Inventor · Palo Alto, CA, US

Mark Thompson

41Patents
9h-index
28Co-inventors
71Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 2, 2011 → Dec 18, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US10620044B2 Superconducting photon detector Physics 50 Active
US10651325B2 Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor compatible patterning of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors Physics 41 Active
US11009387B2 Superconducting nanowire single photon detector and method of fabrication thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 37 Active
US10372014B1 Coupled resonator photon-pair sources Physics 26 Active
US10541809B2 Chip-based quantum key distribution Physics 23 Active
US11536897B1 Multi-chip photonic quantum computer assembly with optical backplane interposer Physics 19 Active
US9235101B2 Optical source Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Active
US9952482B2 Optical apparatus and method for outputting one or more photons Physics 10 Active
US9103975B2 Orbital angular momentum Physics 10 Active
US11473974B2 Superconducting photon detector Physics 8 Active
US10534130B1 Interferometer filters with compensation structure Physics 7 Active
US11629995B2 Photon number resolving superconducting detector Physics 7 Active
US10247969B1 Photon sources with multiple cavities for generation of individual photons Physics 7 Active
US11313719B2 Photon number resolving superconducting detector Physics 7 Active
US11275210B1 Waveguide couplers for multi-mode waveguides Physics 7 Active
US9219605B2 Quantum key distribution Electricity 6 Active
US11635570B1 Multi-mode multi-pass delay Physics 5 Active
US11048041B2 Interferometer filters with compensation structure Physics 5 Active
US11543587B2 Interferometer filters with compensation structure Physics 2 Active
US10031398B2 Spectroscopy apparatus and method Physics 2 Active
US11789205B1 Multi-mode spiral delay device Electricity 2 Active
US12019354B2 Time-bin qubit converter Physics 2 Active
US11441941B2 Superconducting nanowire single photon detector and method of fabrication thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US11714329B1 Waveguide couplers for multi-mode waveguides Physics 1 Active
US11391890B1 Multi-mode spiral delay device Electricity 1 Active

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