Follow us: @QuantIC_QTHub quantic.ac.uk [email protected] Glasgow, G128QQ ofGlasgow University James Watt SouthBuilding QuantIC Innovation Space Quantum Enhanced Imaging The UKQuantumTechnology Hubin QUANTIC Annual Report QuantIC 2017

MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE QuantIC Annual Report 2017 MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE Foreword elcome to QuantIC’s third annual report. We are more than halfway through the first five years of the UK National WQuantum Technologies Programme (UKNQTP) which has successfully drawn industry’s attention to the business opportunities created by translating quantum science out of the research lab. To date, QuantIC has supported 33 industry-led projects, investing £2.8M and leveraging £2.3M of industrial support. These projects all utilise quantum technologies to develop competitive advantage in terms of functionality, performance or cost. While the development of a quantum technology industry in the UK is still in its infancy, the unique structure of the UKNQTP, which brings together academia, industry and government, has given the UK a head- start in the international race to industrialise quantum technologies. However, much work will be necessary to retain the momentum created and to secure a large share of the emerging global market. QuantIC is in a good position to meet this challenge head on. Over the next two years, we expect a number of QuantIC products will be taken to market, both in collaboration with industry partners and as new spin-out companies. Quantum technologies have been selected by the UK Government as one of fourteen ‘core industrial challenges’ to be tackled through its Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF). As planning begins for the next phase of the UKNQTP, there is an opportunity to build on the integration of industry and academic assets initiated by the Quantum Technology Hubs. QuantIC’s continued collaboration with industry and potential Innovation Centres to produce a supply chain could also underpin other ISCF challenges, such as such as self-driving vehicles, satellites and space technology and leading edge healthcare. At QuantIC, we’re excited to see what lies in store for the future of quantum technologies in the UK as part of an evolving landscape of research opportunities. We look forward to continuing collaboration, maintaining confidence and momentum and widening and deepening existing industrial networks to ensure we capitalise on the investment made so far in delivering value to the UK economy.

Professor Steve Beaumont Professor Miles Padgett Director Principle Investigator

Fresnel Cones demonstrator exhibited at the 2017 National Quantum Technologies Showcase. Photo Credit Dan Tsantilis & EPSRC

4 5 Table of Contents National Quantum Technologies Programme

Foreword P. 2 QuantIC is one of four UK Quantum Technology Hubs established as part of the £270M government investment in the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme (UK- NQTP). The aim of the UK-NQTP is to accelerate the translation of quantum science into economic and societal impact for the benefit of the UK. The vision of the UK-NQTP is the creation of a coherent quantum technology community Who we are P. 5 where government, academia and industry collaborate to secure a leadership position for the UK in the emerging multi-million pound quantum technology market.

QuantIC Year 3 P. 7 QuantIC QuantIC is the UK centre of excellence for research, development and innovation in Innovation quantum enhanced imaging. Led by the University of Glasgow, it brings together more P. 10 than 120 full time researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Oxford, Strathclyde and Warwick with more than 40 industry partners. The Hub is led by Professor Steve Beaumont, QuantIC’s Director, and Professor Miles Padgett, QuantIC’s Principal Investigator and Scientific Lead. The day to day operation Technology Development of the Hub is supported by a growing and dedicated central team to ensure its smooth P. 24 operation and to appropriately resource our outreach and industrial engagement activities.

Stakeholder Engagement P. 38 Our Vision Governance Our vision, shaped in collaboration with over 40 industry partners, is to pioneer a family P. 52 of multidimensional cameras operating across a range of wavelengths, time-scales and length-scales, creating a new industrial landscape for imaging systems and their applications in the UK. QuantIC’s approach to user engagement and innovation includes a strategy aimed at exploring with industry the potential for quantum technologies to improve products and processes in the imaging sector. Appendices P. 56

6 7 Quantic Year 3

Over the past year, QuantIC has built on existing partnerships in the UK and grown its international presence at major exhibitions.

ince our inception in December 2014, we have focused on our mission to deliver improved imaging technology to users by translating cutting edge research into Sprototype components, cameras and systems. In our third year we continued to push towards this goal through industry collaboration, research excellence and stakeholder engagement. Our Partnership Resource programme has continued to grow with an additional £2.4m investment into projects in year three, including 7 Phase 2 demonstrator projects. QuantIC also continued to support skills development through the QuantIC Industrial Studentship programme introduced last year. We have now awarded £490k across 12 industry-led projects. Our Innovation Space is helping to accelerate industrial innovation by ofering space for companies to co-locate with QuantIC researchers. In Year 3, the Innovation Space hosted industry partners such as Dstl, Chromacity, and Bridgeporth and to support the development of a new start-up, Pyxl. The quality of our research has been internationally recognised; our academics have delivered 122 talks at international conferences and published 72 papers in high-level journals in our third year. Year three also saw us host collaborative workshops with the UK Technology Hub for Sensing and Metrology to find ways to improve and develop our technologies through greater collaboration. Improvement of our demonstrators has allowed us to take our technology on the road to two high-profile international exhibition events, Photonics West in the United States and Laser World of Photonics in Munich. QuantIC also contributed twelve exhibits to the third National Quantum Technologies Showcase, including improved and brand-new demonstrators such as the Single-photon Underwater Imager and 3D Fusion demonstrators. In 2017, QuantIC expanded its stakeholder engagement through membership of Technology Scotland, which provides us with connections to many emerging technology industries. QuantIC continued to host industry-focused workshops leading to increased interest in the automotive and health industries, further expanding our range of industry applications. Year 3 also saw the growth of the QuantIC Central Team, with the recruitment of a Business Development Executive and a Project Ofcer. The increased capacity has allowed us to take on every opportunity to grow our impact. QuantIC continues to maintain a high standard of research and industry engagement and in the coming years we will continue building our vision to create a new industrial landscape for imaging systems and their applications.

Horiba Microscope demonstrator built using QuantIC components at the 2017 8 National Quantum Technologies Showcase. Photo Credit Dan Tsantilis & EPSRC 9 3 Years In Numbers

QuantIC has come a long way since its inception three years ago. Here is an overview of what we’ve achieved so far: Technology exhibited Recognition Of at major events Our World-Leading 6 Industry Research Team Industry-led Institute of Physics; Royal Society; visits Royal Society of Edinburgh; projects Leverhulme Trust; Optical Society of America 12Innovate UK and Centre for Defence and Engaged Enterprise projects for a total value of £1.9M. Patent New/ >50 9 protected >100 Improved technologies companies 4 Technologies NEW research awards £2.8M Companies >£17M Funding Leveraged papers £3.3M

accessing >100 Funding Invested 6 published Innovation >200Talks at Space Partnership32 meetings and Studentships12 Resource Projects conferences

10 11 Innovation Industry Partners QuantIC is bringing quantum technology to bear on real world QuantIC is grateful to the companies who have engaged with us imaging challenges, across the industrial, scientific, security and through our Partnership Reseource Fund projects and Industrial consumer markets. Studentship Programme.

ndustrial engagement drives our research. We are collaborating with industry leaders and technology users to accelerate imaging innovation in alignment with market Ipriorities and national/international needs. This will ultimately lead to commercial applications that will benefit the UK economy. A major aspect of our industry engagement is the £4m Partnership Resource Fund (PRF) which has been targeted at projects that demonstrate the applicability of QuantIC technologies to solve real-world imaging problems and to accelerate technology readiness in partnership with an industry collaborator. The fund is managed by our industry-led board, the Market Opportunities Panel, ensuring market- awareness and industrial oversight in the allocation of the fund. PRF projects are aimed at determining whether a technology has the potential to ofer a competitive edge in terms of new functionality, improved performance or cost reduction (Phase 1) or to progress the development of quantum enhanced imaging technologies to higher Technology Readiness Level (Phase 2). The key assessment criteria for projects is an attractive business proposition with a route to exploitation for an emerging technology in the field of quantum imaging. The PRF bridges the gap between industry and academia and is designed to accelerate the uptake of quantum technologies which will give a competitive edge to UK industry whether through new products, enhanced functionality of existing products or lower costs. In 2017 the Market Opportunities Panel approved 15 new applications with a total project value of over a £2.4m and leveraged an additional £1.7m of industrial contribution. These awards build on the 17 projects approved in the first two years of operation, bringing our total funded portfolio to £5.8m. Our third year has seen a significant rise in the number of larger Phase 2 projects as the technologies are progressing towards commercialisation. A list of all of the funded PRF projects can be found in the annex at the end of the report. QuantIC continues to support companies by ofering a fully funded Industrial Studentship Programme and partnering on projects funded through Innovate UK, Centre for Defence and Enterprise (CDE), or the forthcoming Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. The studentship programme, designed to develop both academic and technical excellence in the next generation of quantum engineers, has seen an additional 4 Industrial Studentships awarded this year. To date QuantIC has invested over £500K in 12 industry-led studentships, and collaborated in 11 Innovate UK and Centre for Defence and Enterprise projects at a total value of £1.9M.

12 13 From the QuantIC Market Opportunities Panel

The QuantIC Market Opportunities Panel (MOP) manages the £4 Million Partnership Resource Fund. Panel member Robert Lamb explains the role of the MOP and the importance of the projects it supports.

ince its inception the Quantum Technology Hub for Enhanced Imaging QuantIC has benefited from strong industrial collaboration. It has forged close working Srelationships with industry across a wide range of applications which have demonstrated the use of quantum technologies in innovative technical solutions to industry-defined problems. QuantIC’s engagement with industry is spearheaded by its Market Opportunities Panel (MOP). The MOP comprises technologists from leading manufacturing organisations and representatives from Innovate UK and EPSRC.

The MOP can therefore provide a wide range of advice to QuantIC on wider industrial Prof Rob Lamb with Dr Matthew Edgar at the QuantIC Innovation Space. engagement and the opportunities for commercial exploitation. It also provides collective advice to the QuantIC management and input to the national QT Strategy “which sets out the case for continued government investment in quantum technology. Another important role is to support quantum technology development, sensor demonstrators and feasibility studies. These are industry-led projects funded through the MOP and provide support for academics to demonstrate the proof-of-principle of emerging quantum technology in close collaboration with and led by an industrial partner. These projects are typically 4-24 months long and provide both parties with valuable insight into the practical application of emerging technology. To date 32 projects have been funded to develop a wide range of single photon counting and low-light level imaging concepts. These first steps are essential in forging the new collaborations, partnerships and the new technology exploitation routes necessary for the successful commercialisation of the Quantum Technology Revolution.” Prof Rob Lamb is Airborne & Space Systems Division Chief Technical Ofcer (EO) at Leonardo and a member of the QuantIC Market Opportunities Panel.

