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Name and Image	Description and Link	Issuance / Grant Date	Patent or Application Number	Owning Institution	Point of Contact	Technology Area	IP Tags	Published?	Changed	View
High data-rate atom interferometers through high recapture efficiency	An inertial sensing system includes a magneto-optical trap (MOT) that traps atoms within a specified trapping region. The system also includes a cooling laser that cools the trapped atoms so that the atoms remain within the specified region for a… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/high-data-rate-atom-interferometers-through-high-r…	01/27/15	8,941,053	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Quantum sensing	Atom interferometer, Quantum Sensing	Yes	06/26/23	view
Multicolor photonic crystal laser array	A multicolor photonic crystal laser array comprises pixels of monolithically grown gain sections each with a different emission center wavelength. As an example, two-dimensional surface-emitting photonic crystal lasers comprising broad gain-… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/multicolor-photonic-crystal-laser-array/	04/28/15	9,020,005	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Networking and Communication	Photonics	Yes	06/26/23	view
Electron Spin-based information shuttling for a computer system	A silicon metal-oxide semiconductor device transports a spin-polarized single electron. An array of silicon quantum dot electrodes is arranged atop a silicon dioxide layer of a silicon metal-oxide semiconductor. The array comprises at least a… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/electron-spin-based-information-shuttling-for-a-co…	06/19/18	10,002,328	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Materials and qubit technologies	Spin qubits, silicon	Yes	06/26/23	view
MICROMAGNET PUF READOUT USING A QUANTUM DIAMOND MICROSCOPE	A physically unclonable function (PUF) and a method of reading it are provided. The PUF is constituted by a microfabricated array of randomly polarized micromagnets disposed on a substrate. The PUF can be read by creating a magnetization map of… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1826099-high-resolution-magnetic-microscopy-applica…	09/12/21	17/494056	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Quantum sensing	Magnetometer, Quantum Sensing	Yes	06/26/23	view
Microfabricated Ion Trap Array	A microfabricated ion trap array, comprising a plurality of ion traps having an inner radius of order one micron, can be fabricated using surface micromachining techniques and materials known to the integrated circuits manufacturing and… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/907732-microfabricated-ion-trap-array	12/26/06	7154088	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Computing	Fabrication, Ion Trapping, Trapped Ions	Yes	11/08/23	view
Isolating and Moving Single Atoms Using Silicon Nanocrystals	A method is disclosed for isolating single atoms of an atomic species of interest by locating the atoms within silicon nanocrystals. This can be done by implanting, on the average, a single atom of the atomic species of interest into each… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1014668-isolating-moving-single-atoms-using-silicon…	09/07/10	7790051	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Materials and qubit technologies	Fabrication, silicon	Yes	06/26/23	view
Microfabricated Ion Frequency Standard	A microfabricated ion frequency standard (i.e. an ion clock) is disclosed with a permanently-sealed vacuum package containing a source of ytterbium (Yb) ions and an octupole ion trap. The source of Yb ions is a micro-hotplate which generates Yb… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1006412-microfabricated-ion-frequency-standard	12/28/10	7859350	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Quantum sensing	Quantum Sensing, ion clock	Yes	06/26/23	view
Microfabricated Linear Paul-Straubel Ion Trap	An array of microfabricated linear Paul-Straubel ion traps can be used for mass spectrometric applications. Each ion trap comprises two parallel inner RF electrodes and two parallel outer DC control electrodes symmetric about a central trap axis… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1016694-microfabricated-linear-paul-straubel-ion-tr…	04/19/11	7928375	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Computing	Ion Trapping	Yes	06/26/23	view
Atomic Magnetometer	An atomic magnetometer is disclosed which uses a pump light beam at a D1 or D2 transition of an alkali metal vapor to magnetically polarize the vapor in a heated cell, and a probe light beam at a different D2 or D1 transition to sense the… https://ip.sandia.gov/opportunity/atomic-magnetometer/	07/02/12	8212556	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Quantum sensing	Magnetometer, Quantum Sensing	Yes	06/26/23	view
High Data Rate Atom Interferometric Device	A light-pulse atomic interferometry (LPAI) apparatus is provided. The LPAI apparatus comprises a vessel, two sets of magnetic coils configured to magnetically confine an atomic vapor in two respective magneto-optical traps (MOTs) within the… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1195936-high-data-rate-atom-interferometric-device	07/21/15	9086429	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Computing	Atom interferometer, Magnetometer, Quantum Sensing	Yes	11/08/23	view
