RUI: Quantum Interference and Imaging with the Spatial Modes of Light

这个项目通过利用光的量子纠缠来研究新的成像形式。这是通过产生新的空间光模式来实现的，这种模式对两束光来说是共同的，但对任何一束光来说都不是。由于空间模式是图像的构建模块，这项研究有望开发出在不同方向上传播的光子所共有的新型图像。这些图像可能比单个光子携带的图像具有更高的分辨率。这个项目更广泛的影响是，它通过只涉及本科生研究人员与教师导师合作，促进了我们对量子信息和成像的理解。学生们将在学习的早期接触到一项前沿技术，同时这项技术正在开发中。这个项目在妇女和少数民族的参与方面非常成功。其他影响包括新材料和实验室的发展，以一种现代的方式来教授量子力学，这使学生为新兴的量子信息领域做好准备。

This project studies new forms of imaging by exploiting the quantum entanglement of light. This is done by producing new spatial modes of light that are common to two beams of light but not to any one individually. Since spatial modes are the building blocks of images this research promises the development of new types of images that are common to light photons traveling in different directions. These images may be of higher resolution than the ones carried by the individual photons.The broader impact of this project is that it advances our understanding of quantum information and imaging by involving only undergraduate researchers working with a faculty mentor. The students will be exposed to a vanguard technology early on in their studies at the same time that this technology is being developed. This program has been very successful in involving women and ethnic minorities. Other impacts include the development of new materials and laboratories for a modern way to teach quantum mechanics, which prepares students to the rising field of quantum information.