US Patent Issued to Second Foundation on March 25 for "Multiplexed single photon source using one-way switching elements" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,634, issued on March 25, was assigned to Second Foundation Inc..

"Multiplexed single photon source using one-way switching elements" was invented by Michele Reilly (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiplexed single photon source for quasi-deterministically generating single photons, wherein heralded random single photons generated by pulsed random single photon source are sent through a series of optical switches each having first and second input and output modes and each capable of being switched from a first state corresponding to a SWAP operation to a second state corresponding to an Identity operation on the mod...