RUI: Quantum Interference and Imaging with the Spatial Modes of Light

RUI：光空间模式的量子干涉和成像

• 批准号: 0903972
• 负责人: Enrique Galvez
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Colgate University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0903972&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RUI; Quantum; Interference; Imaging; Spatial

This project studies new forms of imaging by exploiting the quantum entanglement of light. This is done by producing new spatial modes of light that are common to two beams of light but not to any one individually. Since spatial modes are the building blocks of images this research promises the development of new types of images that are common to light photons traveling in different directions. These images may be of higher resolution than the ones carried by the individual photons.The broader impact of this project is that it advances our understanding of quantum information and imaging by involving only undergraduate researchers working with a faculty mentor. The students will be exposed to a vanguard technology early on in their studies at the same time that this technology is being developed. This program has been very successful in involving women and ethnic minorities. Other impacts include the development of new materials and laboratories for a modern way to teach quantum mechanics, which prepares students to the rising field of quantum information.

该项目通过利用光的量子纠缠来研究新的成像形式。这是通过产生新的空间模式的光，是共同的两个光束，但不是任何一个单独的。由于空间模式是图像的组成部分，因此这项研究有望开发出光子在不同方向上传播所共有的新型图像。这些图像可能比单个光子携带的图像具有更高的分辨率。该项目更广泛的影响是，它通过仅涉及与教师导师合作的本科研究人员，推进了我们对量子信息和成像的理解。学生将在学习的早期接触到先进的技术，同时这项技术正在开发中。该方案在妇女和少数民族参与方面非常成功。其他影响包括开发新材料和实验室，以现代方式教授量子力学，为学生准备新兴的量子信息领域。