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.

所需的设备支持女王大学新的量子纳米光子学实验室的发展。我们的目标是逐个光子地构建量子非线性光学效应。为此，我们开发了新颖的纳米光子系统，使我们能够执行具有挑战性的量子光学测量，推进基本量子光与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途径。我们的研究处于快速发展的国际量子界的前沿，所需的设备对于保持这一领先地位并确保在其中工作的不同科学家群体的成功至关重要。我们请求资金用于两个任意脉冲发生器，能够将我们的连续激光器转变为宽度可跨越三个数量级的广泛可调脉冲源。拥有两个这样的独立脉冲源可以实现对不同光子进行独立调谐的多光子实验，从而揭示了通过单个量子发射器介导的少光子量子非线性的动力学，这在很大程度上尚未被探索。反过来，塑造每个脉冲的能力赋予了塑造动力学、操纵和增强巨大光子-光子相互作用的能力，而这是其他平台根本不可能实现的。女王大学的这种首创激光系统不仅是我们研究的组成部分，还将促进大学内部和加拿大各地的合作研究和开发项目。尽管我们的研究项目还很年轻，但它已经培养了一批多元化且成功的年轻科学家。自从在女王大学成立以来的两年里，我们的团队已经培训了20多名各级HQP；所有人都获得了更高级别的学术职位，包括在法国的一项终身职位，或者在工业界担任高影响力的职位。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。及时获得所应用的任意脉冲发生器对于他们培训急需的技能（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）至关重要，因此也对他们的能力至关重要。未来在学术界或不断发展的加拿大量子技术生态系统中的成功。