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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
Secure fiber optic seals enabled by quantum optical communication concepts	Described herein are various technologies pertaining to detecting tampering of a seal based upon quantum optical communication via a communications channel comprising the seal. A plurality of pulses of light encoded with random data are… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/secure-fiber-optic-seals-enabled-by-quantum-optica…	07/02/19	10,341,015	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Networking and Communication		Yes	11/08/23	view
Spin-orbit qubit using quantum dots	Methods and apparatus of quantum information processing using quantum dots are provided. Electrons from a 2DEG are confined to the quantum dots and subjected to a magnetic field having a component directed parallel to the interface. Due to… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/spin-orbit-qubit-using-quantum-dots/	11/19/19	10,482,388	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Materials and qubit technologies		Yes	11/08/23	view
ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR CONTROL OR COUPLING OF SINGLE CHARGES OR SPINS AND METHODS THEREFOR	A quantum dot structure having a split-gate geometry is provided. The quantum dot is configured for incorporation into a quantum dot array of a quantum processing unit. A gap between a reservoir accumulation gate and a quantum dot accumulation… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/electronic-circuit-for-control-or-coupling-of-sing…	02/23/21	10,929,769	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Quantum sensing		Yes	11/08/23	view
Microfabricated ion trap chip with an integrated microwave antenna	An ion trap chip, which may be used for quantum information processing and the like, includes an integrated microwave antenna. The antenna is formed as a radiator connected by one of its ends to the center trace of a microwave transmission line… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/microfabricated-ion-trap-chip-with-an-integrated-m…	04/20/21	10,984,976	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Computing		Yes	11/08/23	view
Microfabricated ion trap chip with in situ radio-frequency sensing	A radio-frequency (RF) surface ion trap chip includes an RF electrode and an integrated capacitive voltage divider in which an intermediate voltage node is capacitively connected between the RF electrode and a ground. A sensor output trace is… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/microfabricated-ion-trap-chip-with-in-situ-radio-f…	07/06/21	11,056,332	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Computing		Yes	11/08/23	view
Trapped Ion Platform with Optical Input and Output	In an optically controlled atomic clock, a plurality of optical waveguides monolithically integrated on a surface ion trap substrate deliver light to the trapping sites. Electrical routing traces defined in one or more metallization levels… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/trapped-ion-platform-with-optical-input-and-output/	06/09/23	11,150,609	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Computing		Yes	11/08/23	view
Remote Quantum State Transfer for Qubites with Different Frequencies	A quantum communication system includes a first quantum transceiver, a second quantum transceiver, and a quantum communication mediator (QCM) system. The transceivers have different resonant frequencies or physical systems. The QCM system… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/remote-quantum-state-transfer-for-qubits-with-diff…	11/16/21	11,177,890	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Materials and qubit technologies		Yes	11/08/23	view
Systems and Methods for Quantum Optical Device Authentication	Quantum optical device authentication technologies are described herein. A first device includes an optical transmitter transmits a plurality of pulses to an optical receiver included on a second device. The optical pulses each have one of two… https://ip.sandia.gov/patent/systems-and-methods-for-quantum-optical-device-aut…	05/24/22	11,343,088	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Networking and Communication		Yes	11/08/23	view
Electronic Circuit For Control Or Coupling Of Single Charges Or Spins And Methods Therefor	A quantum dot structure having a split-gate geometry is provided. The quantum dot is configured for incorporation into a quantum dot array of a quantum processing unit. A gap between a reservoir accumulation gate and a quantum dot accumulation… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1805540-electronic-circuit-control-coupling-single-…	02/23/21	10929769	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Computing	Controls, Fabrication	Yes	03/14/23	view
Microfabricated Ion Trap Chip With An Integrated Microwave Antenna	An ion trap chip, which may be used for quantum information processing and the like, includes an integrated microwave antenna. The antenna is formed as a radiator connected by one of its ends to the center trace of a microwave transmission line… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1823882-microfabricated-ion-trap-chip-integrated-mi…	04/20/21	10984976	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Computing	Fabrication, Trapped Ions	Yes	11/21/22	view
A Superconducting Quantum Processor Unit – A More Efficient Architecture for Quantum Computing	Researchers at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley have broadened the scope of scientific problems that are solvable by a Noisy Intermediate-Scale Quantum (NISQ) quantum processor unit (QPU) by enhancing qubit connectivity in addition to gate fidelity.… https://ipo.lbl.gov/a-superconducting-quantum-processor-unit-a-more-efficient-a…		17/519,320	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Sebastian Ainslie	Computing	Superconducting Qubits	Yes	11/03/22	view
Quantum Instruction Set Architecture (QUASAR)	A new ISA interface between the software program (quantum circuit) and hardware (generation of the gates). Designed as an extension to the RISC-V ISA. The design implementation relies on the basic functionalities of the conventional ISA, with a… https://ipo.lbl.gov/quantum-instruction-set-architecture-quasar/		63/271,277	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory	Sebastian Ainslie	Computing	Algorithms, Controls	Yes	11/03/22	view
Atomic Magnetometer with Multiple Spatial Channels	An atomic magnetometer includes an atomic vapor cell, an optical system conformed to transmit pump radiation and probe radiation through the vapor cell, and an optical detection system arranged to receive and detect probe radiation after it exits… https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1457716-atomic-magnetometer-multiple-spatial-channe…	06/12/18	9995800	Sandia National Laboratories	David Wick	Quantum sensing	Magnetometer	Yes	11/08/23	view