MRI: Development of Integrated Multi-Access Entangled-Photon Sources and Single-Photon Detector Array Instrument for Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Research

MRI：开发用于跨学科量子信息研究的集成多路纠缠光子源和单光子探测器阵列仪器

• 批准号: 1828132
• 负责人: Zheshen Zhang
• 金额: $ 100万
• 依托单位: University of Arizona
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-10-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1828132&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Development; Integrated; Multi; Access

Quantum information science (QIS) gives rise to new, exciting paradigms for communications, sensing, and computing. The research and development of QIS-enabled science and technologies in the U.S., however, is impeded by the limited availability of quantum resources that require specialized expertise to generate and maintain. The INterdisciplinary QUantum Information REsearch (INQUIRE) central-campus instrument removes the barrier to access quantum resources for a broad scientific and student pool at the University of Arizona (UA). The INQUIRE instrument is the world's first shared major facility as a test-bed to foster interdisciplinary research and student training in QIS, an area identified as both a national and NSF-wide priority. This new instrument enables the convergence of QIS with diverse fields. INQUIRE is an accessible, multiuser, networked platform that communicates quantum resources over a unique fiber network between campus buildings, colleges, and scientific disciplines. Quantum entangled photons arrive from INQUIRE on demand to various laboratories conducting research in photonics, quantum-communications, bioimaging and sensing, and materials science. These laboratories use entangled photons in experiments and then route the processed light back to the INQUIRE instrument for ultrasensitive measurements. In doing so, groups with no QIS expertise enjoy state-of-the-art quantum resources to greatly foster the incorporation of QIS into diverse fields and create unprecedented research and education capabilities. Diverse early-career researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students in the UA Colleges of Engineering, Science, and Optical Sciences, and visiting researchers from other regional and national institutions benefit directly from advanced research and research training with the INQUIRE instrument, and pursue QIS-enabled science and technologies to benefit the society. Teaching laboratories at UA use INQUIRE to inspire STEM students to pursue QIS education and careers, and to develop the next-generation workforce who can apply the essential concepts of QIS to benefit U.S. society. In addition, middle-school and high-school students visit the QIS teaching laboratory to participate in QIS-based experiments, and open-house events provide local community tours of INQUIRE.The INQUIRE instrument has: 1) three high-brightness entangled-photon sources operating at telecommunication wavelengths; 2) fiber optic links over a significant fraction of the UA campus that link five different buildings and disciplines; 3) optical switching to route entangled photons to multiple users and then back to INQUIRE's single-photon detectors for ultrasensitive measurements; and 4) a robust, safe, and accessible user and administrator software interface. This central instrument delivers unique light sources to multiple scientific disciplines such as biomedical engineering and materials science, and offers a first-of-its-kind platform to explore the beginnings of quantum information processing (QIP) and sharing. Research examples include QIP with two-dimensional materials, broadband quantum-communication networks, photobleaching-free biomedical imaging, and photonic quantum computing. The unprecedented capabilities include: 1) all resources are remotely accessed without requiring prior experimental QIS background to seamlessly integrate into a variety of end users' experimental pursuits; 2) the INQUIRE resources can be simultaneously accessed by multiple users, thereby maximizing the instrument's utilization; 3) a user-friendly software interface enables end users to remotely and safely configure the entangled-photon sources and take measurements; and 4) the administrator has a software interface to maintain and monitor the state of INQUIRE. Such an infrastructure provides highly automated management of this unique multiuser resource, and ensures the long-term stability and robustness of the instrument.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

量子信息科学（QIS）为通信、传感和计算带来了新的、令人兴奋的范例。 美国的QIS科学技术的研究和开发，然而，由于量子资源的有限可用性而受到阻碍，这些量子资源需要专门的专门知识来生成和维护。跨学科量子信息研究（INQUIRE）中央校园仪器消除了亚利桑那大学（UA）广泛的科学和学生群体访问量子资源的障碍。INQUIRE仪器是世界上第一个共享的主要设施，作为一个试验台，以促进跨学科研究和学生培训QIS，一个被确定为国家和NSF范围内的优先领域。这一新工具使QIS与不同领域的融合成为可能。INQUIRE是一个可访问的多用户网络平台，通过校园建筑，学院和科学学科之间的独特光纤网络传输量子资源。量子纠缠光子按需从INQUIRE到达进行光子学、量子通信、生物成像和传感以及材料科学研究的各个实验室。这些实验室在实验中使用纠缠光子，然后将处理后的光路由回INQUIRE仪器进行超灵敏测量。在这样做的过程中，没有QIS专业知识的团体可以享受最先进的量子资源，以极大地促进QIS融入不同领域，并创造前所未有的研究和教育能力。美国大学工程学院、科学学院和光学科学学院的多元化早期职业研究人员、研究生和本科生，以及来自其他地区和国家机构的访问研究人员直接受益于使用INQUIRE仪器的高级研究和研究培训，并追求QIS支持的科学和技术造福社会。UA的教学实验室使用INQUIRE激励STEM学生追求QIS教育和职业，并培养能够应用QIS基本概念的下一代劳动力，以造福美国社会。此外，初中和高中学生参观QIS教学实验室，参加QIS为基础的实验，开放日活动提供了当地社区的INQUIRE图尔斯之旅。INQUIRE仪器有：1）三个高亮度纠缠光子源在电信波长工作; 2）光纤链路在很大一部分的UA校园连接五个不同的建筑物和学科; 3）光学开关将纠缠光子路由到多个用户，然后返回到INQUIRE的单光子探测器进行超灵敏测量;以及4）强大，安全和可访问的用户和管理员软件界面。该中心仪器为生物医学工程和材料科学等多个科学学科提供独特的光源，并为探索量子信息处理（QIP）和共享的开端提供了一个前所未有的平台。研究实例包括二维材料的QIP、宽带量子通信网络、免光漂白生物医学成像和光子量子计算。前所未有的能力包括：1）所有资源都可以远程访问，而不需要事先的实验QIS背景无缝集成到各种最终用户的实验追求中; 2）INQUIRE资源可以由多个用户同时访问，从而最大限度地提高仪器的利用率; 3）用户友好的软件界面使最终用户能够远程和安全地配置纠缠光子源并进行测量; 4）管理员有一个软件接口来维护和监控INQUIRE的状态。这样的基础设施为这种独特的多用户资源提供了高度自动化的管理，并确保了仪器的长期稳定性和鲁棒性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并且通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的知识价值进行评估，被认为值得支持影响审查标准。

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• DOI: 10.1109/jphot.2019.2946910
• 发表时间: 2020-02-01
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• 影响因子: 2.4
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• 发表时间: 2021-04-01
• 期刊: IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
• 影响因子: 2.4
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