Patents by Inventor Lukasz Fidkowski

Lukasz Fidkowski 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: 8606341
    Abstract: A twisted track interferometer (TTI) for producing magic states is disclosed. The spin of ½-vortices may be exploited to produce magic states. The disclosed “twisted track interferometer” is a “topological twist” on the conventional Pabre-Pero interferometer adapted to topological superconductors. In the disclosed TTI, the probe particles may be Josephson vortices (JVs). JVs are estimated to be light and will tunnel more easily than Abrikosov vortices. Also, the disclosed TTI does not require multiple tunneling events. Rather, the JVs are propelled down thin insulating tracks within a 2D topological p-wave superconductor by a Magnus force generated by a tunneling supercurrent across the tracks. The JVs encounter tunneling junctions as they pass into the arms of the TTI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Parsa Bonderson, Lukasz Fidkowski, Michael Freedman, Roman Lutchyn, Chetan Nayak
  • Publication number: 20120258861
    Abstract: A twisted track interferometer (TTI) for producing magic states is disclosed. The spin of ½-vortices may be exploited to produce magic states. The disclosed “twisted track interferometer” is a “topological twist” on the conventional Pabre-Pero interferometer adapted to topological superconductors. In the disclosed TTI, the probe particles may be Josephson vortices (JVs). JVs are estimated to be light and will tunnel more easily than Abrikosov vortices. Also, the disclosed TTI does not require multiple tunneling events. Rather, the JVs are propelled down thin insulating tracks within a 2D topological p-wave superconductor by a Magnus force generated by a tunneling supercurrent across the tracks. The JVs encounter tunneling junctions as they pass into the arms of the TTI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Parsa Bonderson, Lukasz Fidkowski, Michael Freedman, Roman Lutchyn, Chetan Nayak
  • Patent number: 8275428
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a topologically protected ?/8-gate which becomes universal when combined with the gates available through quasi-particle braiding and planar quasi-particle interferometry. A twisted interferometer, and a planar ?/8-gate in CTS, implemented with the help of the twisted interferometer, are disclosed. Embodiments are described in the context of state X (CTS) supported by an ISH, although the concept of a twisted-interferometer is more general and has relevance to all anionic, i.e. quasiparticle systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Parsa Bonderson, Michael Freedman, Chetan Nayak, Kevin Walker, Lukasz Fidkowski
  • Publication number: 20120028806
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a topologically protected ?/8-gate which becomes universal when combined with the gates available through quasi-particle braiding and planar quasi-particle interferometry. A twisted interferometer, and a planar ?/8-gate in CTS, implemented with the help of the twisted interferometer, are disclosed. Embodiments are described in the context of state X (CTS) supported by an ISH, although the concept of a twisted-interferometer is more general and has relevance to all anionic, i.e. quasiparticle systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Parsa Bonderson, Michael Freedman, Chetan Nayak, Kevin Walker, Lukasz Fidkowski
  • Publication number: 20110287941
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a topologically protected ?/8-gate which becomes universal when combined with the gates available through quasi-particle braiding and planar quasi-particle interferometry. A twisted interferometer, and a planar ?/8-gate in CTS, implemented with the help of the twisted interferometer, are disclosed. Embodiments are described in the context of state X (CTS) supported by an ISH, although the concept of a twisted-interferometer is more general and has relevance to all anionic, i.e. quasiparticle systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Parsa Bonderson, Michael Freedman, Chetan Nayak, Kevin Walker, Lukasz Fidkowski