14 15 Imaging Based Integrated imaging, navigation and data Communications systems for autonomous mobile agents A Partnership Resource Project in collaboration with ED lights are commonly used in lighting rooms and at QuantIC we are developing Aralia systems ultrafast LED illuminations capable of both projecting structured patterns and of Lcommunicating with robots, cameras etc. The patterns enable the devices to self- t is widely forecast that Ultra Wide Bandwidth (UWB) networks will be a disruptive locate and the information can direct them to undertake tasks. technology for Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs), facilitating greatly improved machine Ivision processing performed remotely at fixed locations. LiFi UWBs provides an unlicensed Video surveillance is becoming an indispensable tool to ensure both personal and solution that is both secure and safe. Recent work has shown that LiFi ofers superior public safety. Common applications include monitoring of critical infrastructure, telecommunications performance to WiFi for AMRs in complex indoor environments. AMRs financial institutions, airports and public transport gateways as well as private must be able to understand their environment, in order to operate safely and efciently property. QuantIC’s researchers are working with security company Aralia Systems Ltd alongside people. However, current 2D cameras and machine vision techniques cannot to investigate the feasibility of employing LED systems for covert automated video determine the scene context with sufcient accuracy. surveillance. The QuantIC LiFi UWB is additionally used to create lighting patterns that enable the appropriate camera to recover multispectral, 2D, 2.5D (surface texture) and 3D information. “This data is a starting point for vision systems based upon computational neuroscience that seek to emulate the way humans perceive their surroundings.

Structured light technolgy has promising applications The project combines LiFi UWB with photometric stereo reconstruction to facilitate a complete 3D model of the environment around the AMR. In addition ceiling-mounted across a number of industry sectors including: luminares provide indoor positioning information for the AMR. These three functions facilitate the design of low cost AMRs that can function safely alongside people. This is of critical importance to many proposed robotic tasks, in particular ‘Smart Cities’, including public and domestic healthcare, maintenance and safety. Aralia systems Ltd, a UK SME, has been providing a unique set of intelligent surveillance Robotics products to a wide customer-base. Quantum Technologies Dan Tsantilis Showcase. Photo Credit & EPSRC Satellite Communication National using LEDs demonstrator at the 2017 QuantIC Research Associate Dr Johannes with Herrnsdorf the Few Photon

Smart Lighting Systems

Optical Wireless Communications

Security and Defence

Satellite Positioning

16 17 Space Based Technology new space-based technology, using the Wee-g MEMS sensor technology to miniaturise spacecraft attitude control, improving the capabilities of nanosatellite technology where the QuantIC is advancing space based technologies through industrial UK has a strong industrial position. QuantIC has been supported in developing the MEMS projects with Clyde Space which include improving gravity sensing sensing technology by securing a 4-year CENSIS (Innovation Centre for Sensing and Imaging and low light communications systems for satellites. Systems) EngD studentship for a joint industry project with Clyde Space. Clyde Space is also working with QuantIC researchers to develop a low light level atellite technology is vital for a wide range of terrestrial applications, from communications and positioning system that operates at the few-photon level, close to communications and weather systems tracking to navigation and Earth observation. the quantum limit. This technology will allow constellations of satellites to identify their Furthermore, new technological advances show clear opportunities for distributed S own position relative to other units and to communicate with each other, all at ultra-low swarms or constellations of small satellites that will provide new functionality using power levels, and with form factors compatible with current CubeSat standards. QuantIC’s innovative, cost-efective units in flexible arrangements. LED emitter technology and single photon receivers crucially enable this performance. It QuantIC is working with Glasgow based Clyde Space, a world-leading innovator and supplier also ofers a high level of resilience against both DC and AC background noise. Transmitter of CubeSats and small satellite systems. Researchers are creating a transformative and receiver are both conveniently interfaced with CMOS digital electronics. This work is supported by a PRF Phase 2 investment.

As the market continues to develop rapidly, there are ever increasing applications of nanosatellite constellations – systems of nanosatellites working together to solve a particular problem. QuantIC’s novel optical communications technology coupled with Clyde Space’s extensive experience in spacecraft design ensures that key commercial constellations missions can be met with system-optimised solutions which are not only responsive to market demand “but pioneer industry innovations.” Andrew Strain is the Chief Engineer at Clyde Space, a world-leading innovator and supplier of CubeSats and small satellite systems.

18 demonstrator LEDs Using Communication Satellite Photon Few the from casing cubesat Clydespace & EPSRC Credit Showcase. Photo Dan Tsantilis at the 2017 National Quantum Technologies 19 Seeing Through Obscurations

PhD student Susan Chan explains more about the quantum state of 5500 ft, the site for the field trials in Alpnach in Switzerland is covered in snow for most of the winter imager and shares her experience of the field test in the Swiss Alps. and can only be accessed by helicopter. Being a first time for me, the helicopter flight was definitely something that I looked forward to. At the same time, with not very much time to prepare the system, my excitement in the month or so leading up to the field trials were ofset by an equal amount of nervousness. esearch lets you do cool things, diferent things. Research takes you to new places.” This is After a few false starts due to weather conditions and other factors, we captured a time-gated video image what I thought when I decided to do a PhD, and I couldn’t agree more now that I’m here. as the helicopter flew passed a target placed at 76 m. From this result, we were able to observe the change RAt QuantIC, we are developing a high-resolution single-photon imaging system that uses in the number of photons returning to the camera and thus demonstrate that our system works. This time-gated imaging to capture ballistic photons in scattering media. By applying a delayed trigger success has led to further funding for our work through Dstl’s ‘Seeing Through the Clouds’ program. Our signal from a pulsed visible light source to our large-format single-photon camera, the sensor is aim now is to compare the performance of visible and shortwave-infrared single-photon detector arrays in only activated at such a time as the light has penetrated to the desired range and returned to the imaging through obscurants (smoke and possibly fog). In our upcoming field trials in early 2018, we will find system. In this way, the time-gated imaging approach provides the capability to ignore light that is out if the system can do this at distances up to 1.5 km.” back-scattered by an obscurant, thus allowing the sensor to see in a degraded visual environment. Susan Chan is PhD Student in the group of Dr Jonathan Leach at As part of a Centre for Defence Enterprise project co-funded by Dstl, and in collaboration with the University ofHeriot-Watt Lockheed Martin and Thales, my team led by Dr. Jonathan Leach was invited to bring our system “along to the NATO White-Out Trials that took place in February of this year. Situated at an altitude

20 in Switzerland. White Out Field Trials at the NATO Chan and Dr Jonathan Leach Susan PhD Student 21 Growing the quantum technology sector in collaboration with Technology Scotland

Stephen Taylorh ighlights how both organisations came together this year to raise the profile of quantum technology with industry.

echnology Scotland has rapidly established itself as the voice for the Enabling Technology community in Scotland, now representing Tsome 700 organisations and with over 90 corporate members. Enabling technologies such as Photonics, Electronics, Advanced Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, and Quantum Technologies, all provide the basis to deliver elegant, practical solutions to the grand challenges of the 21st century, and to facilitate step changes in efciency and productivity. As a fast-growing sector, quantum technologies are already creating an impact on Scottish Industry, which is evident in the expanding number of “businesses with a quantum focus. Technology Scotland has partnered with QuantIC to host Innovate UK quantum funding competitions in 2016-2017, which have resulted in grants being awarded to 38 quantum projects with consortia involving Scottish organisations. A total of 21 Scottish organisations have received over £4.9M in grants, from a total of £12.6M awarded. Scottish based participants therefore received almost 39% of the total quantum grants. QuantIC and Technology Scotland also partnered with Venturefest in the very successful event “The Art of Possible: Innovating our Quantum Future”. This event, which attracted some 65 participants, was an opportunity to support knowledge exchange and creative interdisciplinary collaboration. Furthering our partnership, QuantIC was part of the successful Technology Scotland led Trade Mission to Photonic Days Berlin, where as well as exhibiting, QuantIC delivered one of the keynote presentations to the conference. We are delighted that QuantIC has formally joined Technology Scotland as an active member, and we look forward to working more closely together in the future.” Stephen Taylor is the CEO of Technology Scotland Dr Neal Radwell with the QuantIC stand at Photonics Days in Berlin, Germany with the QuantIC stand at Photonics Radwell Dr Neal

22 23 QUANTIC INNOVATION SPACE osted by QuantIC, scientists from Glasgow University and Dstl were able to demonstrate a stand- of Raman system operating at a range of 2.7 m that was able to automatically identify (in real- The QuantIC Innovation Space is used for collaborative industry-academia projects and Htime) a range of liquids including chemical weapon simulants and discriminate between and supporting early stage start up activities in the area of quantum enhanced imaging. Pyxl Ltd estimate concentrations of two component mixtures. and Ken McEwan from Dstl share their thoughts on the Hub’s innovation space. The QuantIC facilities are excellent and I was particularly impressed with technical expertise of the University of Glasgow staf who were able to rapidly integrate disparate equipment within a LabView environment then demonstrate a very promising signature identification algorithm.” Ken McEwan is the Principal project engineer at the Defence “Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) QuantIC researchers iwith the GasSight Space. in the QuantIC Innovation camera

he QuantIC Innovation Space has proven to be an ideal location for us to begin our journey in developing our fully-integrated laser microscope system which Tcombines quantum technology both in the creation and detection of light. Pxyl Ltd is a start-up company founded in 2017. We specialise in novel laser-scanning microscope systems, which we design using our own proprietary techniques. We are currently generating intellectual property in laser manufacturing and laser scanning, the result of which will be an innovative compact, low-cost multi-photon microscope system that will disrupt the market for multi-photon laser microscopes. The laboratory and ofce space has been extremely beneficial to us. The lab meets all of the requirements we require for laser-and optics-based development, such as high- “end optical tables and an interlocked laser-safe area. The facility, based in the University of Glasgow, is convenient for both our customers and collaborators with access to the large meeting room for board meetings and hosting customer visits. In addition, we have benefitted from the support of the QuantIC staf who have provided links with the university community and to potential funding sources allowing us to better understand the needs of our end users and to collaborate on exciting applications of our new product. QuantIC Research Associate Dr Nathan Gemmel with Dr Christopher Leburn, Chromacity Leburn, Christopher Dr with Gemmel Nathan Dr Associate Research QuantIC Space. the QuantIC Innovation during the visit of MP Jesse Norman to CEO, Lasers Dr Craig Hamilton is Chief Executive Ofcer and Dr Gordon 24 Robertson is Chief Technical Ofcer of Pyxl Ltd. 25 Technology Development

Building on the first two years of the programme, the focus of our third year has been improving our technologies and branching into new research areas. Our programme is underpinned by research which provides a pipeline of new and innovative technologies.

