frequency of the coupler so as to drive two first-order energy transitions. This is done so as to transfer (at least partly) an excitation of one of the quantum circuits to at least another one of the quantum circuits, via the tunable coupler. Related quantum processing devices are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stefan Filipp, Nikolaj Moll, Daniel J. Egger, Marc Ganzhorn, Andreas Fuhrer, Gian R. Von Salis