Entrepreneurship
“Innovative startups like this are responsible for transforming the way we live, work, and do business in the 21stcentury, which is why we place great value on having these high-tech pioneers as a part of our business community.”
-Ned Lamont, Governor of Connecticut (Anonymous, 2019).
Quantum Circuits Inc. building located at 25 Science Park in New Haven, CT.
Photo credit: Andy Shimp
Quantum Circuits, Inc. (QCI) is a startup with 22 employees originating from the Yale University quantum computing research labs of Michel Devoret, Luigi Frunzio, and Robert Schoelkopf. The company’s mission is to bring to market the first practical quantum computer, built on superconducting quantum circuit elements, and transform quantum computation into a powerful platform that will solve the world’s most challenging problems. In 2019, QCI opened a development and testing facility with 6,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laboratories and in-house manufacturing in New Haven at 25 Science Park.
“QCI exemplifies how Yale-led research helps to create jobs and opportunities in New Haven. Startups with ties to Yale employ over 1,000 people in the city,”
-Peter Salovey, President, Yale University (Office of the President, 2019).
“The opening of Quantum Circuits Inc. is an historic achievement for Connecticut and our country. Quantum computing is a promising new frontier in the technology space that could help advance security, drug discovery, logistics, and more.”
-Rosa DeLauro, U.S. Representative for Connecticut (Anonymous, 2019).
Selected Quantum Patents
Quantum research groups at Yale have been active in patenting new technology. Patents denote novel discoveries with potential commercial value and are often a key step in the entrepreneurial process.
Drawing from US Patent 11,106,991 B2, "Techniques for Universal Quantum Control of Quantum Coherent States and Related Systems and Methods," Aug. 31, 2021, Robert J. Schoelkopf, Michel Devoret, et al.
Jiang, Liang, Robert J. Schoelkopf, Michel Devoret, Victor V. Albert, Stefan Krastanov, and Chao Shen. 2021. Techniques for Universal Quantum Control of Quantum Coherent States and Related Systems and Methods. US 11106991 B2, filed 2016/02/26, and issued 2021/08/31.
Sliwa, Katrina, Michael Hatridge, Anirudh Narla, Shyam Shankar, Luigi Frunzio, Robert J. Schoelkopf, and Michel Devoret. 2020. Wireless Josephson Parametric Converter. US 10693566 B2, filed 2016/04/15, and issued 2020/06/23.
Drawing from US Patent 10,540,602 "Techniques of Oscillator Control for Quantum Information Processing and Related Systems and Methods," Jan. 21, 2020, Robert J. Schoelkopf, et al.
Heeres, Reinier, Brian Vlastakis, Victor V. Albert, Stefan Krastanov, Liang Jiang, and Robert J. Schoelkopf. 2020. Techniques of Oscillator Control for Quantum Information Processing and Related Systems and Methods. US 10540602 B2, filed 2016/02/26, and issued 2020/01/21.
Abdo, Baleegh, Katrina Sliwa, Luigi Frunzio, Robert J. Schoelkopf, and Michel Devoret. 2020. Low-Noise Josephson Junction-Based Directional Amplifier. US 10541659 B2, filed 2014/10/15, and issued 2020/01/21.
Drawing from US Patent 11,017,310 B2 "Techniques for Coupling Qubits to Acoustic Resonators and Related Systems and Methods," May 25, 2021, Luigi Frunzio, Robert J. Schoelkopf, et al
Chu, Yiwen, Prashanta Kharel, William Renninger, Luke Burkhart, Luigi Frunzio, Peter Rakich, and Robert J. Schoelkopf. 2021. Techniques for Coupling Qubits to Acoustic Resonators and Related Systems and Methods. US 11017310 B2, filed 2018/02/28, and issued 2021/05/25.
Minev, Zlatko, Kyle Serniak, Ioan Pop, Yiwen Chu, Teresa Brecht, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret, and Robert J. Schoelkopf. 2019. Techniques for Coupling Planar Qubits to Non-Planar Resonators and Related Systems and Methods. US 10468740 B2, filed 2016/02/26, and issued 2019/11/05.
“Quantum mechanics is one of the biggest scientific surprises of the 20th Century. Its new rules were so unexpected that we still sometimes call them ‘weird’ or ‘counterintuitive.’ Quantum computing is a new paradigm that seeks to exploit just these rules to process information in a completely different way.”
-Robert Schoelkopf, Director of Yale Quantum Institute and Sterling Professor of Applied Physics and of Physics (Schoelkopf, 2015).
Drawing from US Patent 10,404,214 B2 "Techniques for Producing Quantum Amplifiers and Related Systems and Methods," Sept. 3, 2019, Luigi Frunzio Michel Devoret, et al.
Szöcs, László J., Anirudh Narla, Michael Hatridge, Katrina Sliwa, Shyam Shankar, Luigi Frunzio, and Michel Devoret. 2019. Techniques for Producing Quantum Amplifiers and Related Systems and Methods. US 10404214 B2, filed 2016/02/26, and issued 2019/09/03.
Schoelkopf, Robert J., Teresa Brecht, Luigi Frunzio, and Michel Devoret. 2019. Superconducting Device with at Least One Enclosure. US 10424711 B2, filed 2014/01/17, and issued 2019/09/24.
Drawing from US Patent 10,776,709 B2 "Generalized Quantum Channels," Sept. 15, 2020, Michel Devoret, Robert J. Schoelkopf, Steven M. Girvin, et al.
Shen, Chao, Kyungjoo Noh, Victor V. Albert, Stefan Krastanov, Michel Devoret, Robert J. Schoelkopf, Steven M. Girvin, and Liang Jiang. 2020. Generalized Quantum Channels. US 10776709 B2, filed 2017/11/10, and issued 2020/09/15.
Girvin, Steven, M., Liang Jiang, Marios H. Michael, Matti Silveri, Richard T. Brierley, Victor V. Albert, and Juha Salmilehto. 2021. Techniques for Quantum Error Correction Using Bosonic Modes and Related Systems and Methods. US 11037068 B2, filed 2016/12/02, and issued 2021/06/15.
Drawing from US Patent 10,424,712 B2 "Methods for Making a superconducting Device with at Least One Enclosure," Sept. 24, 2019, Robert J. Schoelkopf, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret, et al.
Schoelkopf, Robert J., Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret, and Teresa Brecht. 2019. Methods for Making a Superconducting Device with at Least One Enclosure. US 10424712 B2, filed 2014/01/17, and issued 2019/09/24.
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