uantIC’s technical programme is organised through four interlinked work Demonstrator. GasSight Camera & EPSRC CreditPhoto Dan Tsantilis packages (WPs). The first three cover systems development, focusing on Qquantum imaging with correlation (WP1), timing (WP2) and squeezing (WP3), whilst WP4 addresses the development of component sources and detectors. WP1 exploits both the quantum-inspired correlation between image and source to realise single-pixel hyperspectral and 3D cameras. Exploiting quantum entanglement derived correlations between single photons allows the realisation of ghost-imaging systems and sub-classical noise suppression. We take advantage of compressed sensing and image processing techniques to reconstruct images from incomplete or sparse data, thereby improving frame rates and/or noise removal WP2 exploits the time correlation between source and detection to provide range- gated and 3D imaging. This correlation is extended using entangled pair sources adding further discrimination to remove unwanted background and create covert scenarios. These camera systems detect a conventional image, but also establish how far away each pixel in the image is. The unique sensitivity and timing resolution of chips emerging from our collaboration with ST Microelectronics in WP4, enables a diverse range of applications, such as tracking objects around corners, imaging through brownouts, imaging of radioactive materials and new scientific instrumentation that is able to aid researchers to probe quantum processes. Mitchell Optical bench expiriment. by Kevin Photo WP3 exploits the number and phase correlations inherent in parametric down- converted light to provide ultra-low noise/power transmission imaging, fluorescent gain imaging and phase sensing for biological and gravitational field imaging. Squeezed light sources are under development that enable more accurate measurements within cameras and other sensors, giving a performance level that no classical system can match. In WP4 we are developing correlated source technologies, single-photon sensitive imaging, timing arrays and electronic time-position readout technologies. During our third year of operation, we have continued to advance our technology demonstrators which have attracted substantial industrial and user interest. Some examples of our technological progress follow in this section. See our innovation section and case studies for more details on how we are working with industry to bring quantum imaging solutions to bear on real world problems. Dr Jonathan Leach with his demonstrator at the 2017 with his demonstrator Dr Jonathan Leach & EPSRC Credit Showcase. Photo Dan Tsantilis National QT

26 27 Imaging with a Single Pixel Camera Abstract: We demonstrate a camera which can image methane gas at video rates, using only a single-pixel detector and Prof Miles Padgett structured illumination. The light source is an infrared laser diode operating at 1.651µm tuned to an absorption line of methane gas. uantIC is developing cameras that have only one pixel, but when combined with The light is structured using an addressable micromirror array to the technology similar to that found in a digital cinema projector these single pixel pattern the laser output with a sequence of Hadamard masks. The resulting backscattered light is recorded using a single-pixel cameras still produce real time video. Using this technique, Professor Miles Padgett’s Q InGaAs detector which provides a measure of the correlation compressive sensing group at the University of Glasgow is working on a 3D Single Pixel between the projected patterns and the gas distribution in the Camera which has recently produced continuous 3D video at 3fps at a range of over 10m. It scene. Knowledge of this correlation and the patterns allows is expected that in the coming year this camera will ofer sub millimetre resolution at 100m an image to be reconstructed of the gas in the scene. For the stand-of at 10fps. These cameras will have a range of applications, in particular for the application of locating gas leaks the frame rate of the camera is future of autonomous vehicles. of primary importance, which in this case is inversely proportional to the square of the linear resolution. Here we demonstrate gas In parallel, Professor Padgett’s group is working with M Squared Lasers to use this imaging at ~25 fps while using 256 mask patterns (corresponding technology to create gas imaging cameras. GasSight, the methane gas imaging to an image resolution of 16×16). To aid the task of locating the source of the gas emission, we overlay an upsampled and demonstrator, is now able to image methane with a stand-of distance of more than 3 smoothed image of the low-resolution gas image onto a high- meters. The camera units are now housed in small portable units and are being tested resolution color image of the scene, recorded using a standard with diferent sensors to image alternative gases. Gas sensing has relevant applications in CMOS camera. We demonstrate for an illumination of only 5mW sectors such as oil and gas, building and construction, environmental monitoring and food across the field-of-view imaging of a methane gas leak of ~0.2 processing, litres/minute from a distance of ~1 metre.

Single Pixel GasSight Camera. Photo Credit Kevin Mitchell 0.2 Litres/minute leak taken at a distance of 3 metres with the GasSight camera

28 29 Looking Around Corners Photo Prof Daniele Faccio expirement.

Looking Around Corners Prof Daniele Faccio

s part of WP2,Prof Daniele Faccio is working on a camera systems which enable one to image around a corner. The early work has demonstrated this capability using Aboth localised arrays of Single Photon Avalanch Photodiodes (SPADs) and more recently utilising a distributed pixel approach to improve performance. The technology has applications in the automotive and security and defence sectors. In collaboration with Thales, we have leveraged CDE funding from DSTL alongside Partnership Resource funding to develop a prototype eye safe camera with a stand-of distance of 100m from the corner.

Improving SPAD Technology Abstract: A remote-sensing system that can determine the position of hidden objects has Prof Robert Henderson applications in many critical real-life scenarios, such as search and rescue missions and safe autonomous iniaturised single photon detectors based on a conventional CMOS fabrication driving. Previous work has shown the ability to range and image objects hidden from the direct technology (the same as used for microchips or sensors in mobile phone cameras) line of sight, employing advanced optical imaging Mnow make it possible to imaging the time-of-arrival of each of the billions of photons technologies aimed at small objects at short range. emitted from labelled biological cells or reflected by optical radar. CMOS SPADs ofer both In this work we demonstrate a long-range tracking single photon sensitivity and high precision time of arrival detection. system based on single laser illumination and single-pixel single-photon detection. This enables Today’s digital cameras capture photons in packets of 10-100 thousand and provide them us to track one or more people hidden from view at a for external display or recording at fraction of second intervals. Prof Robert Henderson is stand-of distance of over 50 m. These results pave developing cameras operating 10 thousand times faster whilst timing photons with 10’s of the way towards next generation LiDAR systems picosecond precision. Positron emission tomography (PET), fluorescence imaging and optical that will reconstruct not only the direct-view scene but also the main elements hidden behind walls or LIDAR are prominent applications. The development of these SPADs in WP4 supports work corners. within the other work packages, such as the looking around corners experiment. Looking Around Corners Mobile Demonstrator. Photo Prof Daniele Faccio Prof Daniele Photo Demonstrator. Mobile Corners Around Looking

Developed a system that can track a single object moving behind a wall at a distance 2015: Frontside Illuminated (FSI) QuantiCam sensor 2015: of 1-2 metres, identify objects in movement and identify multiple targets. in 40nm CMOS - 192 x 128 pixels - Fill Factor 13%

2016: Backside Illuminated (BSI) QuantiCam3D sensors in System can track object behind a wall at 10 metres with a 1000x reduction in stacked 40nm/65nm CMOS - 192 x 256 pixelsFill Factor 50% 2016: required laser power

System improved to work in daylight and mounted on a trolley for portability. System 2017: QuantiC3D Smart single photon cameras stacked CMOS 2017: has been tested on 50 m corridor, confirming previous results and also demonstrating manufacturing - In-pixel single photon histogramming capability to work in reflection from both reflective and opaque surfaces 256x256 - 9.2mm pixels

30 31 Single Photon Imaging with Superconducting Nanowire Arrays Prof Robert Hadfield

uantIC is developing some of the world’s most advanced Qinfrared photon counting technologies. Professor Robert Hadfield is leading the development of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs), using the world class nanofabrication capability Abstract: We report on the optimisation of amorphous molybdenum of the James Watt Nanofabrication silicide thin film growth for superconducting nanowire single-photon Centre at the University of Glasgow. detector (SNSPD) applications. Molybdenum silicide was deposited via co-sputtering from Mo and Si targets in an Ar atmosphere. The Through QuantIC his team are scaling superconducting transition temperature (T c) and sheet resistance (R up from single pixel SNSPD devices to s) were measured as a function of thickness and compared to several large area arrays, and developing next theoretical models for disordered superconducting films. Superconducting generation miniaturised cryogenic and optical properties of amorphous materials are very sensitive to short- (up to 1 nm) and medium-range order (~1–3 nm) in the atomic structure. platforms. Fluctuation electron microscopy studies showed that the films assumed an A15-like medium-range order. Electron energy loss spectroscopy These SNSPDs ofer key indicates that the film stoichiometry was close to Mo83Si17, which is SPADnet Wafer developed at the University of Edinburgh advantages over conventional consistent with reports that many other A15 structures with the nominal single photon avalanche diodes and formula A 3 B show a significant non-stoichiometry with A:B > 3:1. Optical photomultipliers including single properties from ultraviolet (270 nm) to infrared (2200 nm) wavelengths photon sensitivity from visible to were measured via spectroscopic ellipsometry for 5 nm thick MoSi films indicating high long wavelength absorption. We also measured the current mid infrared wavelengths, near unity density as a function of temperature for nanowires patterned from a 10 efciency, low dark count rates (Hz), nm thick MoSi film. The current density at 3.6 K is 3.6 × 105 A cm−2 for the excellent timing resolution (20 ps) widest wire studied (2003 nm), falling to 2 × 105 A cm−2 for the narrowest Single Photon Imaging with and short reset times enabling GHz (173 nm). This investigation confirms the excellent suitability of MoSi for SNSPD applications and gives fresh insight into the properties of the count rates. underlying materials. Germanium on Silicon SPADs Profs Gerald Buller and Doug Paul

rofessors Gerald Buller and Doug Paul have been developing new Germanium on Silicon single photon avalanche diodes (SPAD) and SPAD arrays. This technology Pwill extend the sensitivity of the SPADs into the near infrared up to 1.7microns, ofering a lower cost alternative to expensive InGaAs detectors and easy integration with CMOS electronics. In particular it ofers the potential to capitalise upon the existing multi billion pound investment in CMOS whilst developing sensors at both eyesafe and telecom wavelengths. The ability to fabricate large arrays using silicon foundries and integrate CMOS electronics can leverage the visible single photon technology already on the market. The technology being developed can also be integrated into silicon photonic circuits with applications in secure communications, ranging and healthcare. QuantIC has already started a dialogue with a number of semiconductor multinationals who see the commercial opportunities for such devices.

