Quantum Communication and Measurement
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Phone number: (617) 353-9943
Location: PHO B15
Associated faculty: Sergienko
Research in the Quantum Communication & Measurement (QCM) Laboratory focus on fundamentals of quantum optics and quantum information processing with the purpose of developing quantum-optical communication networks and engineering novel ultra-precise measurement techniques in nano-photonics and life sciences that outperform conventional solutions. Experimental projects include quantum cryptography in metropolitan network, super-resolution phase sensors based on quantum dispersion cancellation effect, quantum imaging and microscopy with spatial aberration cancellation, quantum spectroscopic ellipsometry for characterizing nanoscale devices in semiconductor industry and proteomics, high-resolution fluorescent correlation spectroscopy and microscopy.
Research and development projects at QCM Laboratory concentrate on:
- quantum optical device engineering using parametric amplification in specially designed periodically polled nonlinear structures, entanglement manipulation and processing on a chip, micro- and nano-photonics, ultra-fast quantum optics;
- high-performance single-photon detection and correlation measurement in a wide spectral range from ultraviolet to mid-infrared and terahertz;
- quantum information processing, quantum communication and cryptography, linear-optical quantum computing, quantum networks;
- quantum bio-photonics: characterization and diagnostic of biological materials and devices in life sciences, picosecond-resolution fluorescent correlation spectroscopy in the visible and in the infrared spectral range for early disease diagnostic.