Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics

这一加拿大卓越量子非线性光学研究教席旨在渥太华大学建立一个世界级的量子非线性光学纳米光子学方法研究项目，由光子学、纳米光子学和量子光学的先驱和世界领导者罗伯特·博伊德博士领导。该计划将使用纳米技术来制造材料、结构和设备，这些材料、结构和设备具有专门为重要技术应用量身定做的特性。该节目将围绕五个相互关联的主题展开： 1)慢光：使用纳米结构材料，有可能将光速减慢到自行车的速度，从而使新的结构和设备能够用于电信、激光雷达和其他应用；2)制造用于构建包括慢光设备的光子器件的光子晶体；3)用于光子学的纳米结构：将开发和优化纳米结构，以增强高效太阳能转换应用中的光-物质相互作用， 量子信息科学和其他领域；4)单光子成像：这项工作试图回答“在一个光子上可以留下多少信息”。应用包括在最低照度水平下的监视和图像信息的安全传输；5)使用光的轨道角动量(OAM)状态的量子通信：这涉及将量子信息施加到单个光子的OAM状态。这可以促进以更高的信息传输速率进行安全通信。 这个项目处于科学和工程的交界处。它在通信技术、太阳能转换和生物医学成像等多个领域具有重要影响，所有这些领域在未来几年都将非常重要。 这一加拿大卓越量子非线性光学研究教席创造了将渥太华大学和加拿大定位为世界上最好的光学和光子学研究中心之一所需的可持续的智力和技术能力。

This Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics aims to establish a world-class research program in Nanophotonics Methods for Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa led by Dr. Robert Boyd, a pioneer and world leader in photonics, nanophotonics and quantum optics. The program will use nanotechnology to fabricate materials, structures and devices with properties specifically tailored to important technological applications. The program will focus on five interrelated topics: 1) Slow-light: Using nano-structured materials, it is possible to slow the speed of light to that of a bicycle thus enabling novel structures and devices for use in telecommunications, laser radar and other applications; 2) Fabrication of photonic crystals used in the construction of photonic devices including slow-light devices; 3) Nanostructures for photonics: Nanostructures will be developed and optimized to enhance light-matter interactions for applications in efficient solar energy conversion, quantum information science and other areas; 4) Imaging with a single photon: This work seeks to answer “How much information can be impressed onto a single photon.” Applications include surveillance at minimum illumination levels and the secure transfer of image information; 5) Quantum communication using Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) states of light: This involves impressing quantum information onto the OAM states of a single photon. This can facilitate secure communications at increased information transfer rates. This program lies at the interface between science and engineering. It has important implications in fields as diverse as communications technology, solar energy conversion and biomedical imaging, all of which will be hugely important in the coming years. This Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics creates the sustainable intellectual and technological capacity needed to position the University of Ottawa and Canada as amongst the very best optics and photonics research centres in the world.