Tunable pulse-shapers for the exploration of dynamic photon-photon interactions

用于探索动态光子-光子相互作用的可调谐脉冲整形器

• 批准号: RTI-2023-00367
• 负责人: Rotenberg, Nir
• 金额: $ 10.92万
• 依托单位: Queen's University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Research Tools and Instruments
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=763256
• 关键词: Tunable; pulse; shapers; exploration; dynamic

The requested equipment supports the growth of a the new Quantum Nanophotonics Lab at Queen's University. Our goal is to build quantum nonlinear optical effects photon-by-photon. To do so, we develop novel nanophotonic systems that enable us to perform challenging quantum optical measurements, advancing scientific knowledge of fundamental quantum light-matter interactions and opening pathways to efficient all-optical control of quantum photonic states. Our research is at the forefront of a rapidly growing international quantum community and the requested equipment is crucial to maintaining this pole position and ensuring the success of the diverse group of scientists that work therein. We request funds for two arbitrary pulse generators capable of turning our continuous lasers into sources of widely tunable pulses whose widths can span three-orders of magnitude. Having two such independent pulse sources enables multi-photon experiments with independent tuning of the different photons, shining a light on largely unexplored dynamics of few-photon quantum nonlinearities mediated via individual quantum emitters; the ability to shape each pulse, in turn, confers the ability to shape the dynamics, manipulating and enhancing giant photon-photon interactions that are simply not possible with other platforms. This first-of-its-kind laser system at Queen's is not only integral to our research, but will facilitate collaborative research and development projects within the University and across Canada. Though young, our research program has already trained a diverse and successful set of young scientists. In the past 2 years, since its establishment at Queen's, our group has trained over 20 HQP across all levels; all have gone on to either higher level academic positions, including one tenured position in France, or to high-impact positions in industry. Over half of the graduate or post-graduate HQP have been women or from other under-represented groups, a testament to our active commitment to an inclusive environment. The timely acquisition of the applied-for arbitrary pulsed generators is critical to their training in a highly in-demand skill-set -the operation of quantum photonic equipment, advanced nanophotonic design and characterization, and deep knowledge of quantum theory - and therefore to their future success in academia or the growing Canadian quantum technology ecosystem.

所要求的设备支持女王大学新量子纳米光子学实验室的发展。我们的目标是建立量子非线性光学效应的光子由光子。为此，我们开发了新的纳米光子系统，使我们能够进行具有挑战性的量子光学测量，推进基本量子光物质相互作用的科学知识，并为量子光子态的有效全光学控制开辟道路。我们的研究处于快速发展的国际量子社区的最前沿，所需的设备对于保持这一极位并确保在其中工作的不同科学家群体的成功至关重要。我们申请资金用于两个任意脉冲发生器，能够将我们的连续激光器变成宽度可以跨越三个数量级的可广泛调谐的脉冲源。拥有两个这样的独立脉冲源可以实现不同光子的独立调谐的多光子实验，通过单个量子发射器介导的少光子量子非线性的基本上未被探索的动力学;塑造每个脉冲的能力，反过来，赋予塑造动力学的能力，操纵和增强巨大的光子-光子相互作用，这在其他平台上是不可能的。这是女王大学的第一个激光系统，不仅是我们研究的组成部分，而且将促进大学内和加拿大各地的合作研究和开发项目。虽然年轻，我们的研究项目已经培养了一批多样化和成功的年轻科学家。在过去的两年里，自成立以来，我们的团队已经培训了20多名各级HQP;所有人都已经进入更高级别的学术职位，包括法国的一个终身职位，或在行业中具有高影响力的职位。超过一半的毕业生或研究生HQP是女性或来自其他代表性不足的群体，这证明了我们对包容性环境的积极承诺。及时获得适用于任意脉冲发生器对于他们在高度需求的技能组合中的培训至关重要-量子光子设备的操作，先进的纳米光子设计和表征以及量子理论的深入知识-因此，他们未来在学术界或不断增长的加拿大量子技术生态系统中取得成功。