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.

    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 optical-to-digital converter

    公开(公告)号:US11906877B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-20

    申请号:US17718264

    申请日:2022-04-11

    申请人: SeeQC Inc.

    IPC分类号: H03M1/00 G02F7/00 H03M1/12

    CPC分类号: G02F7/00 H03M1/12

    摘要: A system and method to convert a wideband optical signal to a multi-bit digital electrical signal using a superconducting integrated circuit. In a preferred embodiment, the optical signal modulates the phase (i.e., adjusts the timing) of a sequence of single-flux-quantum voltage pulses. The optoelectronic modulator may comprise an optically tunable Josephson junction, superconducting inductor, or bolometric detector, with switching speeds approaching 100 ps or less. The optical signal may comprise a plurality of optical signals such as a wavelength-division multiplexed signal. The optical-to-digital converter may be applied to high-speed digital communication switches, broadband digital input/output for superconducting or quantum computing, and control/readout of detector arrays.