32 Hadfield with a Superconducting Dr Nathan Gemell and Prof Robert Nanowires expiriment. Hadfield Prof Robert Photo 33 Devloping ultra-thin Lenses for IndiPixTM: Mid-infrared sensing use in compact imaging and imaging technology Prof David Cumming Prof David Cumming

s a part of WP4, Professor David Cumming’s metamaterials group at Glasgow University is working with Leonardo, Gooch and Housego and the UK Astronomy rofessor David Cumming’s micro-system technology group at the University of Glasgow ATechnology Centre to develop ultra thin metalenses. The lenses, which utilize is developing mid-infrared, 3 – 6micron, 64*64 focal plane arrays (FPAs) based on a subwavelength periodic structures of nanoparticulate metals and nanostructured glasses, Pmonolithic approach integrating indium antimonide (InSb) photodiodes (PDs) with have a number of major advantages over conventional lenses including superior resolution, gallium arsenide (GaAs) metal semiconductor field efect transistors (MESFETs). The group small size and light weight, in addition to the potential for bulk manufacture. They will be is now investigating in partnership with Compound Semiconductor Technologies (CST) Global key components in the future development of Quantum Optical Systems. Ltd, and Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) Ltd the potential of the technology to deliver arrays of avalanche photodetectors (APDs) and SPADs in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) and MIR spectral range that would constitute a unique asset for quantum applications. Together they have been awarded an Innovate UK Grant in the “Commercialisation of Quantum Technologies 3” Competition.

Abstract:The need for energy efciency and lower emissions from industrial plants and infrastructures is driving research into novel sensor technologies, especially those that allow observing and measuring greenhouse gases, such as CO2. CO2 emissions can be captured using mid-infrared imagers, but at present, these are based on hybrid technologies that need expensive manufacturing and require cooling. The high price tag prevents a wider difusion of mid-infrared imagers and hence their use for many low-cost and large-volume applications. Here we report a monolithic III-V technology that integrates GaAs transistors with an InSb photodiode array. The monolithic material system reduces costs and provides an excellent platform for the sensor system-on-chip. We present a focal plane array imaging technology operating at room temperature in the 3–6 µm wavelength range that will address the need for identification and measurement of a range of industrially important gases.

34 35 Optical micrograph depicting a small area (30 pixels, <1%) of a 64x64 pixel monolithic mid-infrared array of a 64x64 pixel monolithic mid-infrared depicting a small area (30Optical micrograph pixels, <1%) Wee-G In the Field QuantIC researcher Dr Richard Middlemiss updates us on Wee-g’s field trails in the Campsies

ravity sensors (or gravimeters) are used in a wide number of fields from archaeology to Wee-G : Low Cost MEMS Gravimeter vulcanology. By measuring tiny variations in the local gravitational field strength, they can be Prof Giles Hammond Gused to deduce the density of the ground below. By moving the gravimeter around, you can start to build up an image of this subterranean world. In the case of archaeology, this could mean ithin WP3, researchers at QuantIC have developed Wee-g, a compact, ultra- the discovery of ancient crypts or buried walls. Alternatively, gravimeters can be left in one location; stable Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) based accelerometer capable of measuring how gravity changes over time. Such measurements could be crucial for assessing when Wmeasuring tiny changes in the gravitational field. Wee-g has sufcient sensitivity a volcano is likely to erupt, since magma intruding kilometres below the surface can create gravity to measure the Earth tides; elastic deformations of the Earth which result in changes of signals before there are any other outward signs of activity. gravity 300 billionths of the local gravitational acceleration. Using optical readout for high At QuantIC, Professor Giles Hammond and his team have been developing a new type of gravity sensitivity and excellent stability, Wee-g ofers small form factor and the best sensitivity- sensor. It has the potential to be smaller and cheaper than any previous gravimeter because it is size ratio of any current gravity sensor and has generated significant industrial interest for based around the same technology used to create mobile phone accelerometers. This year the time commercialisation. “ came to conduct the first field tests of the device. So how do you know whether your gravimeter is working correctly? Usefully, gravitational acceleration gets smaller as your altitude increases: climbing up 1 m reduces the gravitational field strength by 300 parts per billion – an important reason why you should always weigh yourself upstairs. To test the gravimeter, it was driven to a local hill and measurements were taken at the top and bottom. For these measurements to be successful, it was crucial that the temperature of the system didn’t vary by more than 1/1000th of 1°C (because temperature variations cause expansions/contractions of the system that could

Wee-G Demonstrator Wee-G be interpreted (incorrectly) as a gravity change). The experiment went to plan and a signal was measured between the top and bottom of the hill! As the development of the gravimeter continues, more field tests will be conducted (some of these in partnership with our industrial partner, Birdgeporth Geophysics). The device, currently the size of a shoe box, is also shrinking further. In conjunction with Kelvin Nanotechnology, the device is being miniaturised, and is expected to be the size of a food tin by the summer.” Dr Richard Middlemiss is a Research Associate in the group of Prof Giles Hammond at the University of Glasgow Abstract: Gravimeters are used to measure density anomalies under the ground. They are applied in many diferent fields from volcanology to oil and gas exploration, but present commercial systems are costly Lab based system with mains power, rack, Dr Richard Middlemiss at the Wee-G field test in the Campsies 2015: mount electronics and massive. A new type of gravity sensor has been developed that utilises the same fabrication methods as those used to make mobile phone accelerometers. In this study, we describe the first results of a field-portable microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gravimeter. The stability of the gravimeter is demonstrated through undertaking a multi-day measurement with a standard Shoebox sized field demonstrator, deviation of 5.58 × 10−6 ms−2. It is then demonstrated 2016: battery power that a change in gravitational acceleration of 4.5 × 10−5 ms−2 can be measured as the device is moved between the top and the bottom of a 20.7 m lift shaft with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 14.25. Finally, the device is demonstrated to be stable in a more harsh environment: a 4.5 × 10−4 ms−2 gravity variation is measured between the top and bottom of a 275-m hill with an SNR of 15.88. These initial field-tests are an important step towards a 2017/18: Vacuum Packaged device chip-sized gravity sensor.

36 37 Imaging with a Single-Photon Underwater Imager Prof Gerald Buller

rofessor Gerald Buller’s team at the University of Heriot-Watt has pioneered Pan active 3D imaging system specifically Abstract: This paper presents two new algorithms for the joint for use in highly scattering underwater restoration of depth and reflectivity (DR) images constructed environments based on the time-of-flight from time-correlated single-photon counting measurements. approach and the time-correlated single- Two extreme cases are considered: 1) a reduced acquisition photon counting (TCSPC) technique used in, time that leads to very low photon counts; and 2) imaging in for example, fluorescence spectroscopy. This a highly attenuating environment (such as a turbid medium), which makes the reflectivity estimation more difcult at approach relies on the measurement of the increasing range. Adopting a Bayesian approach, the Poisson time diference between a repetitive pulsed distributed observations are combined with prior distributions laser signal and a photon event recorded by about the parameters of interest, to build the joint posterior a sensitive single-photon detector. The high

distribution. More precisely, two Markov random field sensitivity and excellent time resolution means Q-Source the with Frick Stefan Alexand Associates McMillan Research in Munich, Germany of Photonics World at Laser demonstrator (MRF) priors enforcing spatial correlations are assigned that it is possible to obtain three-dimensional to the DR images. Under some justified assumptions, the data using a scanning transceiver. This data restoration problem (regularized likelihood) reduces to a convex formulation with respect to each of the parameters of can form much higher resolution images at Q-Light Source: Robust and Stable interest. This problem is first solved using an adaptive Markov longer distances than currently achievable chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm that approximates by existing optical systems. Professor’s the minimum mean square parameter estimators. This Buller’s single-photon camera single-photon correlated photon pair source algorithm is fully automatic since it adjusts the parameters camera captures three-dimensional images of Prof John Rarity and Dr Jonathan Matthews of the MRFs by maximum marginal likelihood estimation. objects that are up to 9 attenuation lengths However, the MCMC-based algorithm exhibits a relatively long computational time. The second algorithm deals with from our transceiver system. The Single- this issue and is based on a coordinate descent algorithm. Photon Underwater Imager demonstrator was Results on single-photon depth data from laboratory-based exhibited at the 2017 Quantum Technologies underwater measurements demonstrate the benefit of the Showcase in London in 2017. proposed strategy that improves the quality of the estimated uantIC researchers Professor DR images. John Rarity and Dr Jonathan QMatthews at the University of Bristol have been developing and improving their Q Abstract: Engineering apparatus that harness quantum theory Light Source, a source of energy promises to o er practical advantages over current technology. and time-correlated photons, A fundamentally more powerful prospect is that such quantum which delivers control over technologies could out-perform any future iteration of their polarisation and wavelength. The classical counterparts, no matter how well the attributes of Obtaining high resolution images of objects system has been engineered to those classical strategies can be improved. Here, for optical direct underwater using a conventional camera can be produce a tuneable, high efciency absorption measurement, we experimentally demonstrate such difcult due to the high levels of absorption and source of correlated photon pairs in an instance of an absolute advantage per photon probe that is exposed to the absorbative sample. We use correlated intensity scatter in naturally occurring water. Our single- a reliable and reproducible portable photon camera captures three-dimensional measurements of spontaneous parametric downconversion using package that can be used for sub images of objects that are up to 9 attenuation a commercially available air-cooled CCD, a new estimator for data lengths from our transceiver system as shown in shot noise imaging. The source is analysis and a high heralding e ciency photon-pair source. We show this image. being further developed for use in this enables improvement in the precision of measurement, per a variety of applications in the bio- photon probe, beyond what is achievable with an ideal coherent sciences and security sectors. state (a perfect laser) detected with 100% e cient and noiseless detection. We see this absolute improvement for up to 50% absorption, with a maximum observed factor of improvement of 1.46. This equates to around 32% reduction in the total number of photons traversing an optical sample, compared to any future direct optical absorption measurement using classical light. 38 39 Stakeholder Engagement A selection of images from public engagemetn events. QuantIC’s stakeholder engagement covers a wide variety of technical and non-technical audiences, from users of technology and industrial collaborators to the general public.

Quantic continued to evolve its stakeholder engagement strategy in its third year as part of the UK National Quantum Technology Programme (UK-NQTP). As more of its research developed into working demonstrators through industrial collaboration, the Hub showcased its emerging technologies to new audiences and focussed on activities that were in line with delivering the following objectives of the programme: • Maximising benefit to the UK through international engagement • Stimulating applications and market opportunities • Creating the right social/regulatory context After successfully exhibiting at SPIE Security and Defence last year, QuantIC took the plunge to increase its international presence and engagement by exhibiting at major trade shows on the photonics calendar such as Laser World of Photonics in Munich. The Hub also went global with its public engagement through its collaboration with the Centre for Quantum Technologies at National University of Singapore for the Quantum Shorts film festival. Back in the UK, QuantIC continued to engage with industry and government stakeholders and key events included the 2017 National Quantum Technology Showcase and a visit from UK government minister Jesse Norman MP. Responsible research and innovation was also at the forefront this year in laying the groundwork to create the right social context for wider acceptance of quantum technologies. QuantIC hosted the UK Premiere of Quantum Shorts and actively supported the public dialogue research on quantum technologies commissioned by EPSRC. Read on to find out more about some of the highlights this year and also look out for personal perspectives from our researchers and partners too!

40 41 Going international at Minister Jesse Norman MP poses for a group shot Minister Jesse Norman MP poses for Space the QuantIC Innovation after his visit to Photonics West 2017

31 January to 2 February 2017, San Francisco, USA

uantIC took another step towards increasing its international and industry profile by exhibiting for the first time at Photonics West Q2017. Organised by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, Showcasing technology for UK Photonics West is the world’s largest multi-disciplinary event for photonics. It attracts over 20,000 people every year who come to hear about the latest research and find the latest devices and systems driving Energy and Industry Minister technology markets, including state-of-the art medical technologies, the Internet of things, smart manufacturing and “Industry 4.0,” autonomous vehicles, scientific research, communications, displays, and other 23 January, 2017, QuantIC Innovation Space, Glasgow solutions powered by photonics. The Hub was part of the UKTI Pavilion which also featured companies such as Kelvin Nanotechnology, Photon he Energy and Industry Minister Jesse Norman MP visited the Force and Optocap. QuantIC Innovation Space at the University of Glasgow on Monday QuantIC exhibited a prototype of the Gas Sight Camera, which is a 23 January 2017 as part of the launch of the UK Government’s T collaboration between the Hub and M Squared Lasers that combines vision for a modern industrial strategy, a Green Paper which included state of the art laser systems with single-pixel infrared cameras based references to science, research and innovation. on the same technology found in a data projector. The Gas Sight Camera Mr Norman, a minister in the Department for Business, Energy and could also be found at M Squared Lasers’ Photonics West stand too as Industrial Strategy, was welcomed by the Principal Professor Anton they had brought along a prototype to highlight their new technologies Muscatelli; the Head of the College of Science and Engineering Professor and industrial collaboration. Mufy Calder; Professor David Cumming, Co-Investigator at QuantIC; and Dr Matthew Edgar who was one of QuantIC’s researchers at the event Dr Sara Diegoli, Programme Manager at QuantIC. said, “Photonics West 2017 is one of the biggest exhibitions on the The Minister was shown examples of QuantIC’s technologies including planet for cutting edge physics and in particular optics research. Our stall Wee-g, Gas Sight, the Hidden Object Tracker and the Superconducting on the Scottish section attracted hundreds of visitors and we had lots Nanowire Detector as Professor Cumming explained how the Hub worked of attention from companies who wanted to commercialise quantum in partnership with industry to support and encourage innovation. imaging technologies. This was a great opportunity to promote such Industry collaborators including Dr Graham Gibson and Dr Nils Hempler science emerging from the Hub.” (M Squared Lasers), Dr Chistopher Leburn (Chromacity), Andrew Strain (Clyde Space) and Prof Robert Lamb (Leonardo) were also on hand to meet with Mr Norman to highlight the collaborative eforts with the Hub. Mr Norman said he was “hugely impressed” with how QuantIC engaged with innovators and with business.

42 43 Hosting UK premiere of international Quantum Shorts film festival It’s a privilege to have QuantIC be our UK scientific partner for Quantum Shorts, an annual competition for flash fiction and short films inspired by quantum physics. The Centre for 17 March 2017, Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow Quantum Technologies in Singapore launched Quantum Shorts in 2012 under its outreach programme. Our goal is to encourage creative engagement with the field. Thanks to support from the contests’ media partners Nature and Scientific American and uantIC was proud to present the UK Premiere of Quantum scientific partners, we receive hundreds of submissions from all Shorts – the weird and wonderful world of Quantum Physics over the world. The entries, in turn, make a jumping of point for Qon film at Glasgow Science Centre on Friday 17 March 2017. audiences to explore the quantum, like at the screening QuantIC The Hub was the UK scientific partner for the international hosted of shortlisted films in 2017.” Quantum Shorts film festival organised by the Centre for “ Quantum Technologies at National University of Singapore and Jenny Hogan is Associate Director, supported by the Nature Publishing Group. Outreach and Media Relations at the Centre for Quantum Technologies, The ten shortlisted films from around the world were chosen National University of Singapore from a total of 203 submissions received during the festival’s 2016 call for entries for quantum inspired short films. The screening, which was also part of the Glasgow Short Film Festival and British Science Week, was hosted by QuantIC’s Principal Investigator Professor Miles Padgett who took the audience on a whistle stop tour of some of the theories of quantum physics such as entanglement and wave particle duality, which inspired the top ten shortlisted films. Guests were also given the opportunity to view QuantIC demonstrators on display. The Hub also hosted a pre-screening VIP reception in partnership with Glasgow City of Science and Innovation and Technology Scotland. Entitled The Art of Possible, the event was an opportunity for over 30 guests from the creative, government, business and academic sectors to find out more about quantum technologies. Feedback from both the screening of Quantum Shorts and The Art of Possible were very positive with survey responses indicating attendees had learnt something about quantum technologies and QuantIC. This audience member’s comment sums it up, “What a great evening! Thanks QuantIC!”

Jenny Hogan at the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore

44 45 Showcasing latest technologies at Laser World of Photonics

26-29 June 2017, Messe Munchen, Munich I was unsure what to expect. This was the first time to be on “that side” of a photonics convention. After, I was enthused about the discussions that the demonstrator generated and the interest ollowing a positive reception at Photonic West, QuantIC was excited to showcase that it got. This seemed like it an efcient way to disseminate innovation in quantum imaging at Laser World of Photonics in Munich for the demonstrators outside of the usual “scientific talks” and trying to get time with company representatives. You have their time here as they first time. Laser World of Photonics is the largest international trade fair for F have already budgeted to be at the fair.” photonics components, systems and applications. It is held every two years and Dr Jonathan Matthews QuantIC co-investigator at the attracts over 30,000 visitors. University of Bristol The event provided the opportunity to highlight internationally the technological advancements our Hub has made through our industrial collaborations and to also develop new partnerships in bringing these innovative technologies to market. “ Some of the exhibits displayed included the Hub’s Gas Sight Camera, Hidden Object Tracker, Q Light Source and Fresnel Cone technology. Each exhibit was manned by a QuantIC researcher and the Hub also invited start-up Photon Force to exhibit as its CMOS SPAD technology complemented the Quanticam research being undertaken by QuantIC. Dr Nils Hempler (M Squared Lasers) with Prof Steve Beaumont and Prof Over the four days of the event, QuantIC engaged with over a hundred companies from Miles Padgett at Laser World of Photonics in Munich, Germany all over the world as well as attendees from the CLEO Europe conference which was taking place at the same time. Most of the Hub’s researchers who attended had also never exhibited their demonstrator before at such an event and found it to be an eye- opening experience. The feedback and interest from companies who visited the QuantIC stand has been positive and has also been successful in raising the profile of the UK National Quantum Technology Programme.

Secatibe runtum earum sincilla velenimus auta

Photon Force was pleased to be invited to participate in the QuantIC presence at Laser World of Photonics in Munich. As a quantum sensor technology business, there was a great synergy in being surrounded by relevant, innovative quantum technologies from the partner universities. With this vibrant collection of technologies combined, the booth attracted a large number of key industrial and academic research leaders, resulting in many fruitful conversations.” Richard Walker is CEO and Founder of “Photon Force

46 47 Engaging in Public Dialogue on Quantum Technologies Bringing quantum imaging to the 7 & 16 October 2017, 11 November 2017, Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow forefront at 2017 National Quantum s part of the remit for responsible research and innovation, EPSRC commissioned a public dialogue to understand the public’s perceptions and values in relation to the Technologies Showcase Acapabilities of quantum technologies currently under development in the UK, and also to understand any concerns, aspirations and priorities that they might have for the future development and deployment of quantum technologies. 22 November 2017, Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, London The public dialogue workshops were organised in locations coinciding with network of UK quantum technology hubs and QuantIC actively fielded its researchers to participate in the sessions held in Glasgow. uantIC highlighted the rapid pace and strength of its academic- industrial collaboration with a record twelve technology An interim activity between the workshops was also organised for the respondents and Qdemonstrators at the 2017 National Quantum Technologies this consisted of a personalised after-hours tour of QuantIC’s Making the invisible visible Showcase in London, a threefold increase from the inaugural event exhibit at the Glasgow Science Centre. The Hub’s researchers also brought in additional in 2015 which had originally been initiated by our Hub. demonstrators and this allowed the respondents to visualise how QuantIC research is translated into a technology and the potential applications and uses it ofers. The The industry event, which highlights new technological innovation from respondents’ feedback on the interim activity indicated that the event had boosted their the UK National Quantum Technologies Programme, aims to promote interest in quantum technologies with comments such as “It was very interesting to the UK the “go-to” place for the development and commercialisation of see things visually as well as in theory” and “Really enjoyed this evening. I have a better quantum technologies. This year, over 600 people attended the event understanding of quantum”. which featured breakout sessions on industrial collaboration and over 50 exhibits with potential applications in sectors such as photonics, Judging by the reactions from the public dialogue workshops in Glasgow, it seemed that autonomous vehicles, medical imaging, finance and many more. respondents were positive to the capabilities of quantum technologies being developed as part of the UK National Quantum Technology Programme and QuantIC is looking forward to QuantIC’s exhibits included new demonstrators being seen by industry the final report on the public dialogue which will be published by EPSRC in 2018. for the first time such as the sin gle photon underwater 3D imager and the few photon satellite communication system using LEDs. The Hub’s other exhibits such as the Wee-g and multiplexed fluorescence lifetime microscopy camera and Indipix highlighted their improvements up the technology readiness ladder and further industrial collaboration. In fact, many of QuantIC’s demonstrators had been developed with industrial partners such as M Squared Lasers, Horiba Scientific, Gooch and Housego, Clyde Space and Thales. Professor Miles Padgett, QuantIC’s Principal Investigator said, “Taking the ideas inspired by quantum physics that are born in a university research laboratory and turning them into innovative quantum enhanced imaging technology through industrial collaboration is what QuantIC does. I’m already looking forward to what we’ll be able to present at next year’s event”. Drs Matthew Edgar and Vincenzo Pusino speaking to members to speaking Pusino Vincenzo and Edgar Matthew Drs Public Diologue of the public at Quantum Technologies

