ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,964, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PHOTONIC INC. (Coquitlam, Canada).

"Systems, devices, and methods to interact with quantum information stored in spins" was invented by Stephanie Simmons (Burnaby, Canada) and Michael L. W. Thewalt (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quantum information processing device including a semiconductor substrate. An optical resonator is coupled to the substrate. The optical resonator supports a first photonic mode with a first resonator frequency. The quantum information processing device includes a non-gaseous chalcogen donor atom disposed within the semiconductor substrate and optic...