F Najafi - US Patent 11,832,532, 2023 - Google Patents
A device includes a superconductor layer and a piezoelectric layer positioned adjacent to the superconductor layer. The piezoelectric layer is configured to apply a first strain to the …
F Najafi - US Patent 10,984,857, 2021 - Google Patents
An electronic device (eg, a superconducting memory cell) includes a substrate and a layer of superconducting material disposed over the substrate. The layer of superconducting …
A superconductor device according to some embodiments comprises a superconductor stack, which includes a superconductor layer and a silicon cap layer over the …
F Najafi, E Dudley, M Thompson - US Patent 11,313,719, 2022 - Google Patents
A photon detector is provided. The photon detector includes a superconducting wire having a plurality of alternating narrow and wide portions; a current source electrically-coupled to …
A superconductor device is manufactured by depositing a barrier layer over a substrate including silicon, the barrier layer including silicon and nitrogen; depositing a seed layer for …
KTR Boothby - US Patent 12,033,033, 2024 - Google Patents
A quantum processor comprises a plurality of tiles, the plurality of tiles arranged in a first grid, and where a first tile of the plurality of tiles comprises a number of qubits (eg …
Quantum computing systems require methods to control energies of qubits and couplers for quantum operations. Flux biasing of qubits and quantum couplers is provided for a …
JR Raymond - US Patent 12,039,465, 2024 - Google Patents
Calibration techniques for devices of analog processors to remove time-dependent biases are described. Devices in an analog processor exhibit a noise spectrum that spans a wide …
The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating superconducting photon detectors. In one aspect, a photon …