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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2008
Applicants:
Richard Mark Stevenson, Cambridge, GB;
Zhiliang Yuan, Cambridge, GB;
Robert Young, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew James Shields, Cambridge, GB;
Inventors:
Richard Mark Stevenson, Cambridge, GB;
Zhiliang Yuan, Cambridge, GB;
Robert Young, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew James Shields, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical data retrieval system configured to retrieve data from a data storage medium, including: a source of n path-entangled photons, where n is an integer of at least 2; a detector system configured to determine if n photons have been received; and a mechanism to direct photons from the source to the data storage medium and to the detector system.