Quantum Optics describes the study of light and its interactions at a microscopic, quantum level. Single photons are the quantum particles of light. Our lab specialises in the manufacture of single and entangled photons — produced through spontaneous parametric down-conversion in bulk non-linear crystals — which are then used for quantum optics research at the fundamental level.
As a group, we are very interested in investigating quantum optical effects and phenomena, by pushing boundaries and extending known effects into unknown realms. We study different effects such as Hanbury-Brown-Twiss interferometry, the Hong-Ou-Mandel effect, as well as intricate nested interferometry using Mach-Zehnder and Sagnac geometries, to understand the properties of different types of light with very high accuracy.
Our work in pure quantum optics deals with experimental as well as theoretical investigations at very high precision levels — enabling many firsts in terms of discoveries.
