Ultrafast Quantum Optics

University Of Rochester, Rochester NY

Investigators

Abstract

This research program focuses on the study the quantum properties of light in the femtosecond regime. The major objectives of the program are: 1) to develop in the laboratory a reliable and efficient source of several quantum particles in specified entangled states; 2) to develop a theoretical framework for the modeling of such sources and to use this to understand how to control both the field and modal entanglement properties of the light; 3) to study experimentally the nonlocal properties of entangled beams particularly in relation to measures of nonclassicality of the radiation; and 4) to demonstrate novel methods for characterizing the quantum state of the light generated by such sources.