US Patent Issued to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York on June 10 for "Quantum devices and methods using entangled photons and phonons" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,042, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Research Foundation for The State University of New York (Amherst, N.Y.).

"Quantum devices and methods using entangled photons and phonons" was invented by Vasili Perebeinos (Amherst, N.Y.), Jonathan P. Bird (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Huamin Li (Williamsville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes electron-photon and electron-phonon interactions in 2D material systems. In some embodiments, novel entangled states are implemented. Such entangled states may involve the superposition of electronic and phononic modes in these materials. The states may be utilized to reali...