Research
To achieve its goals, QuPIDC will focus on several key areas of research, which include:
The center will design dielectric and plasmonic nanophotonic structures that enhance the optical and spin coherence of quantum emitters, including h-BN, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), Cu2O, GaAs quantum dots, organic molecules, and color centers in SiC, SiN, and diamond.
QuPIDC will co-design photon-emitter interfaces to maximize nonlinear photon interactions, critical for increasing photon entanglement. These enhanced light-matter interactions will enable the realization of highly entangled photon states, including cluster states, superradiance, Fock states, and squeezed light.
Theoretical and experimental techniques will be developed to control and characterize entangled photon states and multi-emitter systems.
Alignment with BES Research Priorities
QuPIDC’s research strategies align with the Priority Research Directions (PRDs) and Priority Research Opportunities (PROs) outlined in the Basic Energy Sciences (BES) workshop and roundtable reports. Specifically, QuPIDC’s emphasis on the co-design of quantum emitters and nanophotonic structures directly supports the transformative materials paradigm for quantum information science. The center’s development of a comprehensive suite of theoretical and simulation tools will address bottlenecks in experimental preparation and characterization of complex quantum states.