Quantum Image Processing and Storage with Four Wave Mixing

Abstract

Interest in the field of quantum optics has largely been motivated by demonstrating the unique features of the quantum world in the context of light. Taking advantage of these quantum properties of light to make advances in the context of metrology and measurement science has been the practical goal of our lab, and of the work supported under this grant. In particular, while many groups have worked toward demonstrating quantum features of light and how they can be used to advantage in fundamental scientific as well as some practical experiments, it has often been in the restricted context of a single spatial mode. In imaging terms this means a single "pixel" in an optical system. Our goal has been to attempt to expand the quantum advantages into multi-pixel imaging applications as well as to improve and simplify some of the single-spatial-mode applications of squeezed light through the use of four-wave mixing (4WM) in atomic vapors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 10, 2016
Accession Number
AD1026518

Entities

People

  • Paul D. Lett

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acousto-Optic Modulators
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Image Processing
  • Lasers
  • Measurement
  • Modulation
  • Optical Detectors
  • Optical Modulators
  • Optics
  • Phase Modulation
  • Quantum Efficiency
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Properties
  • Wave Mixing

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing