Making Strongly Interacting Photons

产生强相互作用的光子

• 批准号: DP240100248
• 负责人: Prof Xia-Ji Liu
• 金额: $ 31.53万
• 依托单位: Swinburne University of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2024-01-01 至 2026-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP240100248
• 关键词: Making; Strongly; Interacting; Photons

This theoretical project aims to investigate strongly correlated polaritons in quantum physics. Known as quantum fluids of light, polaritons are half-light, half-matter particles exhibiting frictionless, zero-energy-cost flows, an astonishing quantum behaviour known as superfluidity. This project expects to make a breakthrough in our understanding of polaritons in the strongly interacting regime far from equilibrium and fill in the knowledge gap towards the realisation of a superfluid of light at room temperature. This should open a new era of quantum polaritonics that forms the basis for energy-efficient laser and all-optical transistor, establishing Australia as a world leader in commercialising novel photonic technologies.

该理论项目旨在研究量子物理学中的强相关极化激元。极化子被称为光的量子流体，是半光、半物质的粒子，表现出无摩擦、零能量成本的流动，这是一种被称为超流动性的惊人量子行为。该项目期望在我们对远离平衡的强相互作用状态下的极化子的理解上取得突破，并填补在室温下实现光超流体的知识空白。这将开启量子极化子学的新时代，为节能激光器和全光晶体管奠定基础，使澳大利亚成为新型光子技术商业化的世界领先者。