The Project
Glass fibre quantum optics.
Winner
Dr Arno Rauschenbeutel
Laboratoire de Collisions – Agrégats - Réactivité
118 Route de Narbonne, Bat 3R1 B4
Toulouse F-31062
France
http://www.lcar.ups-tlse.fr/
Dr Arno Rauschenbeutel, 35, is currently a Senior Scientist at the University of Bonn, Germany. He gained his doctorate with distinction in Quantum Physics from the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris in 2001, and in December 2005 was honoured with the Marie Curie Excellence Award by the European Commission.
He said: “I am delighted to be awarded this funding. The results obtained in the framework of this research program will be of direct relevance for applications in the fields of ultra-high sensitivity molecule detection and spectroscopy, for biological and chemical sensing, “atomic switches” for light fields, novel types of microlasers, sources of non-classical light for quantum communication and cryptography, and basic units for quantum information processing.”
Provisional Award
€ 1,249,760
The Project Description
The proposed project aims at combining atomic and molecular quantum optics with the field of light confinement and control in tapered optical fibres. This goal is motivated by the perspective of building and operating integrated glass fibre optical devices which rely on the controlled interaction between light and matter close to or on the surface of specially designed optical fibres. Due to the quantum nature of this interaction, these devices will offer enhanced and even entirely new functionalities as compared to classical systems.
