MEMORY CELLS BASED ON SUPERCONDUCTING AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS AND METHODS OF THEIR CONTROL IN ARRAYS

    公开(公告)号:US20240057484A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18492511

    申请日:2023-10-23

    申请人: SeeQC Inc.

    摘要: A memory cell having a Josephson junction and a magnetic junction in close proximity. The two junctions may be vertically integrated. The magnetic junction has at least two magnetic layers with different coercive forces and a non-magnetic layer therebetween, to form a spin valve or pseudo-spin valve. A magnetization direction of a magnetic layer with lower coercive force can be rotated with respect to the larger coercive force magnetic layer(s). Magnetic fields produced by appropriately configured control lines carrying electric current, or spin-polarized current through the magnetic junction, can result in rotation. The magnetic junction influences the Josephson critical current of the Josephson junction, leading to distinct values of critical current which can serve as digital logic states. The memory cell can be integrated into large arrays containing a plurality of the cells, to enable the selective READ and WRITE operations.

    Superconducting devices with ferromagnetic barrier junctions

    公开(公告)号:US11264089B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US17001461

    申请日:2020-08-24

    申请人: SeeQC Inc.

    摘要: A superconducting memory cell includes a magnetic Josephson junction (MJJ) with a ferromagnetic material, having at least two switchable states of magnetization. The binary state of the MJJ manifests itself as a pulse appearing, or not appearing, on the output. A superconducting memory includes an array of memory cells. Each memory cell includes a comparator with at least one MJJ. Selected X and Y-directional write lines in their combination are capable of switching the magnetization of the MJJ. A superconducting device includes a first and a second junction in a stacked configuration. The first junction has an insulating layer barrier, and the second junction has an insulating layer sandwiched in-between two ferromagnetic layers as barrier. An electrical signal inputted across the first junction is amplified across the second junction.

    Integrated superconducting nanowire digital photon detector

    公开(公告)号:US11747196B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-05

    申请号:US17862276

    申请日:2022-07-11

    申请人: SeeQC, Inc.

    摘要: Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors have recently been developed for a wide range of applications, including imaging and communications. An improved detection system is disclosed, whereby the detectors are monolithically integrated on the same chip with Josephson junctions for control and data processing. This enables an enhanced data rate, thereby facilitating several new and improved applications. A preferred embodiment comprises integrated digital processing based on single-flux-quantum pulses. An integrated multilayer fabrication method for manufacturing these integrated detectors is also disclosed. Preferred examples of systems comprising such integrated nanowire photon detectors include a time-correlated single photon counter, a quantum random number generator, an integrated single-photon imaging array, a sensitive digital communication receiver, and quantum-key distribution for a quantum communication system.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CRYOGENIC OPTOELECTRONIC DATA LINK

    公开(公告)号:US20230239058A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-27

    申请号:US18130083

    申请日:2023-04-03

    IPC分类号: H04B10/80 H04B10/50

    摘要: A cryogenic optoelectronic data link, comprising a sending module operating at a cryogenic temperature less than 100 K. An ultrasensitive electro-optic modulator, sensitive to input voltages of less than 10 mV, may include at least one optically active layer of graphene, which may be part of a microscale resonator, which in turn may be integrated with an optical waveguide or an optical fiber. The optoelectronic data link enables optical output of weak electrical signals from superconducting or other cryogenic electronic devices in either digital or analog form. The modulator may be integrated on the same chip as the cryogenic electrical devices. A plurality of cryogenic electrical devices may generate a plurality of electrical signals, each coupled to its own modulator. The plurality of modulators may be resonant at different frequencies, and coupled to a common optical output line to transmit a combined wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) optical signal.

    SUPERCONDUCTING TRAVELING-WAVE PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER

    公开(公告)号:US20200350880A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-05

    申请号:US16402148

    申请日:2019-05-02

    申请人: SeeQC, Inc.

    摘要: A system and method are disclosed for a superconducting traveling-wave parametric amplifier (TWPA) with improved control and performance. In a preferred embodiment, the amplifier comprises an integrated array of symmetric rf-SQUIDs in a transmission line structure. A device was fabricated using niobium superconducting integrated circuits, and confirmed predicted performance, with a maximum gain up to 17 dB and a bandwidth of 4 GHz. A similar device can be applied as a low-noise, low-dissipation microwave amplifier for output from a superconducting quantum computer, or as a preamplifier, switch, or frequency converter for a sensitive microwave receiver, or as an output amplifier for a frequency-multiplexed superconducting detector array.

    Superconducting traveling-wave parametric amplifier

    公开(公告)号:US11955934B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17246535

    申请日:2021-04-30

    申请人: SeeQC, Inc.

    摘要: A system and method are disclosed for a superconducting traveling-wave parametric amplifier (TWPA) with improved control and performance. In a preferred embodiment, the amplifier comprises an integrated array of symmetric rf-SQUIDs in a transmission line structure. A device was fabricated using niobium superconducting integrated circuits, and confirmed predicted performance, with a maximum gain up to 17 dB and a bandwidth of 4 GHz. A similar device can be applied as a low-noise, low-dissipation microwave amplifier for output from a superconducting quantum computer, or as a preamplifier, switch, or frequency converter for a sensitive microwave receiver, or as an output amplifier for a frequency-multiplexed superconducting detector array.