Light Pulse Atom Interferometric Decive	An atomic interferometric device useful, e.g., for measuring acceleration or rotation is provided. The device comprises at least one vapor cell containing a Raman-active chemical species, an optical system, and at least one detector. The… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/light-pulse-atom-interferometric-device/	03/03/16	9,291,508	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Computing	Atom interferometer, Fabrication, Quantum Sensing	Yes	11/08/23	view
Guided-wave photodiode using through-absorber quantum-well-intermixing and methods thereof	The present invention includes a high-speed, high-saturation power detector (e.g., a photodiode) compatible with a relatively simple monolithic integration process. In particular embodiments, the photodiode includes an intrinsic bulk… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1330348	10/25/16	9,477,040	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Quantum sensing	Fabrication, Photonics	Yes	11/08/23	view
On-chip Entangled Photon Source	Various technologies pertaining to an on-chip entangled photon source are described herein. A light source is used to pump two resonator cavities that are resonant at two different respective wavelengths and two different respective polarizations… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1333219	11/22/16	9500930	Sandia National Laboratories	David Kistin	Networking and Communication	Photonics	Yes	11/08/23	view
Semiconductor adiabatic qubits	A quantum computing device that includes a plurality of semiconductor adiabatic qubits is described herein. The qubits are programmed with local biases and coupling terms between qubits that represent a problem of interest. The qubits are… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/semiconductor-adiabatic-qubits/	12/27/16	9,530,873	Sandia National Laboratories	David Kistin	Materials and qubit technologies		Yes	11/08/23	view
Self-referenced continuous-variable quantum key distribution	Various technologies for continuous-variable quantum key distribution without transmitting a transmitter’s local oscillator are described herein. A receiver on an optical transmission channel uses an oscillator signal generated by a light source… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/self-referenced-continuous-variable-quantum-key-di…	01/24/17	9,553,677	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Networking and Communication		Yes	11/08/23	view
Adiabatic/diabatic polarization beam splitter	The various presented herein relate to an on-chip polarization beam splitter (PBS), which is adiabatic for the transverse magnetic (TM) mode and diabatic for the transverse electric (TE) mode. The PBS comprises a through waveguide and a cross… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/adiabatic-diabatic-polarization-beam-splitter/	09/12/17	9,759,862	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Quantum sensing		Yes	11/08/23	view
Transceivers and receivers for quantum key distribution and methods pertaining thereto	Various technologies for performing continuous-variable (CV) and discrete-variable (DV) quantum key distribution (QKD) with integrated electro-optical circuits are described herein. An integrated DV-QKD system uses Mach-Zehnder modulators to… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/transceivers-and-receivers-for-quantum-key-distrib…	02/27/18	9,906,311	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Networking and Communication		Yes	11/08/23	view
Chip-scale phonon-based quantum device	A quantum device includes a phononic crystal defined on a semiconductor substrate. Phononic cavities are defined in the phononic crystal, wherein each phononic cavity contains an implanted acceptor atom. Phononic waveguides are defined in the… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/chip-scale-phonon-based-quantum-device/	03/27/18	9,928,827	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Computing		Yes	11/08/23	view
Method and apparatus for quantum information processing using entangled neutral-atom qubits	We have invented a method to generate entanglements between two qubits or multiple qubits by using "Rydberg-dressed blockade." Each qubit is encoded inside the hyperfine sublevels of each atom. By shining an off-resonance Rydberg excitation laser… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/method-and-apparatus-for-quantum-information-proce…	04/03/18	9,934,469	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Networking and Communication		Yes	11/08/23	view
TRANCEIVERS AND RECEIVERS FOR DISCRETE-VARIABLE QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION	Various technologies for performing discrete-variable (DV) quantum key distribution (QKD) with integrated electro-optical circuits are described herein. An integrated DV-QKD system uses Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs) to modulate a polarization of… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/tranceivers-and-receivers-for-discrete-variable-qu…	07/02/19	10,341,096	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Networking and Communication		Yes	11/08/23	view