US 12,444,516 B2
Drop-in multi-optics module for quantum-particle cell
Steven Michael Hughes, Louisville, CO (US); and Christopher Robert Sheridan, III, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to ColdQuanta, Inc., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by ColdQuanta, Inc., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/959,979.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/333,677, filed on Apr. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/252,927, filed on Oct. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0260670 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
Int. Cl. G06N 10/00 (2022.01); G21K 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC G21K 1/00 (2013.01) [G06N 10/00 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A quantum-particle cell process comprising:
forming an open cell, the open cell defining an interior and including at least one sidewall;
forming a multi-optics module with plural optical elements aligned with respect to each other with at least one of the optical elements attached to a portion of the multi-optics module during alignment of two or more of the optical elements;
inserting the multi-optics module into the open cell after forming the multi-optics module;
introducing into the open cell:
quantum particles, or
a quantum-particle source that can release quantum particles, wherein the quantum-particle source is a component of the multi-optics module or is introduced separately from multi-optics module; and
converting the open cell to a quantum-particle cell that isolates its interior from an ambient that contacts the sidewall, the converting including bonding a cover to the sidewall; and
controlling or monitoring at least one quantum state associated with at least one quantum particle in the quantum-particle cell using one or more components that include at least one component within or optically coupled to the quantum-particle cell.