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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Georgios Chatzidrosos, Cambridge, GB;
Foteini Karinou, London, GB;
Patrick Neil Anderson, Cambridge, GB;
Hitesh Ballani, Cambridge, GB;
Anna Mitenkova, London, GB;
Antony Ian Taylor Rowstron, Cambridge, GB;
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a crystal; at least three first wires arranged substantially parallel to each other; at least two second wires arranged substantially parallel to each other, each second wire arranged non-parallel to each first wire, such that each second wire crosses each first wire, forming at least six cross points; and at least six colour centres, each colour centre located within the crystal adjacent a different one of the at least six cross points.