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Quantum technologies promise efficient and secure information processing, but achieving coherence and entanglement at scale remains challenging. This project explores spin transport in industrially relevant atomically thin 2D semiconductors, focusing on developing optimised devices to enhance coherence, reduce power consumption, and enable ultra-fast operation for practical and sustainable quantum hardware.
The aim of this project is to explore new frontiers in the design of photonics integrated circuits (PICs) by using artificial intelligence (AI). The project has potential to revolutionise chip design and manufacturing processes by reduction of circuit footprint, optimisation of various elements and devices and their integration, and enabling more efficient packaging. It can play a crucial role in shaping the future of PICs and their implementation in various applications.
Quantum technology often requires non-classical, quantum light. Hollow-core fibres, a highly interesting speciality optical fibre where light is guided in a gas filled core, offer a promising route to generate, transmit, and distribute this non-classical light, and this will be the focus of this project.
Gas sensing is a vital technique for many applications, including medicine and environmental monitoring. However, there can be difficulties with many commonly used techniques. The use of quantum technology (such as entangled photons and single photon counting techniques) may be able to alleviate these, and this project will explore this.