Patents by Inventor Nathalie de Leon

Nathalie de Leon 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).

  • CHEMICAL METHODS FOR DIAMOND SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION
    Publication number: 20230382739
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for wet chemical functionalization of single crystal diamond surfaces that involves gentle reaction conditions. This method enables a wide range of functional groups and molecules to be tethered to the diamond surface. The method is compatible with the formation of stable nitrogen vacancy centers with long spin coherence times within nanometers of the diamond surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Nathalie de LEON, Robert KNOWLES, Lila RODGERS, Suong NGUYEN
  • SUPERCONDUCTING QUBITS BASED ON TANTALUM
    Publication number: 20220393091
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems are described for forming a superconducting qubit. An example device may comprise a substrate having a first surface and a patterned layer adjacent the substrate and comprising tantalum in an alpha phase. The patterned layer may comprise at least a part of a structure for storing a quantum state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew HOUCK, Nathalie DE LEON, Robert Joseph CAVA, Alex PLACE, Lila RODGERS, Sara SUSSMAN, Mattias FITZPATRICK, Basil SMITHAM
  • SYNTHETIC ENGINEERED DIAMOND MATERIALS WITH SPIN IMPURITIES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200277196
    Abstract: Disclosed are synthetic diamond materials for quantum and optical applications, such as quantum information processing, quantum key distribution, quantum repeaters, and quantum sensing devices, based on spin defects in diamond. This includes methods for synthesizing and treating diamond in order to create spin defects with improved spin coherence and optical emission properties, as well as treating the diamond to eliminate unwanted defects that degrade these properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Nathalie de LEON, Brendon C. ROSE, Ding HUANG, Zi-Huai ZHANG, Alexei M. TYRYSHKIN, Sorawis SANGTAWESIN, Srikanth SRINIVASAN, Matthew Lee MARKHAM, Andrew Mark EDMONDS, Daniel J. TWITCHEN, Stephen A. LYON
  • Synthetic diamond materials for quantum and optical applications and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 9518336
    Abstract: A synthetic diamond material comprising one or more spin defects having a full width half maximum intrinsic inhomogeneous zero phonon line width of no more than 100 MHz. The method for obtain such a material involves a multi-stage annealing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignees: Element Six Limited, President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Matthew Markham, Alastair Stacey, Nathalie De Leon, Yiwen Chu, Brendan John Shields, Birgit Judith Maria Hausmann, Patrick Maletinsky, Ruffin Eley Evans, Amir Yacoby, Hongkun Park, Marko Loncar, Mikhail D. Lukin
  • Small-scale fabrication systems and methods
    Patent number: 8999105
    Abstract: An etch mask is formed on a substrate. The substrate is positioned in an enclosure configured to shield an interior of the enclosure from electromagnetic fields exterior to the enclosure; and the substrate is etched in the enclosure, including removing a portion of the substrate to form a structure having at least a portion that is isolated and/or suspended over the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Marko Loncar, Mikhail D. Lukin, Michael J. Burek, Nathalie de Leon, Brendan Shields
  • SMALL-SCALE FABRICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20140367687
    Abstract: An etch mask is formed on a substrate. The substrate is positioned in an enclosure configured to shield an interior of the enclosure from electromagnetic fields exterior to the enclosure; and the substrate is etched in the enclosure, including removing a portion of the substrate to form a structure having at least a portion that is isolated and/or suspended over the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Marko Loncar, Mikhail D. Lukin, Michael J. Burek, Nathalie de Leon, Brendan Shields