Optical Quantum Technologies

基于量子力学的技术有望给安全通信和计算速度等关键技术带来革命性的变化。光子是光的单粒子，作为量子通信的信息载体具有无可比拟的能力。它们也可能在量子计算机中发挥关键作用，要么作为计算本身的量子比特，要么作为不同计算节点之间的链接。加拿大光学量子技术研究主席将寻求产生具有特定应用特性的新量子光态，应用这些光源来实现新的量子协议，以及量子非线性光学的发展。研究范围从非常基础的，包括量子非局域性的测试，到非常实用的，开发新的医学成像原型。

Technologies based on quantum mechanics promise transformative change to key technologies such as secure communication and computational speed. Photons are single particles of light and have unmatched capability as the information carriers for quantum communication. They may also play a critical role in quantum computers, either as the quantum bits for the computation itself, or as links between different computational nodes. The Canada Research Chair in Optical Quantum Technologies will seek to generate new quantum states of light with characteristics tailored to specific applications, application of these sources to implement new quantum protocols, and the development of quantum nonlinear optics. The research ranges from the very fundamental, including a test of quantum nonlocality, to the very applied, developing a new medical imaging prototype.