Quantum network sensor for speed tracking

The advance of sensors can have important impacts to our lives, ranging from developing safer self-driving cars to more precise medical imaging. Quantum properties like entanglement can dramatically improve the sensitivity of sensors. This project will study a new type of quantum sensing that aims to track speed. A new design will be considered that involves a spatially distributed quantum sensor network to detect the signal generated by a traveling object. The efficacy of this unexplored scheme will be verified through obtaining the optimal quantum control and understanding the role of entanglement. This Globalink internship will be a pilot project of this direction of research. A PhD student from Simon Fraser University will conduct 3-month internship at Chuo University to model the sensing scenario, and analyze the performance of many-body quantum sensors. The intern will learn analytical and numerical techniques that are valuable assets for quantum industries in Canada. The results will also lay the foundation of quantum speed sensing, facilitate collaboration and joint grant application between Profs. Lau and Matsuzaki.

Faculty Supervisor:

Hoi-Kwan Kero Lau

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Partner:

Chuo University

Discipline:

Physics

Sector:

Quantum Science; Technology

University:

Simon Fraser University

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