IP Library Granted Patent US 12,554,175
Granted Patent B1
US 12,554,175 · App. 18/623,911 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Generation of entangled photonic states

Inventors: Terence Rudolph (Palo Alto, CA); Mihir Pant (Palo Alto, CA)
Assignee: PsiQuantum Corp.
G02F1/3501G02F1/365
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Patent No.
US 12,554,175
App. No.
18/623,911
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B1
Abstract

A method of generating an entangled state for quantum computing includes providing respective qubit from a plurality of Bell pairs to a plurality of probabilistic entangling gates according to a predefined graph structure. The success probability for generating respective qubits of the entangled state using the probabilistic entangling gates is greater than a percolation threshold for the predefined graph structure.

Claims (17)

1 . A method of generating an entangled state for quantum computing, comprising:

providing respective qubits from a plurality of Bell pairs to a plurality of probabilistic entangling gates according to a predefined graph structure,

wherein a success probability for generating respective qubits of the entangled state using the probabilistic entangling gates is greater than a percolation threshold for the predefined graph structure.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the probabilistic entangling gates comprise boosted Type-I fusion gates.

3 . The method of claim 1 , including:

for each respective Bell pair of the plurality of Bell pairs:

providing a first qubit of the respective Bell pair to an entangling gate corresponding to a first node of the predefined graph structure; and

providing a second qubit of the respective Bell pair to an entangling gate corresponding to a second node of the predefined graph structure, distinct from the first node of the predefined graph structure.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined graph structure has a plurality of nodes having connections to three other nodes.

5 . The method of claim 4 , including performing two entanglement operations, using the probabilistic entangling gates, at each of the plurality of nodes having connections to three other nodes.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the probabilistic entangling gates each have a probability of success of at least 0.75.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined graph structure has a percolation threshold less than 0.55.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined graph structure is a 4-dimensional lattice.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the method does not include performing renormalization of a state resulting from the operation of providing the respective qubits from the plurality of Bell pairs to the plurality of probabilistic entangling gates according to the predefined graph structure.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein providing the respective qubits from the plurality of Bell pairs to the plurality of probabilistic entangling gates according to the predefined graph structure includes providing the respective qubits from the plurality of Bell pairs to a network of waveguides, wherein the waveguides are connected to the plurality of probabilistic entangling gates according to the predefined graph structure.

11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the predefined graph structure is defined by a unit cell.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the qubits from the plurality of Bell pairs are encoded using photons.

Continuity (8)
Continuation 17971368 · Oct 21, 2022
Continuation 17390576 · Jul 30, 2021
Continuation 16691459 · Nov 21, 2019
Provisional Application 62867166 · Jun 26, 2019
Provisional Application 62866357 · Jun 25, 2019
Provisional Application 62795481 · Jan 22, 2019
Provisional Application 62770648 · Nov 21, 2018
Provisional Application 62770645 · Nov 21, 2018
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