Nanophotonic spectroscopy and coherent control of color centers

纳米光子光谱和色心的相干控制

• 批准号: 402062-2011
• 负责人: Barclay, Paul
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2015-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=573145
• 关键词: Nanophotonic; spectroscopy; coherent; control; color

During the past decade, fiber optic systems, which harness light to transmit information over long distances, have fueled the growth of the internet and of the telecommunications industry. While this technology continues to mature, two areas of research that use light for information processing have begun to influence new technology: nanophotonics and quantum optics. Research in nanophotonics is aimed at replacing electrical connections inside of computer chips with optical interconnects, reducing heat generation and increasing the data transfer bandwidth between computing components. For example, groups at companies such as HP and IBM have proposed computer architectures that use nanophotonic circuits to implement an "optical bus" between data-center server cores. Experiments in quantum optics study light transmission at extremely low power levels, where bits of information are encoded on individual particles of light (photons). The research program described in this proposal will conduct experiments at the intersection of nanophotonics and quantum optics. The ultimate goal of these experiments is to use tiny quantities of light for optical logic, and to write and readout information from electronic or magnetic memory devices whose physical dimensions are close to those of individual atoms.

在过去十年中，利用光长距离传输信息的光纤系统推动了互联网和电信行业的发展。虽然这项技术不断成熟，但利用光进行信息处理的两个研究领域已经开始影响新技术：纳米光子学和量子光学。纳米光子学的研究旨在用光学互连取代计算机芯片内部的电气连接，减少热量产生并增加计算组件之间的数据传输带宽。例如，惠普和IBM等公司的团队已经提出了使用纳米光子电路在数据中心服务器核心之间实现“光学总线”的计算机架构。量子光学实验研究极低功率水平下的光传输，其中信息比特编码在单个光粒子（光子）上。本提案中描述的研究计划将在纳米光子学和量子光学的交叉点进行实验。这些实验的最终目标是使用少量的光进行光学逻辑，并从物理尺寸接近单个原子的电子或磁性存储设备中写入和读出信息。