Complex light and matter waves: merging nano-optics, quantum physics, and field theory

该项目旨在解决纳米光学、等离子激元、电子显微镜、量子弱测量和相对论波场交汇处的前沿问题。设备的小型化，以及不断增加的处理信息量，导致在基础科学中考虑并在应用中开发的经典波和量子波的复杂性日益增加。该项目旨在开发新的方法和概念，并揭示具有非平凡结构和内部自由度的波动系统物理中的有趣现象。这将为深入了解复杂的经典波和量子波的性质，以及精细控制不同的光、物质和混合光-物质系统提供新的途径。

This project aims to address frontier problems at the confluence of nano-optics, plasmonics, electron microscopy, quantum weak measurements, and relativistic wave fields. Miniaturisation of devices, and ever-increasing amounts of processed information, lead to the increasing complexity of classical and quantum waves considered in fundamental science and exploited in applications. This project aims to develop novel methods and concepts, and unveil intriguing phenomena in physics of wave systems with nontrivial structure and internal degrees of freedom. This will provide deep insight into properties of complex classical and quantum waves, and new avenues for fine control of diverse light, matter, and mixed light-matter systems.