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

这个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光模式来实现的，这种模式对两束光束是共同的，但对任何一束单独的光束都不是。由于空间模式是图像的组成部分，这项研究承诺开发出光光子在不同方向传播时常见的新型图像。这些图像可能比单个光子携带的图像具有更高的分辨率。这个项目的更广泛的影响是，它只涉及本科生研究人员与教师导师一起工作，从而促进了我们对量子信息和成像的理解。学生们将在学习的早期接触到一种先进的技术，同时这种技术正在开发中。该方案在让妇女和少数民族参与方面非常成功。其他影响包括新材料的开发和以现代方式教授量子力学的实验室，这让学生们为量子信息这一新兴领域做好了准备。

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.