QuantIC is a centre of excellence for research, development and innovation in imaging. QuantIC brings together world-leading quantum technologists at the Universities of Glasgow, Bristol, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Imperial College, Southampton and Strathclyde, with more than 30 global industrial partners in a new and exciting partnership. Together we will pioneer a family of multidimensional cameras operating across a range of wavelengths, timescales and length-scales. Innovations will include: - Single-photon visible and infrared cameras of unprecedented sensitivity. - Compressed sensing and sub shot-noise imaging subjecting the object to the minimum illumination. - Extreme timing-resolution single-photon cameras giving 3D ranging or time-gated imaging immune to the effects of aberrations or where line of sight is blocked. - Single-pixel cameras, creating an alternative to expensive or unobtainable focal-plane detector arrays. - Exploiting quantum time/number correlations, enhancing signal-to-noise in imaging and spectroscopy. - Quantum entangled sources enabling visible images to be acquired using only infrared illumination, or infrared spectral signatures manifest in visible light. QuantIC will create a new industrial landscape for imaging systems and their applications. Our research ethos, governance structure and engagement strategy are designed around a stakeholder base to ensure continuing (and expanding) industrial relevance and engagement.
