University of Science and Technology of China Assigned Patent

University of Science and Technology of China, Anhui, China, has been assigned a patent (11,328,773) developed by Zhou, Zongquan, and Li, Chuanfeng, Anhui, China, for a “quantum storage device.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A quantum storage device, including: a sample cryostat configured to load a storage crystal and a filter crystal and configured to cool the storage crystal and the filter crystal to a preset temperature, a laser control system configured to generate a control light and a signal light to perform a quantum storage of the signal light based on a spin population locking, a quantum state encoding and analysis system configured to perform a quantum state encoding and analysis of signal photons, and a filtering system configured to suppress noise introduced by the control light and extract the signal photons.”

The patent application was filed on October 9, 2019 (17/281,931).