Photonics at the Quantum Limit

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Photonics at the Quantum Limit
www.supa.ac.uk
photonics_at_supa.ac.uk
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance
SUPA PHOTONICS AT THE QUANTUM LIMIT Includes
quantum information, atom optics, BEC, quantum
communication and metrology, single photon
generation, classical ! optics.
SUPA CURRENT EXCELLENCE
SUPA CURRENT EXCELLENCE Scotlands reputation
in photonics relies on excellence in optical
physics at the most fundamental level. SUPA
currently has excellence in both theory and
experiment in all of the above areas.
Novel light generators
Single photon generators
Bose-Einstein Condensation
Two of the of six Millennium challenges (see
Grand Challenges Poster) identified by the NAS
are directly relevant to Photonics at the Quantum
Limit. 1. DEVELOPING QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES 2.
UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX SYSTEMS

• GRAND CHALLENGES FOR QUANTUM PHOTONICS?
• Understanding Quantum Theory
• The Quantum to Classical Transition
• Others?
• Photonics is the ideal testbed for these ideas.
  Useful technologies to acquire on the way
  (baby-grand challenges?) might include
• Preparation, control and measurement of photonic
  (and atomic) quantum systems on demand
• Robust quantum communication
• Quantum limited metrology
• Quantum imaging techniques
• Quantum information processor?

Optical Angular Momentum
Photonic crystals
Quantum Information Theory
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