IP Library Granted Patent US 11,995,516
Granted Patent B2
US 11,995,516 · App. 17/610,395 · Granted May 28, 2024

Qubit devices comprising one or more polycrystalline or single crystalline spin-triplet superconductors

Inventors: Yufan Li (Baltimore, MD); Xiaoying Xu (Baltimore, MD); Chia-Ling Chien (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
G06N10/40G01R33/0354H10N60/85
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Patent No.
US 11,995,516
App. No.
17/610,395
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A qubit device may include a closed loop comprising one or more polycrystalline spin-triplet superconductors. The closed loop may maintain a half-quantum magnetic flux in a ground state. A qubit device may include a closed loop comprising one or more single crystalline spin-triplet superconductors connected by one or more s-wave superconductors. The closed loop may maintain a half-quantum magnetic flux in a ground state.

Claims (38)

1. A qubit device, comprising:

a closed loop comprising one or more polycrystalline spin-triplet superconductors;

wherein the closed loop maintains a half-quantum magnetic flux in a ground state.

2. The qubit device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a magnetometer configured to detect a status of the closed loop.

3. The qubit device of claim 2 , wherein the magnetometer comprises a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID).

4. The qubit device of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the closed loop is a circle, an oval, a square, a rectangle, a quadrilateral, a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon, or an octagon.

5. The qubit device of claim 1 , wherein a maximum overall width of the closed loop is greater than or equal to 1 nanometer (nm) and less than or equal to 1 millimeter (mm).

6. The qubit device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more polycrystalline spin-triplet superconductors comprise one or more of Bi 2 Pd, BiPd, CaSn 3 , Pb 2 Pt, Sr 2 RuO 4 , PbTaSe 2 , FeTe x Se 1-x , (0<x≤1), Cu x Bi 2 Se 3 (0<x≤1), Nb x Bi 2 Se 3 (0<x<1), Sr x Bi 2 Se 3 (0<x≤1), Ir 1-x Pt x Te 2 (0<x≤1), Li 2 Pt 3 B, MoN, SmN, Li 0.3 Ti 1.1 S 2 , Nb x Tc 1-x (0<x<1), ZrRuP, Mo 3 Al 2 C, MoC, La 5 B 2 C 6 , ThlrSi, LaPtSi, NbSe 2 , Mo 3 P, LaRhSi, La 3 Rh 4 Sn 13 , CePt 3 Si, LiPt 3 B, UPt 3 , CeRhSi 3 , CeIrSi 3 , CeCoGe 3 , CeIrGe 3 , SrPtAs, PtAs, URu 2 Si 2 , (Li x Fe 1-x )OHFeSe (0<x≤1), Li(Fe,Co)As, Pb 3 Bi, U 1-x Th x Be 13 (0≤x≤1), YPtBi, LuPtBi, LaPtBi, YPdBi, LuPdBi, ErPdBi, DyPdBi, TmPdBi, SmPdBi, HoPdBi, or CePdBi.

7. The qubit device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more polycrystalline spin-triplet superconductors comprise β-Bi 2 Pd.

8. The qubit device of claim 1 , wherein the half-quantum magnetic flux in the ground state is about 1.033917×10 −15 webers (Wb).

9. The qubit device of claim 1 , wherein a fluxoid quantization (Ψ) of the closed loop satisfies Equation I:

Ψ=(n+ ½ )* Ψ 0   (Equation I)

where ‘n’ is a whole number,

where ‘Ψ 0 ’ =h/(2*e),

where ‘h’ is Planck's constant,

where ‘e’ is a charge on one electron, and

all units are in the International System of Units (SI).

10. A qubit device, comprising:

a closed loop comprising one or more single crystalline spin-triplet superconductors connected by one or more s-wave superconductors;

wherein the closed loop maintains a half-quantum magnetic flux in a ground state.

11. The qubit device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a magnetometer configured to detect a status of the closed loop.

12. The qubit device of claim 11 , wherein the magnetometer comprises a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID).

13. The qubit device of claim 10 , wherein a shape of the closed loop is a circle, an oval, a square, a rectangle, a quadrilateral, a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon, or an octagon.

14. The qubit device of claim 10 , wherein a maximum overall width of the closed loop is greater than or equal to 1 nanometer (nm) and less than or equal to 1 millimeter (mm).

15. The qubit device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more one or more single crystalline spin-triplet superconductors comprise one or more of Bi 2 Pd, BiPd, CaSn 3 , Pb 2 Pt, Sr 2 RuO 4 , PbTaSe 2 , FeTe x Se 1-x , (0<x≤1), Cu x Bi 2 Se 3 (0<x≤1), Nb x Bi 2 Se 3 (0<x≤1), Sr x Bi 2 Se 3 (0<x≤1), Ir 1-x Pt x Te 2 (0<x≤1), Li 2 Pt 3 B, MoN, SmN, Li 0.3 Ti 1.1 S 2 , Nb x Tc 1-x (0<x<1), ZrRuP, Mo 3 Al 2 C, MoC, La 5 B 2 C 6 , ThIrSi, LaPtSi, NbSe 2 , Mo 3 P, LaRhSi, La 3 Rh 4 Sn 13 , CePt 3 Si, LiPt 3 B, UPt 3 , CeRhSi 3 , CeIrSi 3 , CeCoGe 3 , CeIrGe 3 , SrPtAs, PtAs, URu 2 Si 2 , (Li x Fe 1-x )OHFeSe (0<x≤1), Li(Fe,Co)As, Pb 3 Bi, U 1-x Th x Be 13 (0≤x≤1), YPtBi, LuPtBi, LaPtBi, YPdBi, LuPdBi, ErPdBi, DyPdBi, TmPdBi, SmPdBi, HoPdBi, or CePdBi.

16. The qubit device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more single crystalline spin-triplet superconductors comprise β-Bi 2 Pd.

17. The qubit device of claim 10 , wherein the one or more s-wave superconductors comprise one or more of Al, Nb, Pb, Sn, Ta, or one or more alloys of Al, Nb, Pb, Sn, or Ta.

18. The qubit device of claim 10 , wherein the half-quantum magnetic flux in the ground state is about 1.033917×10 −15 webers (Wb).

19. The qubit device of claim 10 , wherein a fluxoid quantization (Ψ) of the closed loop satisfies Equation I:

Ψ=(n+ 1 / 2 )* Ψ 0   (Equation I)

where ‘n’ is a whole number,

where ‘Ψ 0 ’ =h/(2*e),

where ‘h’ is Planck's constant,

where ‘e’ is a charge on one electron, and

all units are in the International System of Units (SI).

20. The qubit device of claim 10 , wherein an odd number of connections between the one or more single crystalline spin-triplet superconductors and the one or more s-wave superconductors are π-junctions.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Aug 13, 2024
From: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
To: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Reel/Frame 068587/0055 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2021
From: LI, YUFAN; XU, XIAOYING; CHIEN, CHIA-LING
To: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
Reel/Frame 058077/0233 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62847028 · May 13, 2019
Related Publication 20220245501A1 · Aug 4, 2022