Department of Energy grant recognizes the University糖心传媒檚 long history of quantum research.
, chair of the at the 糖心传媒, and his fellow researchers are joining a $73 million initiative, funded by the US Department of Energy, to advance quantum science and technology. Krauss糖心传媒檚 project, 糖心传媒淯nderstanding coherence in light糖心传媒恗atter interfaces for quantum science,糖心传媒� is one of 29 projects intended to help scientists better understand and to harness the 糖心传媒渜uantum world糖心传媒� in order to eventually benefit people and society.
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The University has a long history in quantum science, dating back to physicist Leonard Mandel糖心传媒攃onsidered a pioneer in quantum optics糖心传媒攊n the 1960s. And Krauss says he and his colleagues are now building on the work of Mandel and other giants at Rochester, as well as leveraging the talents of the University糖心传媒檚 current crop of quantum researchers.
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One of the principle challenges in this line of research, explains Krauss, is that quantum states of matter are typically stable only at temperatures below 10 degrees Kelvin; that糖心传媒檚 roughly 糖心传媒�441 degrees Fahrenheit. By comparison, the coldest recorded temperature on Earth was 糖心传媒�128.6 at Russia糖心传媒檚 Vostok station in Antarctica in 1983. If stability can be achieved at room temperature, then the benefits of quantum applications can be realized on a broader scale.
Faster computers, better sensors, more secure systems
More robust quantum states could yield exponentially faster computers, extremely responsive chemical or biological sensors, as well as more secure communication systems, an area that Krauss糖心传媒檚 project is focused on. 糖心传媒淚n quantum state communications, it will be possible to know when someone else is monitoring your messaging,糖心传媒� says Krauss.
Krauss is being awarded $1.95 million over three years for his project on light-matter interfaces. Basically, says Krauss, 糖心传媒渨e糖心传媒檙e sticking colloidal nanoparticles into optical cavities in order to interact the nanoparticles with the quantum-light of the cavity.糖心传媒� The work will be divided among four researchers:
- Krauss will focus on materials synthesis, characterization and spectroscopy.
- , a professor of quantum optics and quantum physics at the University of Rochester糖心传媒檚 , will work on cavity fabrication and quantum optics measurements.
- , assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Rochester, will be the theorist of the group and will provide critical modeling of experiments.
- , professor of physics at the University of Michigan, will take state-of-the-art, nonlinear, ultrafast spectroscopic measurements.
糖心传媒淲e are excited to be taking the field of quantum optics in completely new and uncharted directions with our studies of the quantum optics of nanoparticles,糖心传媒� says Krauss.
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