IGERT: Quantum Coherent Optical and Matter Systems

这一综合性研究生教育和研究培训项目(IGERT)旨在培训研究生有关量子相干光学和物质系统以及相关光子结构和源的科学和技术。这些研究与量子信息处理的新兴领域密切相关，包括量子加密通信。目标包括培养一名不同类型的专业人员，他们受到交叉培训，灵活，并为不断变化的信息技术需求做好更好的准备，着眼于增加代表不足的学生和女性学生。后者将通过大力招聘和与少数族裔服务机构合作来加强。一个主要的教育特点是，参与的学生至少要参加四个参与系中的三个系的课程：物理、电气工程、化学和材料科学。由于目标研究主题的先进性，许多所需的理论和实践目前还没有教授，因此教师顾问将创建新的课程来填补空白。一门以现代光纤仪器为特色的新实验室课程是该项目的一个主要特点。提出的科学问题对基于光场和物质场的量子相干的信息技术具有巨大的变革潜力。根据该计划培养的研究生预计将领导下一代信息技术研究和开发，这将越来越多地涉及量子相干。与美国公司和国家实验室的互动会增强学生的能力吗？在全球市场上竞争的能力。IGERT是一个NSF范围内的项目，旨在应对培养具有跨学科背景、所选学科的深厚知识以及满足未来职业需求所需的技术、专业和个人技能的美国博士科学家和工程师的挑战。该项目旨在通过建立创新的研究生教育和培训新模式，在超越传统学科界限的合作研究的肥沃环境中，催化研究生教育的文化变革。

This Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) project is directed at training graduate students in the science and technology surrounding quantum coherent optical and matter systems and related photonic structures and sources. Such studies intimately relate to the emerging field of quantum information processing including quantum encrypted communications. Objectives include training a different kind professional who is cross-trained, flexible, and better prepared for the evolving needs of information technology, with an eye toward increasing underrepresented and female students. The latter will be enhanced through vigorous recruiting and partnering with minority serving institutions. A central educational feature is that the participating students take courses in at least three of the four participating departments: Physics, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, and Materials Science. Due to the advanced nature of the targeted research topics, much of the required theory and practice are not presently taught and thus the faculty advisors will create new courses that fill the gaps. A new laboratory course featuring modern fiber-optics-based instrumentation is a central feature of the program. The scientific questions posed have great potential for revolutionizing information technology based on the quantum coherence of light and matter fields. Graduate students trained under this program are expected to lead the next generation of information technology research and development, which will increasingly involve quantum coherence. The interaction with U. S. firms and National Laboratories will enhance the students? ability to compete in the global market place. IGERT is an NSF-wide program intended to meet the challenges of educating U.S. Ph.D. scientists and engineers with the interdisciplinary background, deep knowledge in a chosen discipline, and the technical, professional, and personal skills needed for the career demands of the future. The program is intended to catalyze a cultural change in graduate education by establishing innovative new models for graduate education and training in a fertile environment for collaborative research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries.