DARPA (DSO): Photon-Efficient Nanoscale Optical Metrology (PhENOM)

The PhENOM DO is intended to demonstrate and validate disruptive approaches to the scalable and quantum-limited generation and detection of loss-resilient and correlated states of light.

Applications of approaches and techniques explored within PhENOM include efficient, low-light level imaging across the electromagnetic spectrum; few-photon control and readout of nanoscale solid-state or atomic quantum sensors and qubits for quantum information processing (QIS); and loss-resilient protocols of optical communication, synchronization, and time transfer.

Phase 1 Feasibility Study (base)

Phase 2 Proof of Concept

Funding: Phase 1 $350,000 total; Phase 2 $650,000 total 

Duration: 1 year + 1 year

Research Authority due date: 11.3.24