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

非技术描述：QuAPB是由阿肯色大学派恩布拉夫分校（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的量子信息科学与工程学院，重新定位了UALR和UAPB的几位纳米材料专家，向量子应用方向发展，为学士/硕士学生创建了一个动手的量子实验课程，并为从高中到硕士水平的量子学员提供了多样化的管道。QuAPB的研究重点包括量子材料的扭曲堆叠的合成和集成，这些材料具有量子光源的内在优势。教育和推广活动包括新的学位课程、新的实验室和课堂课程，以及专注于激发K-12学生对量子职业的兴趣的公众参与，以创造确保QuAPB长期可持续性的学生管道。技术描述：QuAPB的研究重点是moir<s:1>量子材料的合成、表征和应用，由UALR的参与者补充，他们为一种新颖的非雪崩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的探测器和MonArk NSF量子铸造厂制造的二维非线性光学元件。结果是二维集成量子光子器件的创建，表征和优化，在强光-物质相互作用方面具有优越的性能，易于集成到量子光子电路中，并且能够与其他量子自由度接口，例如自旋和谷存在于某些二维材料中。UAPB （HBCU）生产的扩大的量子劳动力有助于使学术和工业机构多样化，为量子技术的发展做出贡献。这些努力还在美国阿肯色州中部一个服务不足的地区为量子科学和工程吸引了尚未开发的人力资源。一个新的五年学士/硕士项目改变了UAPB的研究相关教育能力，允许学员充分利用UAPB的集成量子光子学设施，并建立了一个新的动手量子教育实验室，为毕业生进入量子劳动力提供必要的培训。该项目由多学科活动办公室（OMA）、历史悠久的黑人学院和大学本科项目（HBCU-UP）和促进竞争研究的既定项目（EPSCoR）共同资助。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.