MID-INFRARED QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY FOR SENSING

为了提高我们感知周围环境变化的能力，我们必须了解如何在光和物质相互作用的基本极限下控制它们的量子性质。因此，量子传感有望为如何进行精确测量带来范式转换。鉴于MIR光谱学在现代社会面临的许多紧迫问题上发挥的核心作用，迫切需要对用于传感应用的MIR量子技术的创新和开发进行系统投资。MIRAQLS汇聚了一个由加拿大和欧洲研究人员组成的跨学科团队，以及行业合作伙伴，他们对用于传感应用的和平号量子光子技术的开发有着共同的长期愿景。我们的团队融合了量子光子学、材料科学、光电子元件开发、MIR激光科学和光谱学、生物光子学、光子逆设计、量子光学理论、量子信息科学和量子技术方面的专业知识。MIRAQLS旨在解决阻碍MIR量子技术发展的一些最大挑战，同时提供概念演示，如量子增强傅里叶变换红外光谱仪(Q-FTIR)、量子增强光学相干层析成像(Q-OCT)和SU(1，1)干涉测量。通过操纵输入态的量子统计，例如压缩和纠缠操作，我们的目标是获得比经典技术更好的灵敏度界限，仅限于标准量子极限(SQL)下的操作。和平号监测的改进将直接转化为社会福祉、安全和繁荣的增加；在全球抗击迫在眉睫的气候危机的背景下，它变得不可或缺。

To increase our ability to sense the changes in the environment around us, we must understand how to control the quantum properties of light and matter at the fundamental limits of their interaction. As such, quantum sensing is poised to bring paradigm-shifting transformations to how precision measurements are performed. Given the central role that MIR spectroscopy plays on many of the pressing issues facing modern society, there is an urgent need for systematic investments into the innovation and development of MIR quantum technologies for sensing applications. MIRAQLS brings together an interdisciplinary team of Canadian and European researchers, together with industry partners, who share a long-term vision for the development of MIR quantum photonic technologies for sensing applications. Our team combines expertise in quantum photonics, materials science, optoelectronic component development, MIR laser science and spectroscopy, biophotonics, photonic inverse design, quantum optics theory, and quantum information science, and quantum technologies. MIRAQLS aims to tackle some of the biggest challenges that have hampered the development of MIR quantum technologies, while at the same time delivering concept demonstrators, such as quantum-enhanced Fourier-transform infrared spectrometer (q-FTIR), quantum-enhanced optical coherence tomography (q-OCT) and SU(1,1) interferometry. By manipulation of quantum statistics of the input states, e.g. squeezing and entanglement operations, we aim to achieve better sensitivity bounds in comparison to the classical technology, limited to the operation at the standard quantum limit (SQL). Improvements in MIR sensing will directly translate to increased societal well-being, safety, and prosperity; it becomes indispensable in the context of the global fight against the looming climate crisis.