The proposal is to develop a new approach to characterize the polarization parameters of optical and photonic materials using quantum feature of entangled and orthogonally polarized signal and idler photon pairs. A polarization intensity interferometer designed based on this principle has shown extremely high resolution in the attosecond time scale, and is sentive to the absorption or reflection of the photons travelling throught the sample. These features allow the use of this technique as a quantum extension of conventional optical ellipsometry.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS)
Application #
9810355
Program Officer
Filbert J. Bartoli
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
2002-09-30
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
$220,000
Indirect Cost
Name
Boston University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Boston
State
MA
Country
United States
Zip Code
02215