Patents by Inventor Gerwin Koolstra

Gerwin Koolstra 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: 20260127470
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and techniques to improve coherence of qubits experiencing fluctuating electric potential caused by the environment. In some implementations, a processing device implementing the disclosed techniques includes a first (second) qubit structure formed using a first (second) set of electrodes electrostatically confining a first (second) electron in a direction lateral to a film, the film including a condensed phase of one or more inert gas elements. The processing device further includes a feedback circuitry to subject the first qubit structure to a probe signal, receive a response signal caused by an interaction of the probe signal with the first qubit structure, generate, using the response signal, a correction signal, and subject the first qubit structure and the second qubit structure to the correction signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Gerwin Koolstra, Elena O. Glen
  • Patent number: 12254999
    Abstract: Qubit devices require fast operation, long coherence, and large scalability to be viable for implementation in quantum computing systems. A qubit platform device having long coherence, scalability, and fast operation includes a substrate, or trap region, configured to structurally support solid neon thereon. A trap electrode is configured to provide a trap voltage to the trap region and which creates a confining electrical field to a confining region adjacent to the trap region. The confining region being a region of space to confine an electron therein, confining the electron against the solid neon. First and second sets of guard electrodes are configured to provide variable electric potentials to first and second guard regions to allow for trapping and manipulation of a single electron in the confining region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC, THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
    Inventors: Dafei Jin, Xianjing Zhou, Gerwin Koolstra, Ge Yang, David I. Schuster
  • Publication number: 20240304353
    Abstract: Qubit devices require fast operation, long coherence, and large scalability to be viable for implementation in quantum computing systems. A qubit platform device having long coherence, scalability, and fast operation includes a substrate, or trap region, configured to structurally support solid neon thereon. A trap electrode is configured to provide a trap voltage to the trap region and which creates a confining electrical field to a confining region adjacent to the trap region. The confining region being a region of space to confine an electron therein, confining the electron against the solid neon. First and second sets of guard electrodes are configured to provide variable electric potentials to first and second guard regions to allow for trapping and manipulation of a single electron in the confining region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Dafei Jin, Xianjing Zhou, Gerwin Koolstra, Ge Yang, David I. Schuster