NSF-BSF: Quantum Optical Machines Powered by Heat and Information from Ideas to Experiments on Performance Bounds

NSF-BSF：由热量和信息驱动的量子光学机器，从想法到性能界限实验

• 批准号: 2013771
• 负责人: Marlan Scully
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: Texas A&M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2025-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2013771&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; BSF; Quantum; Optical; Machines

The upsurge of interest in quantum thermodynamics (QTD) centers around the basic questions: How are the laws of conventional thermodynamics potentially changed by quantum effects? Does QTD feature uniquely advantageous quantum resources? These issues will be researched by theory and experiment with mutual feedback to grasp the fundamental operation principles and performance bounds of QTD machines, e.g. laser-based quantum heat engines, quantum photocells, and biomolecular motors. This broad, yet targeted, research will help advance future technologies towards fast heat removal and dissipation control in nano-size devices, as the miniaturization of a refrigerator is one of the most important technological challenges.The overarching aim of the project is to bridge thermodynamics and quantum optics, both conceptually and operationally, and initiate QTD machine technologies based on platforms comprised of lasers, hot atomic (Rb) vapor, detectors, and cavities. The insights gained will help resolve underlying issues such as deviations in the performance bounds of quantum machines compared to classical heat machines. The group will introduce a universal criterion for work and heat extraction depending on the non-passivity (ergotropy) of the system state and the bath, unaccounted for by the second law. This criterion will allow the team to explore (by theory and experiment) the work-information, work-heat, and heat-information tradeoffs achievable in quantum systems. Anticipated are conceptually novel designs and experimental implementations of heat- and information-powered lasers without inversion, optical parametric amplifiers, and refrigerators without coherence, yet with advantageous performance.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.

人们对量子热力学(QTD)的兴趣热潮主要围绕以下几个基本问题展开：量子效应如何潜在地改变了传统热力学定律？QTD是否具有独特的优势量子资源？这些问题将通过相互反馈的理论和实验来研究，以掌握QTD机器的基本工作原理和性能界限，例如基于激光的量子热机、量子光电池和生物分子马达。这项广泛但有针对性的研究将有助于推动未来纳米设备的快速散热和散热控制技术，因为冰箱的小型化是最重要的技术挑战之一。该项目的总体目标是在概念和操作上连接热力学和量子光学，并启动基于激光、热原子(RB)蒸气、探测器和腔的平台的QTD机器技术。所获得的见解将有助于解决潜在的问题，如与经典热机相比，量子机的性能界限存在偏差。该小组将引入一个关于功和热提取的通用标准，这取决于系统状态和浴液的非被动(遍历性)，而第二定律没有考虑到这一点。这一标准将允许团队探索(通过理论和实验)量子系统中可实现的功-信息、功-热和热-信息的权衡。预期的是无反转的热能和信息驱动激光器、光学参数放大器和无相干冰箱的概念上的新颖设计和实验实现，但具有优势性能。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

Impulsive stimulated Brillouin spectroscopy for assessing viscoelastic properties of biologically relevant aqueous solutions

用于评估生物相关水溶液粘弹性的脉冲受激布里渊光谱

• DOI: 10.1117/12.2579053
• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Optical Elastography and Tissue Biomechanics VIII; 116451A
• 作者: O'Connor, Sean P.;Doktor, Dominik A.;Scully, Marlan O.;Yakovlev, Vladislav V.
• 通讯作者: Yakovlev, Vladislav V.

Noise-robust computational ghost imaging with pink noise speckle patterns

• DOI: 10.1103/physreva.104.013513
• 发表时间: 2021-07-13
• 期刊: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Nie, Xiaoyu;Yang, Fan;Scully, Marlan O.
• 通讯作者: Scully, Marlan O.

0.8% Nyquist computational ghost imaging via non-experimental deep learning

• DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2022.128450
• 发表时间: 2021-08
• 期刊: Optics Communications
• 影响因子: 2.4
• 作者: Hao-Liang Song;Xiaoyu Nie;Hairong Su;Hui Chen;Yu Zhou;Xingchen Zhao;Tao Peng;M. Scully

Non-Invasive Imaging of Object Behind Scattering Media via Cross-Spectrum

通过跨光谱对散射介质后面的物体进行非侵入性成像

• DOI: 10.1109/jphot.2022.3173556
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: IEEE Photonics Journal
• 影响因子: 2.4
• 作者: Zhao, Xingchen;Peng, Tao;Zhang, Lida;Zubairy, M. Suhail;Shih, Yanhua;Scully, Marlan O.
• 通讯作者: Scully, Marlan O.

Femtosecond Time-Resolved Infrared-Resonant Third-Order Sum-Frequency Spectroscopy

• DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01940
• 发表时间: 2021-02
• 期刊: ACS Photonics
• 影响因子: 7
• 作者: Jizhou Wang;Kai Wang;Yujie Shen;Zehua Han;Fu Li;Zhe He;Da-Wei Wang;A. Sokolov;M. Scully