48 49 Why I love doing public engagement

QuantIC researcher Dr Matthew Edgar shares his thoughts on communicating his research to the public and other stakeholders

can think of two key reasons that steered me onto a career path in physics. One was my physics teacher, Mr Harkins. The other was my childhood experiences Iattending science festivals. For this reason I think I have always had an appreciation for science communication and the value of public engagement. During my undergraduate degree in Physics and Astronomy I became a STEM ambassador and would regularly volunteer at the Glasgow Science festival, visit local schools and help with any other science event that I could. Whilst studying for a PhD this continued, however I was also given opportunity to take part in the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in 2007, which was like nothing I had experienced before. It was there that I began to understand the craft for engaging public in a good story and “developing my skills as an efective science communicator. Since the launch of QuantIC I have been involved in a host of exciting opportunities locally, across the UK and internationally. I have really enjoyed taking some of our demonstrators, for instance the Gas Sight camera, to Primary and Secondary Schools around Glasgow to reveal invisible artwork underneath a painting, or the sight of transparent water appearing as black as night, or the invisible bruising beneath the skin of an apple. Demonstrations like this are enough for the entire class to erupt with laugher, gasp in awe and help catalyze curious minds to ask profoundly deep questions, as well as random ones of course. Through QuantIC we have been able to take this type of hands-on experience to much larger audiences. I am now featured in a video accompanying the Making the Invisible Visible exhibit at the Glasgow Science Centre, which plays on-repeat, every day! A challenging yet hilarious half-day was spent filming for a few minutes of footage, but the bemused face on my daughter every time we visit the exhibit is absolutely priceless. The Glasgow Science Centre has also been home to several Explorathon science evenings over the years, which gives another opportunity for the public to see a selection of the QuantIC funded technology demonstrations in the one place and get their perspective on the research. Experimental optics research often starts life in a closed lab, on a large optical table, and with plenty space and time to explore. However, it is interesting to see that before long these systems are developed into compact, working, portable prototypes that can be taken to on a train to London to demonstrate at the Quantum Technology Showcase or as hold luggage on a plane to exhibit at Photonics West in San Francisco, to engage with large crowds in a small space and window of time. It can be stressful at times, particularly when things go wrong, but these experiences are what make my job so enjoyable and stimulate new conversations with interesting people and I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

Dr Matthew Edgar is a Research Associate in the group of Prof Miles Padgett at the University of Glasgow

Dr Matthew Edgar exhibiting the GasSight camera 50 with school children at the Glasgow Science Centre 51 Bridging the gap Dr Neal Radwell explains how his experience with industrial engagement has helped shaped his academic research

n my academic career I have searched for new and exciting in- teractions, hoping to spark some new ideas, or uncovering some Inew knowledge. This adventure often finds new solutions, however it is often still a major challenge is to match these solu- tions to real life problems. This year, working with QuantIC has given me the opportunity to turn this on its head, by attending and demonstrating at Industrial trade fairs and workshops. Get- ting the chance to speak with industry members, getting a sense of what is needed, what the current challenges are and the state of cutting edge technology gave me a new view on many of the research areas I thought I knew from an academic perspective. “In July I had the opportunity to attend Laser World of Photonics in Munich, which I have attended before at the technical confer- ence as an academic. This time however I was exhibiting with the QuantIC team, where we had 6 working demonstrators of new quantum inspired technologies. These demonstrators are essentially miniaturised lab experiments hoping to show enough to spark interest from industry and accelerate their uptake in real applications. That week I had the opportunity to chat with people from the automotive, metrology, sensing, manufacturing and many more industries and really get a sense of the industrial landscape and left with a better idea of which research directions to pursue.

More recently I have also had the opportunity to show our dem- onstrators to the German Optics community as well as the UK government, once again making new connections and even estab- lishing some new industrial and academic collaborations which are now bearing fruit.

Overall, I would definitely recommend any academic to try to get out to some industry-lead events, it’s a great way to get a new perspective on your research area and can be a great way to make new contacts and collaborations. It’s also great fun!” Dr Neal Radwell is a Research Associate in the group of Prof Miles Padgett at the University of Glasgow

Dr Neal Radwell with the Fresnel Cones demonstrator 52 at Laser World of Photonics in Munich, Germany 53 Project Governance QuantIC Strategic Advisory Board The success of QuantIC is due in large part to the support of our he Strategic Advisory Board advises the QuantIC Management governance boards. Board on the overall strategic framework of the Hub, monitors our Tgovernance and makes recommendations on topics including research, technological development and commercial exploitation.

Elisabeth Giacobino, (Chair of QuantiC SAB) Directeur de recherche Emerite, CNRS John Bagshaw, Independent Technology Consultant and former Technology Executive at BAE Systems Jonathan Flint, Independent SAB member and former Chief Executive at Oxford Instruments Dan Gauthier, Duke University Amanda Howes, EPSRC Peter Knight, Imperial College London.

QuantIC Market Opportunities Panel 3D Fusion Demonstrator. Photo Credit Kevin Mitchell Credit Photo Kevin Demonstrator. 3D Fusion ur Market Opportunities Panel (MOP) reviews each PRF application and makes a recommendation for funding, which is then ratified by our OManagement Board. The panel also advises the Hub on management QuantIC and exploitation of intellectual property and on internationalisation. Alastair Wilson, Chair of the MOP Management Board William Alexander, Thales UK John Bagshaw, Independent consultant he QuantIC Management Board has overall responsibility for the Simon Bennett, The UK National Quantum Hub for Sensors and Metrology Colin Coates, ANDOR, an Oxford Instruments Company delivery of the programme, including monitoring technical and Trevor Cross, Teledyne e2v Tcommercial progress and ensuring the project meets its objectives. Colin Duncan, ANDOR, an Oxford Instruments Company Steve Beaumont, Director and Chair of QuantIC Management Board Tony Espie, BP Group Technology David Cumming, WP4 leader Robin Hart, NPL Martin Dawson, rep for University of Strathclyde Andrew Howie, Scottish Enterprise Sara Diegoli, QuantIC Programme Manager Chris Jones, Innovate UK Animesh Datta, rep for University of Warwick Robert Lamb, Leonardo Daniele Faccio, rep for University of Heriot-Watt and WP2 leader Graeme Malcolm, M Squared Lasers Robert Henderson, rep for University of Edinburgh Bruce Rae, STMicroelectronics Amanda Howes, EPSRC Andy Smout, Toshiba Medical Visualisation Systems Miles Padgett, rep for University of Glasgow, WP1 leader and Principal Investigator Stephen Till, Dstl Doug Paul, lead for capital equipment Clif Weatherup, Teledyne e2v John Rarity, rep for University of Bristol and WP3 leader Nick Weston, Renishaw Ian Walmsley, rep for University of Oxford. Aidong Xu, IP group Alastair Wilson, Chair of the Market Opportunities Panel Miles Padgett, QuantIC Principal Investigator Steve Beaumont, QuantIC Director

54 55 QuantIC Co-Investigators Jim Hough FRS FRSE is Research Professor in Natural Philosophy in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow.

Jonathan Leach is Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences at the University of Heriot-Watt.

Jonathan Matthews is Lecturer in Quantum Photonics at the University of Bristol and EPSRC Early Career Fellow.

Roderick Murray-Smith is a Professor of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow.

Douglas Paul FRSE is the Professor of Electronic and Nanoscale Engineering EPSRC Research Fellow.

Sheila Rowan FRSE is Director of the Institute for Gravitational Research at the University of Glasgow.

John G Rarity FRS is Professor of Optical Communications Systems at the University of Bristol.

Michael Strain is a lecturer in Photonic Semiconductor Devices at the Institute of Photonics, based at the University of Strathclyde.

Ian Walmsley FRS is Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation) and Hooke Professor of Experimental Physics at the University of Oxford.

Matthew Walters is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacology at the Institute of Cardiovascular an Medical Sciences at the University of Glasgow.

Prof Giles Hammond’s team with the Wee-g demonstrator at the demonstrator with the Wee-g team Prof Giles Hammond’s Showcase 2017 National Quantum Technologies Ian Watson is Research Team Leader at the Institute of Photonics, based at the University of Strathclyde.

Giles Hammond is Professor of Experimental Gravitational Physics at the Institute of Gravitational Miles Padgett FRS, FRSE is QuantIC’s Principal Investigator and WP1 leader. He holds the Kelvin Chair of Research at the University of Glasgow. Natural Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Robert Henderson is Professor at the Joint Research Institute for Integrated Systems in the School of Steve Beaumont, FREng is QuantIC Director and Vice Principal Emeritus at the University of Glasgow. Engineering and Electronics at the University of Edinburgh. Stephen Barnett FRS, FRSE is Professor of Quantum Theory at the University of Glasgow.

Adrian Bowman FRSE is Head of the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Glasgow.

Gerald Buller FRSE is Professor of Physics at the University of Heriot-Watt and EPSRC Established Career Fellow in Quantum Technology.

David Cumming FRSE is WP4 leader, Professor of Electronic Systems and Head of the School of Engineering at the University of Glasgow.

Animesh Datta is Assistant Professor in Theoretical Physics at the University of Warwick and EPSRC Early Career Fellow.

Martin Dawson FRSE is both Director of Research at Strathclyde’s Institute of Photonics and inaugural Head of the UK’s first Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics, CAP.

Daniele Faccio FRSE is WP2 leader and Professor of Physics at the University of Heriot-Watt.

Erdan Gu is an Associate Director and Research Team Leader at the Institute of Photonics, University of Mitchell Optical bench expiriment. Credit: Photo Kevin Strathclyde.

Robert Hadfield is Professor of Photonics at the University of Glasgow and Head of the Electronic and Nanoscale Engineering division.

Stefan Hild is a Professor of Experimental Physics at the Institute for Gravitational Research at the University of Glasgow.

56 57 “Chip-based quantum key distribution,” P Sibson, C Erven, M Godfrey, S Miki, T Yamashita, M Fujiwara, M Sasaki, H Terai, M.G Tanner, C.M Natarajan, R.H Hadfield, J.L O’Brien, M.G Thompson, Nature Communications, 2017, 13984

“Comparative study of sampling strategies for sparse photon multispectral Lidar imaging: towards mosaic filter arrays,” Appendices R. Tobin, Y. Altmann, X. Ren, A. McCarthy, R.A. Lamb, S. McLaughlin, and G.S. Buller, Journal of Optics, 2017, 094006 “Comparison of nematic liquid-crystal and DMD based spatial light modulation in complex photonics,” S. Turtaev, I. T. Leite, K. J. Mitchell, M. J. Padgett, D. B. Phillips, T. Čižmár, Optics Express, 2017, 29874-29884 Publication List “Compressed sensing with near-field THz radiation,” R. I. Stantchev, D. B. Phillips, P. Hobson, S. M. Hornett, M. J. Padgett, E. Hendry - Optica 4, 2017, 989-992 “256×256, 100kfps, 61% Fill-factor time-resolved SPAD image sensor for microscopy applications,” I. Gyongy, N. Calder, A. Davies,N. Dutton, P. A. Dalgarno, R. R. Duncan, C. Rickman, R. Henderson, 2016 “Demonstrating an absolute quantum advantage in direct absorption measurement,” P.A. Moreau, J. Sabines- Chesterking, R. Whittaker, S. K. Joshi, P. M. Birchall, A. McMillan, J.G. Rarity, J.C.F. Matthews, Scientific Reports, 2017, “3um Pitch, 1um Active Diameter SPAD Arrays in 130nm CMOS Imaging Technology,” Z. You, L. Parmesan, S. Pellegrini, R. 6256 Henderson, 2017 “Extending the Dynamic Range of Oversampled Binary SPAD Image Sensors,” N. Dutton, T. Al abbas, I. Gyongy, R. “8.25µm Pitch 66% Fill Factor Global Shared Well SPAD Image Sensor in 40nm CMOS FSI Technology,” T. Al abbas, N. Henderson, 2017 Dutton, O. Almer, F. Mattioli Della Rocca, S. Pellegrini, B. R. Rae, D. Golanski, R. Henderson, 2017 “Fast and accurate positioning system enabled by structured illumination with light-emitting diodes,” J. Herrnsdorf, M. “A 16.5 Giga Events/s 1024 × 8 SPAD Line Sensor with per-pixel Zoomable 50ps-6.4ns/bin Histogramming TDC,” A. Strain, E. Gu, R. Henderson, M. D. Dawson, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2017 Erdogan, R. Walker, N. Finlayson, N. Krstajic, G. O. S. Williams, R. Henderson, 2017 “Fast Hyperspectral Unmixing in Presence of Nonlinearity or Mismodelling efects,” A. Halimi, J.M. Bioucas–Dias, N. “A 7Gbps integrated multiple input multiple output visible light communication demonstrator,” S. Rajbhandari, A.V.N. Dobigeon, G.S. Buller, and S. McLaughlin, IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, 2017 Jalajakumari, H. Chun, G. Faulkner, K. Cameron, R. Henderson, D. Tsonev, H. Haas, E. Xie, J.J.D. McKendry, J. Herrnsdorf, R. Ferreira, E. Gu, M.D. Dawson, D. O’Brien, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2017 “Field tests of a portable MEMS gravimeter,” R. P. Middlemiss, S. G. Bramsiepe, R. Douglas, J. Hough, D. J. Paul, S. Rowan, G. D. Hammond, Sensors, 2017, 17(11), 2571 “A Bayesian approach to denoising of single-photon binary images,” Y. Altmann, R. Aspden, M. J. Padgett, S. McLaughlin, IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, 2017 “Free-space propagation of high-dimensional structured optical fields in an urban environment,” M. P. J. Lavery, C. Peuntinger, K. Günthner, P. Banzer, D. Elser, R. W. Boyd, Science Advances, 2017, e1700552 “A comparison of singlet oxygen explicit dosimetry (SOED) and singlet oxygen luminescence dosimetry (SOLD) for photofrin-mediated photodynamic therapy,” M. M. Kim, R. Penjweini, N. R. Gemmell, I. Veilleux, A. McCarthy, G.S Buller, “From retrodiction to Bayesian quantum imaging,” F. C. Speirits, M. Sonnleitner, S. M. Barnett, Journal of Optics 19, 2017, R.H Hadfield, B.C Wilson, T.C Zhu, 2016 04401

“A High Stability Optical Shadow Sensor with Applications for Precision Accelerometers,” S.G. Bramsiepe, D. Loomes, R.P. “Fundamental limits of quantum-secure covert optical sensing,” B. A. Bash, C. N. Gagatsos, A. Datta, S. Guha, 2017, Middlemiss, D. J. Paul, G.D. Hammond, arXiv, 2017, 1711.01253 arXiv:1701.06206

“A miniaturized 4 K platform for superconducting infrared photon counting detectors,” N.R Gemmell, M. Hills, T. “Gb/s data communications with colloidal quantum dot colour converters,” M. Leitao, J.M.M. Santos, B. Guilhabert, S. Bradshaw, T. Rawlings, B. Green, R.M Heath, K. Tsimvrakidis, S. Dobrovolskiy, V. Zwiller, S.N Dorenbos, M. Crook, R.H Watson, A.E. Kelly, M.S. Islim, H. Haas, M.D. Dawson, and N. Laurand, 2017, 1900810 Hadfield, Superconductor Science and Technology, 2017, 30 11LT01 “Ghost Imaging Using Optical Correlations,” P. A. Moreau, E. Toninelli, T. Gregory, M. J. Padgett, Laser Photonics, 2017, “A Russian Dolls ordering of the Hadamard basis for compressive single-pixel imaging,” M. J. Sun, L. T. Meng, M. P. Edgar, 1700143 M. J. Padgett, N. Radwell, Scientific Reports , 2017 “High extinction ratio integrated photonic filters for silicon quantum photonics,” M. Piekarek, D. Bonneau, S. Miki, T. “Absorption spectroscopy at the ultimate quantum limit from single-photon states,” R. Whittaker, C. Erven, A. Neville, M. Yamashita, M. Fujiwara, H. Terai, M.G Tanner, C.M Natarajan, R.H Hadfield, J.L O’Brien, M.G Thompson, 2017 Berry, J. L. O’Brien, H. Cable, J. C. F. Matthews, New Journal of Physics, 2017 “High-speed Polarisation Shaping of Arbitrary Vector Beams Using a Digital Micro-mirror Device,” K. J. Mitchell, S. Turtaev, “Adaptive foveated single-pixel imaging with dynamic supersampling,” D. B. Phillips, M. Sun, J. M. Taylor, M. P. Edgar, S. M. J. Padgett, T. Cizmar, D. B. Phillips, 2017 M. Barnett, G. M. Gibson, M. J. Padgett, Science Advances 3, 2017, 1601782 “High-speed spatial control of the intensity, phase and polarisation of vector beams using a digital micro-mirror device,” “An introduction to ghost imaging: quantum and classical,” M. J. Padgett, R. W. Boyd, P. Trans, Royal Society, 2017, K. J. Mitchell, S. Turtaev, M. J. Padgett, T. Cizmar, D. B. Phillips, 2016, 29269–14 20160233 “Holographic quantum imaging: reconstructing spatial properties via two-particle interference,” N. Trautmann, G. “Atmospheric CO2 Sensing with a Random Modulation Continuous Wave Integrated Path Diferential Absorption Lidar,” Ferenczi, S. Croke, S. M. Barnett, Journal of Optics 19, 2017, 054005 M. Quatrevalet, X. Ai, A. Pérez-Serrano, P. Adamiec, J. Barbero, A. Fix, J. Manuel G Tijero, I. Esquivias, J.G Rarity, G. Ehret, “Holographic tracking and sizing of optically trapped microprobes in diamond anvil cells,” F. Saglimbeni, S. Bianchi, G. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 2017 Gibson, R. Bowman, M. J. Padgett, R. Di Leonardo, 2016, 27009–7

“Backside illuminated SPAD image sensor with 7.83µm pitch in 3D-stacked CMOS technology,” T. Al abbas, N. Dutton, O. “Hypervelocity Time-of-Flight Characterisation of a 14GS/s Histogramming CMOS SPAD Sensor,” N. Finlayson, T. Al abbas, Almer, S. Pellegrini, Y Henrion, R. Henderson, 2016 F. Mattioli Della Rocca, O. Almer, S. Gnecchi, N. Dutton, R. Henderson, 2017

“Ballistic and snake photon imaging for accurate location of optical endomicroscopy fibres,”M. S. Tanner, T. R. Choudhary, “Image reconstruction from photon sparse data,” L. Mertens, M. Sonnleitner, J. Leach, M. Agnew, M. J. Padgett , Scientific T. Craven, B. Mills, M. Bradley, R. Henderson, K. Dhaliwal, R. R. Thomson, Biomedical Optics Express, 2017, 4077-4095 18 Reports, 2017, 42164

“Characterization of amorphous molybdenum silicide (MoSi) superconducting thin films and nanowires,” Superconductor “InGaN micro-LEDs integrated onto ultra-thin colloidal quantum dot functionalised glass,” K.J. Rae, C. Foucher, B. Science and Technology, A. Banerjee, L. J. Baker, A. Doye, M. Nord, R .M. Heath, K. Erotokritou, D. Bosworth, Z. H. Barber, Guilhabert, M.S. Islim, D. Zhu, R.A. Oliver, D.J. Wallis, H. Haas, N. Laurand, and M.D. Dawson, , Optics Express, 2017, 19180 I. MacLaren, R. H. Hadfield, 2017 58 59 “Long-range depth profiling of camouflaged targets using single-photon detection,” R. Tobin, A. Halimi, A. McCarthy, X. 023830 Ren, K.J. McEwan, S. McLaughlin, and G.S. Buller, Optical Engineering, 2017, 10.1117/1.OE.57.3.031303 “Sub-shot-noise shadow sensing with quantum correlations,” E. Toninelli, M. P. Edgar, P. A. Moreau, G. M. Gibson, G. D. “Measuring the orbital angular momentum spectrum of an electron beam,” V. Grillo, A.H Tavabi, F. Venturi, H. Larocque, Hammond, M. J. Padgett, Optic Express, 2017, 18,21826 R. Balboni, G.C Gazzadi, Nature Communications 8, 2017, 15536 “Sub-Shot-Noise Transmission Measurement Enabled by Active Feed-Forward of Heralded Single Photons,” J. Sabines- “Multiplexed Single-Mode Wavelength-to-Time Mapping of Multimode Light,” H. Chandrasekharan, F. Idzebski, I. Gris- Chesterking, R. Whittaker, S.K. Joshi, P.A. Moreau, A. McMillan, H.V. Cable, J.L. O’Brien, J.G. Rarity and J. C. F. Matthews, Sanchez, N. Krstajic, R. Walker, H. Bridle, P. A. Dalgarno, W. Macpherson, R. Henderson, T. Birks, R. Thomson, Nature 2017, 014016 Communications, 2017, 14080 “Time-resolved spectroscopy at 19,000 lines per second using a CMOS SPAD line array enables advanced biophotonics “Non-line-of-sight tracking of people at long range,” S. Chan, R. E. Warburton, G. Gariepy, J. Leach, D. Faccio, Opt. applications,” A. Ufcsak, A. Erdogan, R. Walker, E. Katjana, M. G. Tanner, A. Megia-Fernandez, E. Scholefield, P. Emanuel, Express 25, 2017, 10109 K. Dhaliwal, M. Bradley, R. Henderson, N. Krstajic, Optics Express, 2017, 11103-11123

