US Patent Issued to GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS on Oct. 6 for "Hybrid quantum-classical communication system" (Maryland, Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,480, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to GENERAL DYNAMICS MISSION SYSTEMS INC. (Fairfax, Va.).

"Hybrid quantum-classical communication system" was invented by Claudia Ann Gamble (Annapolis, Md.), Juan C. Juarez (Ellicott City, Md.), Todd M.W. Hodges (Mesa, Ariz.), John Anthony Gariano (Chandler, Ariz.), John M. Liebetreu (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Jerry Kwa-Wor Tong (chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The classical channel employs a transmit laser and classical modulator. The quantum channel employs a nonlinear medium and spontaneous parametric down conversion producing quantum entangled signal and idler photon pairs which are ...