Low noise, high-throughput, time-resolved single-photon sensor for quantum applications

适用于量子应用的低噪声、高通量、时间分辨单光子传感器

• 批准号: 103872
• 金额: $ 50.35万
• 依托单位: PHOTON FORCE LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2017 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=103872
• 关键词: Low; noise; throughput; time; resolved

Quantum technology will revolutionize science, computing, communication, medical diagnosis and treatment, security, defence, and consumer goods. Fundamentally, the development and proliferation of quantum technologies into everyday life depend on the availability of sensors capable of time-resolved recording of individual energy quanta. Photon Force has partnered with Heriot Watt University (Edinburgh) and Fraunhofer UK (Glasgow) to create a single-photon sensitive fibre-coupled light detector which can detect and time 0.5 billion individual photons per second with 55 picosecond time precision. The sensor could help physicists advance their research, firefighters see through smoke, improve the resolution and speed of medical imaging, or provide secure optical communication links.

量子技术将彻底改变科学、计算、通信、医疗诊断和治疗、安全、国防和消费品。从根本上说，量子技术的发展和扩散到日常生活中取决于能够时间分辨记录单个能量量子的传感器的可用性。 Photon Force 与赫瑞瓦特大学（爱丁堡）和英国弗劳恩霍夫大学（格拉斯哥）合作创建了一种单光子敏感光纤耦合光探测器，可以每秒检测 5 亿个单个光子并对其进行计时，时间精度为 55 皮秒。该传感器可以帮助物理学家推进他们的研究，帮助消防员透视烟雾，提高医学成像的分辨率和速度，或者提供安全的光通信链路。