Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Advanced processing for quantum detector arrays
Agreement Number:
991612
Agreement Value:
$397,210.00
Agreement Date:
Jun 1, 2022 - May 30, 2025
Description:
The Project will support the development of techniques and algorithms for low-light imaging and detection using novel time-bin interferometers and analyzers, which is usually used for quantum communications. The project team will apply these ideas to a system that includes imaging interferometers equipped with photon detection arrays, which overcome the issues for free-space photons exposed to scattering or turbulent media, while retrieving the phase and intensity information of each photon to recover their pattern with high visibility. Every photon arrival on every pixel can be individually logged with ~100 picosecond precision, and several 100 million photons per second can be detected across the array. These features will be exploited to develop a novel algorithm for analysis of the very faint (and noisy) images expected for a single-photon imaging device. Finally, the project will demonstrate phase encoding to enhance of contrast for distant objects, and study how to characterize their shape and motion.
Organization:
National Research Council Canada
Expected Results:
In the short term, anticipated outcomes will be strengthened collaborations across industry, academia, and government to support research excellence. In the medium term, anticipated outcomes will be the development of new and potentially disruptive technologies with collaborators. In the long term, find collaborative solutions to public policy challenges and create stronger innovation systems.
Location:
Waterloo, Ontario, CA N2L 3G1
Reference Number:
172-2021-2022-Q1-991612
Agreement Type:
Grant
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
119260685
Recipient Type:
Academia
Recipient's Legal Name:
University of Waterloo
Federal Riding Name:
Waterloo
Federal Riding Number:
35112
Program:
Collaborative Science, Technology and Innovation Program - Collaborative R&D Initiatives
Program Purpose:
Collaborate on multiparty research and development programs to catalyze transformative, high-risk, high-reward research with the potential for game-changing scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs in priority areas.
NAICS Code:
541710 - R&D in the physical, engineering and life sciences