ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,454, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Bright Quantum Inc. (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Single photon source device and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Donghan Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Daehyun Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yudong Jang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single photon source device is proposed. The device may include a reflection layer, an insulating layer disposed on the reflection layer, and a single emitter configured to emit a single photon. The device may also include a first solid immersion lens portion disposed on the insulating layer to surround the single emitter, and a sec...