| Date: | September 30, 2020 |
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| Time: | 10 am to 4:30 pm |
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Link to join the Zoom session To register or for more information, please email Quantumsensors-Capteursquantiques (NRC/CNRC). Registration is required at least 48 hours in advance. |
| Open to: | Stakeholders |
The Internet of Things: Quantum Sensing Challenge program is designed around the following challenge statement:
To generate, control and transfer quantum information between light and matter so that a new generation of sensor systems that perform beyond the limits of classical physics may be conceived, engineered and commercialized.
The ultimate outcome of the program will be the adoption and deployment of revolutionary sensors that harness the extreme sensitivity of quantum systems to provide enhanced precision, sensitivity, rates and range of measurable phenomena. These sensing capabilities will have applications in defence and security, environmental sensing, health care, and more. In addition, the project will support the National Research Council of Canada's (NRC) metrological mandate, as quantum sensing provides new opportunities to develop additional primary standards for measurable phenomena.
The program is organized in 3 master projects: (1) Quantum Photonics, (2) Hybrid on-chip quantum systems and (3) Quantum Metrology. In each of these 3 areas, the program is designed to leverage Canadian quantum research and development capacity to realize intellectual property (IP) creation, build a highly qualified personnel (HQP) capacity, and stimulate knowledge and technology transfer between the government, academic and commercial sectors.
The program will enable research projects to deliver results that drive the development and commercialization of new sensor technologies including components, platforms and materials. Projects will develop novel IP that will build Canada's commercial leadership position. Projects will also provide opportunities for young researchers to develop leading-edge expertise in quantum sensing technology, building the HQP capacity in Canada. Collaborations with NRC research centres will be a key component of projects.
Agenda
| Time | Topic | Name |
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| 10:00 am EDT | Welcome and opening remarks |
Peter Mason, Phil Kaye, |
| 10:10 am | Keynote | Julie Lefebvre, Director General Security and Disruptive Technologies |
| 10:20 am | Program structure | Rebecca Trueman, Challenge Officer, NPO R&D Programs National Program Office |
| 10:30 am | Quantum photonics theme overview | Jackson Hamilton, Program Manager, Operations Security and Disruptive Technologies |
| 10:40 am | Semi-conductor based quantum sensing systems theme overview | Alicia Kam, Research Officer, Advanced Technology Fabrication Advanced Electronics and Photonics |
| 10:50 am | Quantum metrology theme overview | Andrew Todd, Research Officer, Thermometry and Radiometry Metrology |
| 11:00 am | Question period | |
| 11:15 am | Break 10 min | |
Foundations
| Time | Topic | Name |
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| 11:25 am | Strategic silicon nitride materials platform for quantum technologies | Khaled Mnaymneh, Research Officer, Advanced Technology Fabrication Advanced Electronics and Photonics |
| 11:35 am | Silicon based photonics as a platform for quantum photonic integrated circuits | Jens Schmid, Research Officer, Advanced Technology Fabrication Advanced Electronics and Photonics |
| 11:45 am | Graphene for quantum hall resistance standards | Carlos Sanchez, Research Officer, Electrical Standards Metrology |
| 11:55 am | Quantum Sensors in 2D | Louis Gaudreau, Research Officer, Quantum Information Security and Disruptive Technologies |
| 12:05 pm | Quantum electronics: SETs to devices | Jason Pitters, Research Officer, Microscopy Nanotechnology |
| 12:15 pm | Few-photon metrology | Angela Gamouras, Research Officer, Thermometry and Radiometry Metrology |
| 12:25 pm | Question period | |
| 12:40 pm | Break 20 min | |
Devices
| Time | Topic | Name |
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| 1:00 pm | Quantum photonic detectors | Khabat Heshami, Research Officer, Quantum Theory Security and Disruptive Technologies |
| 1:10 pm | Extreme quantum photonic sensors | Giulio Vampa, Research Officer, Laser Science Security and Disruptive Technologies |
| 1:20 pm | Quantum integrated photonic sensors | James Gupta, Research Officer, Epitaxy Advanced Electronics and Photonics |
| 1:30 pm | Quantum dot sensors | Dan Dalacu, Research Officer, Epitaxy Advanced Electronics and Photonics |
| 1:40 pm | Question period | |
| 1:55 pm | Lunch Break 1 hr 5 min | |
Applications
| Time | Topic | Name |
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| 3:00 pm | Quantum imaging | Duncan England, Research Officer, Ultrafast Quantum Photonics Security and Disruptive Technologies |
| 3:10 pm | Molecular quantum dynamics | Michael Schuurman, Research Officer, Quantum Theory Security and Disruptive Technologies |
| 3:20 pm | Correlation spectroscopy using integrated optics for astronomy and gas sensing | Ross Cheriton, Research Officer, Photonics Advanced Electronics and Photonics |
| 3:30 pm | Optical heterodyne interferometry | Siegfried Janz, Research Officer, Photonics Advanced Electronics and Photonics |
| 3:40 pm | Photonic thermometry with silicon-chip frequency combs |
Sergey Dedyulin, Siegfried Janz, |
| 3:50 pm | Portable optical clock: towards intercontinental frequency transfer approaching the 10-18 uncertainty level | Pierre Dub, Research Officer, Frequency and Time Metrology |
| 4:00 pm | Quantum-based chemical sensing | Li-Lin Tay, Research Officer, Photometry and Spectrophotometry Metrology |
| 4:10 pm | Question Period | |
| 4:25 pm | Closing remarks | Peter Mason, Program Director, Internet of Things: Quantum Sensors Challenge Program Security and Disruptive Technologies |
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