Project description
Preparing photon-atom interactions for quantum tech
As quantum technologies evolve, challenges persist in balancing device maturity with the delicate nature of qubit entanglement. Many systems, including quantum sensors, communicators, simulators, and computers, manage without leveraging the full power of entanglement. Photons, often central to these devices, exploit their wave properties for improved performance. However, to further enhance photonic devices, more controlled interactions between atoms and photons are necessary. The ERC-funded SQVAC project aims to push these interactions to new limits, using room-temperature atomic vapour cells to mediate photon-atom coupling. This innovative approach will enable the development of advanced analog and digital wave simulators, broadening the potential of photonic technologies.
Objective
In the context of the ongoing development of novel quantum technologies, including
quantum sensors, quantum communication, quantum simulators and quantum computing,
some devices are mature without resorting to the powerful but fragile entanglement between qubits.
Exploiting the wave nature of devices, photons often play an important role. In order to enlarge the
potential of photonic devices, controlled atom-photon interactions will be pushed to new limits in order
to build analog and digital wave simulators. In the present project,
these interactions are mediated via photon-atom coupling using room temperature cells of atomic vapours.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering computer hardware quantum computers
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering electronic engineering sensors
- natural sciences physical sciences theoretical physics particle physics photons
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HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
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(opens in new window) ERC-2023-POC
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75794 PARIS
France
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