The disclosed technology teaches a method of reducing the impact of cross-talk between transducers that drive an acousto-optic modulator. The method includes operating the transducers, which are mechanically coupled to an acousto-optic modulator medium, with different frequencies applied to adjoining transducers and producing a time-varying phase relationship between carriers on spatially adjoining modulation channels emanating from the adjoining transducers, with a frequency separation between carriers on the adjoining channels of 400 KHz to 20 MHz. The disclosed technology also includes operating 5 to 32 modulators, which are mechanically coupled to the acousto-optic modulator crystal, and varying the different frequencies applied to the modulators in a sawtooth pattern, varying the different frequencies over a range and then repeating variation over the range. Also included is varying the frequencies applied to the modulators in a rising or falling pattern applied progressively to the spatially adjoining transducers.

The proposed method and device relate to acousto-optics and laser technology and can be attributed, in particular, to acousto-optical (AO) laser resonator Q-switches, AO devices for extra-cavity control of single-mode (collimated) and multimode (uncollimated) monochromatic and non-monochromatic laser radiation, i.e, AO modulators, AO frequency shifters, and dispersion delay lines for visible and middle IR wavelengths (0.4-5.5 μm). The object of the method and device is providing a geometry of AO interaction in laser resonator Q-switches so that to optimize the preset parameters of the Q-switch in accordance with the system requirements to the laser operation mode depending on the intended use of the laser, more specifically, lower control RF power and capability of operation without additional efficiency loss with multimode or uncollimated laser radiation.

Acoustically mediated spintronic THz emitters based on a stacked, multilayered heterostructure that includes a light-to-acoustic transducer layer, a thermal insulation layer, and a magnetic layer are provided. In the emitters, fast acoustic pulses give rise to long-distance propagation of THz exchange spin waves in a magnetic film. Also provided are THz time-domain spectrometers (THz-TDSs) that incorporate the THz emitters.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for modifying a curvature of a thin plate optic using controlled heat and densification of portions of the optic. In one embodiment the system has a support structure for supporting the optic about a perimeter thereof, a laser configured to generate a beam having a predetermined energy, and the beam being directed at one surface of the optic. The beam heats and densifies portions of the optic to create a force on the optic. The force induces a stress produces a controlled deformation of the optic. The controlled deformation at least one of modifies a curvature of, or corrects a defect in, the optic.

The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for modifying a curvature of a thin plate optic using controlled heat and densification of portions of the optic. In one embodiment the system has a support structure for supporting the optic about a perimeter thereof, a laser configured to generate a beam having a predetermined energy, and the beam being directed at one surface of the optic. The beam heats and densifies portions of the optic to create a force on the optic. The force induces a stress produces a controlled deformation of the optic. The controlled deformation at least one of modifies a curvature of, or corrects a defect in, the optic.

The disclosure describes various aspects of a practical implementation of multi-qubit gate architecture. A method is described that includes enabling ions in the ion trap having three energy levels, enabling a low-heating rate motional mode (e.g., zig-zag mode) at a ground state of motion with the ions in the ion trap; and performing a Cirac and Zoller (CZ) protocol using the low-heating rate motional mode as a motional state of the CZ protocol and one of the energy levels as an auxiliary state of the CZ protocol, where performing the CZ protocol includes implementing the multi-qubit gate. The method also includes performing one or more algorithms using the multi-qubit gate, including Grover's algorithm, Shor's factoring algorithm, quantum approximation optimization algorithm (QAOA), error correction algorithms, and quantum and Hamiltonian simulations. A corresponding system that supports the implementation of a multi-qubit gate architecture is also described.

The disclosure describes various aspects of a practical implementation of multi-qubit gate architecture. A method is described that includes enabling ions in the ion trap having three energy levels, enabling a low-heating rate motional mode (e.g., zig-zag mode) at a ground state of motion with the ions in the ion trap; and performing a Cirac and Zoller (CZ) protocol using the low-heating rate motional mode as a motional state of the CZ protocol and one of the energy levels as an auxiliary state of the CZ protocol, where performing the CZ protocol includes implementing the multi-qubit gate. The method also includes performing one or more algorithms using the multi-qubit gate, including Grover's algorithm, Shor's factoring algorithm, quantum approximation optimization algorithm (QAOA), error correction algorithms, and quantum and Hamiltonian simulations. A corresponding system that supports the implementation of a multi-qubit gate architecture is also described.

An acousto-optic structure according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a stacked structure for inducing an interaction between incident acoustic wave and incident optical wave, and it includes: a pair of multi-layered structures including a structure in which two layers with different acoustic impedance and optical impedance are alternately arranged in a direction in which the acoustic wave and the optical wave propagate; and a cavity layer disposed between the pair of multi-layered structures in the direction in which the acoustic wave and the optical wave propagate, and made of a medium having acoustic impedance and optical impedance that are different from those of interfacing layers at both sides, wherein the two layers are symmetrically arranged with respect to the cavity layer so that the acoustic wave and the optical wave may be confined in the cavity layer.

An acousto-optic modulator (10) comprising a piezoelectric transducer (20) with a first electrode (21), a second electrode (22), and a dielectric material (23) disposed between and in contact with said electrodes (21, 22), and an acousto-optic element (30) comprising at least two further dielectric materials (31, 32) with mutually different refractive indices, wherein said piezoelectric transducer (20) and said acousto-optic element (30) are laminated together, and wherein at least one of said further dielectric materials (31, 32) of said acousto-optic element (30) is a dielectric textile having a doubly-periodic structure.

An acousto-optic modulator (10) comprising a piezoelectric transducer (20) with a first electrode (21), a second electrode (22), and a dielectric material (23) disposed between and in contact with said electrodes (21, 22), and an acousto-optic element (30) comprising at least two further dielectric materials (31, 32) with mutually different refractive indices, wherein said piezoelectric transducer (20) and said acousto-optic element (30) are laminated together, and wherein at least one of said further dielectric materials (31, 32) of said acousto-optic element (30) is a dielectric textile having a doubly-periodic structure.