ExpandQISE: Track 2: QuAPB, Expanding Quantum Research and Education at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

非技术描述：QuAPB是由阿肯色大学松布拉夫分校(UAPB)在集成量子光子学的量子材料和器件领域领导的综合研究和教育活动。这个位于阿肯色州中部的首个量子中心是由阿肯色大学小石城分校(UALR)和阿肯色大学费耶特维尔分校(UAF)密切合作推动的。这个新项目在UAPB建立了第一个物理科学研究生课程，增加了UAPB的量子信息科学和工程系，将UALR和UAPB的几位纳米材料专家重新定位为量子应用，为BS/MS学生创建了一门动手量子实验室课程，并为从高中到硕士级别的各种量子实习生提供了动力。QuAPB的研究重点包括合成和集成扭曲的量子材料堆栈，这些材料具有量子光源的内在优势。教育和外展活动包括新的学位课程、新的基于实验室和课堂的课程，以及专注于激发K-12学生对量子职业生涯的兴趣的公众参与，以创造确保QuAPB长期可持续发展的学生渠道。技术描述：Quapb的研究重点是云纹́量子材料的合成、表征和应用，UALR的参与者还为一种新颖的、非雪崩的单光子探测方案合成量子点。UAF的参与者制造量子光子芯片，该芯片集成了UAPB的发射器、UALR的探测器以及MonArk NSF Quantum Foundry制造的二维非线性光学元件。其结果是创造、表征和优化了二维集成量子光子器件，其性能优越，具有强烈的光-物质相互作用，易于集成到量子光子电路中，并能够与一些二维材料中存在的其他量子自由度(如自旋和山谷)对接。HBCU UAPB培养了更多的量子劳动力，有助于使为量子技术发展做出贡献的学术和工业机构多样化。这些努力还吸引了美国阿肯色州中部服务不足的地区尚未开发的量子科学和工程人力资源。一个新的五年制BS/MS项目将转变UAPB与研究相关的教育能力，允许学员充分利用UAPB的集成量子光子学设施，并建立一个新的动手操作量子教育实验室，为进入量子劳动力大军的毕业生提供必要的培训。该项目由多学科活动办公室(OMA)、历史上的黑人学院和本科生项目(HBCU-UP)以及后期合作研究项目(EPSCoR)共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，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。

Non-Technical description:QuAPB is an integrated research and education activity led by the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) in the area of quantum materials and devices for integrated quantum photonics. This first-of-its-kind quantum center in Central Arkansas is propelled by close collaboration with the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UAF). This new project establishes the first graduate program in the physical sciences at UAPB, adds Quantum Information Science and Engineering faculty at UAPB, reorients several nanomaterials experts at UALR and UAPB toward quantum applications, creates a hands-on quantum laboratory course for BS/MS students, and powers a diverse pipeline of quantum trainees from the high school to master's levels. Research priorities of QuAPB include the synthesis and integration of twisted stacks of quantum materials that enjoy built-in advantages for quantum light sources. Education and outreach activities include the new degree program, new laboratory and classroom-based courses, and public engagement focused on exciting K-12 students about quantum careers to create the pipeline of students that ensures the long-term sustainability of QuAPB. Technical description:Research within QuAPB focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and application of moiré quantum materials, supplemented by participants at UALR who synthesize quantum dots for a novel, non-avalanche single-photon detection scheme. Participants at UAF fabricate quantum photonic chips that integrate the emitters from UAPB, the detectors from UALR, and two-dimensional nonlinear optical elements fabricated at the MonArk NSF Quantum Foundry. The result is the creation, characterization, and optimization of two-dimensional integrated quantum photonic devices with superior performance in terms of strong light-matter interaction, ease of integration into quantum photonic circuits, and capability to interface with other quantum degrees of freedom such as spin and valley present in some two-dimensional materials. The expanded quantum workforce produced by UAPB, an HBCU, helps to diversify academic and industrial institutions contributing to the development of quantum technologies. These efforts also engage untapped human resources for quantum science and engineering in an underserved region of the United States, Central Arkansas. A new five-year BS/MS program transforms the research-related educational capabilities at UAPB, allows trainees to make full use of UAPB's integrated quantum photonics facility, and establishes a new hands-on quantum education laboratory providing essential training needed by graduates entering the quantum workforce.The project is co-funded by The Office of Multidisciplinary Activities (OMA), Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP), and Estab­lished Program to Stim­u­late Com­pet­i­tive Research (EPSCoR).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.