UK National Quantum Technology Hub in Sensing and Timing

英国国家传感和计时量子技术中心

• 批准号: EP/T001046/1
• 负责人: Michael Holynski
• 金额: $ 3636.26万
• 依托单位: University of Birmingham
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FT001046%2F1
• 关键词: UK; National; Quantum; Technology; Hub

The Quantum Technology Hub in Sensors and Timing, a collaboration between 7 universities, NPL, BGS and industry, will bring disruptive new capability to real world applications with high economic and societal impact to the UK. The unique properties of QT sensors will enable radical innovations in Geophysics, Health Care, Timing Applications and Navigation. Our established industry partnerships bring a focus to our research work that enable sensors to be customised to the needs of each application. The total long term economic impact could amount to ~10% of GDP. Gravity sensors can see beneath the surface of the ground to identify buried structures that result in enormous cost to construction projects ranging from rail infrastructure, or sink holes, to brownfield site developments. Similarly they can identify oil resources and magma flows. To be of practical value, gravity sensors must be able to make rapid measurements in challenging environments. Operation from airborne platforms, such as drones, will greatly reduce the cost of deployment and bring inaccessible locations within reach. Mapping brain activity in patients with dementia or schizophrenia, particularly when they are able to move around and perform tasks which stimulate brain function, will help early diagnosis and speed the development of new treatments. Existing brain imaging systems are large and unwieldy; it is particularly difficult to use them with children where a better understanding of epilepsy or brain injury would be of enormous benefit. The systems we will develop will be used initially for patients moving freely in shielded rooms but will eventually be capable of operation in less specialised environments. A new generation of QT based magnetometers, manufactured in the UK, will enable these advances. Precision timing is essential to many systems that we take for granted, including communications and radar. Ultra-precise oscillators, in a field deployable package, will enable radar systems to identify small slow-moving targets such as drones which are currently difficult to detect, bringing greater safety to airports and other sensitive locations. Our world is highly dependent on precise navigation. Although originally developed for defence, our civil infrastructure is critically reliant on GNSS. The ability to fix one's location underground, underwater, inside buildings or when satellite signals are deliberately disrupted can be greatly enhanced using QT sensing. Making Inertial Navigation Systems more robust and using novel techniques such as gravity map matching will alleviate many of these problems. In order to achieve all this, we will drive advanced physics research aimed at small, low power operation and translate it into engineered packages to bring systems of unparalleled capability within the reach of practical applications. Applied research will bring out their ability to deliver huge societal and economic benefit. By continuing to work with a cohort of industry partners, we will help establish a complete ecosystem for QT exploitation, with global reach but firmly rooted in the UK. These goals can only be met by combining the expertise of scientists and engineers across a broad spectrum of capability. The ability to engineer devices that can be deployed in challenging environments requires contributions from physics electronic engineering and materials science. The design of systems that possess the necessary characteristics for specific applications requires understanding from civil and electronic engineering, neuroscience and a wide range of stakeholders in the supply chain. The outputs from a sensor is of little value without the ability to translate raw data into actionable information: data analysis and AI skills are needed here. The research activities of the hub are designed to connect and develop these skills in a coordinated fashion such that the impact on our economy is accelerated.

传感器和定时的量子技术中心是7所大学，NPL，BGS和行业之间的合作，将为真实的世界应用带来颠覆性的新能力，对英国产生巨大的经济和社会影响。QT传感器的独特性能将使地球物理学、医疗保健、定时应用和导航领域实现彻底的创新。我们建立的行业合作伙伴关系使我们的研究工作更加专注，使传感器能够根据每个应用的需求进行定制。长期的经济影响可能占GDP的10%左右。重力传感器可以看到地下的地面，以确定埋在地下的结构，导致巨大的成本建设项目，从铁路基础设施，或下沉洞，布朗菲尔德网站的发展。同样，它们可以识别石油资源和岩浆流。为了具有实用价值，重力传感器必须能够在具有挑战性的环境中进行快速测量。从空中平台（如无人机）进行操作将大大降低部署成本，并使无法到达的地点触手可及。绘制痴呆症或精神分裂症患者的大脑活动，特别是当他们能够四处走动并执行刺激大脑功能的任务时，将有助于早期诊断和加速新治疗方法的开发。现有的脑成像系统体积庞大，难以操作;特别难以将其用于儿童，因为更好地了解癫痫或脑损伤将具有巨大的益处。我们将开发的系统最初将用于在屏蔽室中自由移动的患者，但最终将能够在不太专业的环境中运行。在英国制造的新一代基于QT的磁力计将实现这些进步。精确的定时对我们认为理所当然的许多系统至关重要，包括通信和雷达。超精密振荡器，在一个现场可部署的包，将使雷达系统能够识别小型缓慢移动的目标，如无人机，目前难以检测，为机场和其他敏感地点带来更大的安全性。我们的世界高度依赖精确的导航。虽然最初是为国防而开发的，但我们的民用基础设施严重依赖GNSS。使用QT传感可以大大增强在地下、水下、建筑物内或卫星信号被故意中断时确定一个人位置的能力。使惯性导航系统更加强大，并使用新的技术，如重力地图匹配将减轻许多这些问题。为了实现这一切，我们将推动旨在实现小型、低功耗操作的先进物理研究，并将其转化为工程封装，使系统具有无与伦比的实际应用能力。应用研究将发挥他们的能力，提供巨大的社会和经济效益。通过继续与一批行业合作伙伴合作，我们将帮助建立一个完整的QT开发生态系统，覆盖全球，但牢牢扎根于英国。这些目标只能通过将科学家和工程师的专业知识结合起来来实现。设计可在具有挑战性的环境中部署的设备的能力需要物理学、电子工程和材料科学的贡献。设计具有特定应用所需特性的系统需要了解土木和电子工程，神经科学以及供应链中的广泛利益相关者。如果没有将原始数据转化为可操作信息的能力，传感器的输出就没有什么价值：这里需要数据分析和人工智能技能。该中心的研究活动旨在以协调的方式连接和发展这些技能，从而加速对我们经济的影响。

项目成果

A Simulation Study of the Temperature Sensitivity and Impact of Fabrication Tolerances on the Performance of a Geometric Anti-Spring Based MEMS Gravimeter

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• DOI: 10.1109/inertial53425.2022.9787761
• 发表时间: 2022
• 作者: Belwanshi V

Optimising the sensing volume of OPM sensors for MEG source reconstruction.

• DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119747
• 发表时间: 2022-12-01
• 期刊: NeuroImage
• 影响因子: 5.7
• 作者: Bezsudnova Y;Koponen LM;Barontini G;Jensen O;Kowalczyk AU
• 通讯作者: Kowalczyk AU

Use of Symmetrical Peak Extraction in Drone Micro-Doppler Classification for Staring Radar

对称峰值提取在无人机微多普勒雷达分类中的应用

• DOI: 10.1109/radarconf2043947.2020.9266702
• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Bennett C

Magneto-optical trap performance for high-bandwidth applications

适用于高带宽应用的磁光陷阱性能

• DOI: 10.1103/physreva.108.063111
• 发表时间: 2023
• 期刊: Physical Review A
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Adams B

All-optical spin locking in alkali-metal-vapor magnetometers

• DOI: 10.1103/physreva.105.043109
• 发表时间: 2022-04-11
• 期刊: PHYSICAL REVIEW A
• 影响因子: 2.9
• 作者: Bao, Guzhi;Kanta, Dimitra;Budker, Dmitry
• 通讯作者: Budker, Dmitry