2D-Material Improved Quantum Information - TIQI
Abstract
This project explores the potential of two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene, transition-metal dichalcogenides, and atomically-thin crystalline metals, to advance quantum optics and quantum information. In particular, TIQI’s objective is to overcome limitations in current quantum optical experiments using metal plasmonics, which suffer from significant losses. Plasmons are oscillations of free electrons in a material that can couple with light, leading to enhanced optical properties. 2D materials offer an alternative plasmonic platform with more confined plasmonic modes, resulting in stronger nonlinear enhancements and longer-lived plasmons with less energy loss. However, working with these materials presents its own challenges, including the need to generate and detect light in specific spectral ranges, and to manufacture high-quality nanostructures in new material platforms.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 22, 2024
- Source ID
- FA86552317063
Entities
People
- Philip Walther
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of Vienna