“Object Depth Profile and Reflectivity Restoration from Sparse Single-Photon Data Acquired in Underwater “Video-rate photometric stereo imaging with general lighting luminaires,” J. Herrnsdorf, L. Broadbent, G.C. Wright, M.D. Environments,” A. Halimi, A. Maccarone, A. McCarthy, S. McLaughlin and G.S. Buller, 2017 Dawson, and M.J. Strain, 2017

“Object Tracking and Reconstruction with a Quanta Image Sensor,” I. Gyongy, T. Al abbas, N. Dutton, R. Henderson, 2017 “Will a decaying atom feel a friction force?,” M. Sonnleitner, N. Trautmann, S. M. Barnett, Physical Review Letters, 2017, 118, 053601 “Observation of laser pulse propagation in optical fibers with a SPAD camera,” R. Warburton, C. Aniculaesei, M. Clerici, Y.Altmann, G. Gariepy, R. McCracken, D.Reid, S. McLaughlin, M. Petrovich, J. Hayes, R. Henderson, D. Faccio, J. Leach, Sci. “Fast tracking of hidden objects with single-pixel detectors,” S. Chan, R.E. Warburton, G. Gariepy, Y. Altmann, S. Rep. 7, 2017, 43302 McLaughlin, J. Leach and D. Faccio, Electronics Letters, 2017, 53, 1005-1008

“Octave-Spanning Broadband Absorption of Terahertz Light using Metasurface Fractal-Cross Absorbers,” M. Kenney, J. Grant, Y. D. Shah, I. Escorcia-Carranza, M. Humphreys, D. R. S. Cumming, ACS Photonics, Vol. 4 Issue 10, 2017, 2604–2612 Conference and Event List

“Optical implementation of spin squeezing,” T. Ono, J. Sabines-Chesterking, H. Cable, J. L. O’Brien, J. C. F. Matthews, New Journal of Physics, 2017, 053005 April 2017: G. Marocco, A. Noack and M. Sinclair, 8th Annual SU2P symposium, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (Poster). “Orbital angular momentum 25 years on,” M. J. Padgett, Optics Express, 2017, 11265-11274 April 2017: I. Escorcia-Carranza, J. Grant, L. Gouveia, J. Gough and D. R. S. Cumming, “METATeraCAM - A 64 x 64 CMOS “Polarisation structuring of broadband light,” K. J. Mitchell, N. Radwell, S. Franke-Arnold, M. J. Padgett, D. B. Phillips, terahertz focal plane array,” 7th International Conference on Optical Terahertz Science and Technology (OTST 2017), Optics Express, 2017, 25079-25089 London, UK.

“Positioning and space-division multiple access enabled by structured illumination with light-emitting diodes,” J. April 2017: J. Leach, “Seeing Through the Clouds,” CDE review meeting, UK. Herrnsdorf, M. J. Strain, E. Gu, R. Henderson, M. D. Dawson, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2017, 2339-2345 April 2017: J.G Rarity and J. C. F. Matthews, Bristol Quantum Information Technology conference (BQIT) 2017, hosted by “Programmable holographic technique for implementing unitary and nonunitary transformations,” Y. Wang, V. Potoček, S. QETLabs, Bristol, UK (Organising Committee). M. Barnett, X. Feng, Physical Review, 2017, 033827 April 2017: M. J. Padgett, Oxford Photonics Day, Oxford, UK. “Quantum position measurement of a shadow: beating the classical limit,” E. Toninelli, M. P. Edgar, P. A. Moreau, G. M. Gibson, G.D. Hammond, Frontiers in Optics, 2017 April 2017: M. P. Edgar, SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing, California, USA (Invited Speaker).

“Real-time computational photon-counting LiDAR,” M. Edgar, S. Johnson, D. B. Phillips, M. J. Padgett, Optical April 2017: N. R. Gemmell, A Casaburi and R. H. Hadfield, “Superconducting nanowire single photon detectors for infrared Engineering, 2017, 031304 imaging and sensing,” SPIE Defense & Commercial Sensing, Carlifornia, USA (Invited).

“Real-time imaging of methane gas leaks using a single-pixel camera,” G.M Gibson, B. Sun, M. P. Edgar, D. B. Phillips, N. April 2017: R. Henderson, “SU2P conference,” Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Hempler, G. T. Maker, Optics Express, 2017, 2998-3005 April 2017: R. Henderson, Fluorofest, Glasgow, UK. “Roadmap on structured light,” H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, A. Forbes et al, Journal of Optics, 2017, 19 013001 August 2017: G. Hammond, SUSSP73 Summer school on Gravitational Wave Astronomy, St Andrews, UK. “Robust Bayesian Target Detection Algorithm for Depth Imaging From Sparse Single–Photon Data,” Y. Altmann, X. August 2017: M. Aftalion, “Underwater sensing with MEMS gravimeters,” QinetiQ student symposium, Farnborough, UK. Ren, A. McCarthy, G.S. Buller, S. McLaughlin, IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, 2016, 10.1109/ TCI.2016.2618323 August 2017: G.S. Buller, A. McCarthy, X. Ren, A. Maccarone, R. Tobin, Abderrahim Halimi, Y. Altmann, Y.R. Petillot, S. McLaughlin and A.M. Wallace, “Depth imaging using single photon detection,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, “Robust Spectral Unmixing of Sparse Multispectral Lidar Waveforms using Gamma Markov Random Fields,” Y. Altmann, USA (Invited). A. Maccarone, A. McCarthy, G. Newstadt, G.S. Buller, S. McLaughlin, A. Hero, IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, 2017, 10.1109/TCI.2017.2703144 August 2017: I. Escorcia-Carranza, J. Grant, J. Gough and D. R. S. Cumming, “CMOS Terahertz metamaterial based 64 x 64 bolometric detector arrays,” IEEE - 42nd International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW- “Single-chip, Mid-infrared Array for Room Temperature Video Rate Imaging,” C. Xie, M. Aziz, V. Pusino, A. Khalid, M. THz 2017), Cancun, Mexico. Steer, I.G. Thayne, M. Sorel, and D. R.S. Cumming, OSA Optica, 2017, 1498-1502 August 2017: J. C. F. Matthews, Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Munich, Germany (Invited Talk). “Single–photon three–dimensional imaging at up to 10 kilometers range,” A. Pawlikowska, A. Halimi, R.A. Lamb, and G.S. Buller, Optics Express, 2017 August 2017: J.G Rarity, “Photonic quantum technologies: spins and photons,” Single photon workshop, Colorado, USA (Invited Talk). “Slow light in flight imaging,” K. Wilson, B. Little, G. Gariepy, R. Henderson, J. Howell, D. Faccio, Physical Review A, 2017, August 2017: M. P. Edgar, Glasgow Imaging Network Conference, Glasgow, UK.

60 61 August 2017: R. Middlemiss, “Field tests of a MEMS gravimeter,” IAVCE Conference on Volcanology, Portland, USA. July 2017: D.J. Paul and G.S. Buller, “Correlated Photon Sources and Single Photon Detectors,” DSTL Quantum Ranging workshop, Buckinghamshire, UK (Invited). August 2017: S. M. Barnett, “Optical forces: some fundamentals and some surprises,” Metamaterials 2017, Marseille, France (Invited Talk). July 2017: E. Toninelli, Rank Meeting on Gravitational Sensors, Lake District, UK

December 2016: D. Faccio “Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics,” Bengalore, India. July 2017: G.S. Buller, “Depth Imaging using Single Photon Detection,” DSTL Quantum Ranging workshop, Buckinghamshire, UK (Invited). December 2016: F. Speirits, “Precision Measurement,” Glasgow, UK (Paper). July 2017: J.G Rarity, “UIMP International Summer School and Workshop,” Spanish Network of Quantum Technologies, December 2016: R. Henderson, MediSens, London, UK. Madrid, Spain (Invited Talk).

December 2016: R. Middlemiss, AGU Meeting, San Francisco, USA (Presentation). July 2017: M. J. Padgett, CLEO, Pacific Rim, Singapore.

December 2016: S. Bramsiepe and M. Sinclair, CDT ISM Precision Measurement conference, Glasgow, UK (Poster). July 2017: M. J. Padgett, Complex Nanophotonics Science Camp, London, UK.

December 2017: M. Sinclair, “Micro-Optic Resonator Gyroscope,” JWNC Event, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK (Thesis July 2017: M. P. Edgar, Innovate UK Meeting, Glasgow, UK. Presentation). July 2017: M. P. Edgar, Malvern Instruments Meeting, Glasgow, UK. February 2017: D. Faccio “Quantum limited metrology and Sensing,” Heraeus workshop, Bad Honnef, Germany. July 2017: M. P. Edgar, Quantum Ranging Workshop, Buckinghamshire, UK. February 2017: J. C. F. Matthews Seminar at University of Exeter, Exeter, UK (Invited Seminar). July 2017: R. H. Hadfield, “Advanced infrared photon counting applications,” Single Photon Workshop SPW 2017, Colorado, February 2017: M. J. Padgett, “Wheatstone Lecture,” Kings College London, London, UK. USA (Invited Talk).

February 2017: M. J. Padgett, Okinawa Institute of Technology, Okinawa, Japan (Invited Speaker). July 2017: R. H. Hadfield, “Infrared single photon detection with superconducting nanowires,” KRISS, Daejeon, Korea January 2017: D. Faccio “Imaging at the speed of light,” University of Arizona, Tucson, USA (Colloquium). (Invited Seminar).

January 2017: J. C. F. Matthews “South West Quantum Technologies,” Cardif, UK (Invited Talk). July 2017: R. H. Hadfield, R. M. Heath, N. R. Gemmell and A. Casaburi, “Infrared single photon detection with superconducting nanowires,” META 2017, Incheon, Korea (Invited Talk). January 2017: J. Götte, “Chiral Spectroscopy,” Photonics West, San Francisco, USA (Oral Paper). July 2017: S. M. Barnett, “Optical forces: from quantum optics to quantum technologies,” Royal Society, London, UK January 2017: J.G Rarity “Quasi-1D systems for spin photon interfaces,” Nanophotonics and Metamaterials, Seefeld, (Invited Talk). Austria. June 2017: A. Boccolini, A. Fedrizzi and D. Faccio, “Computational Ghost Imaging with the Human Eye,” OSA January 2017: M. Aftalion, R. Douglas, A. Noack, G. Marocco and M. Sinclair, QuantIC SAB Meeting, Glasgow, UK (Poster). Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, San Francisco, USA.

January 2017: M. J. Padgett, 90 Years of Quantum Mechanics, Singapore, Asia. June 2017: A. Boccolini, et al. “Transmission difuse imaging with a SPAD camera,” CLEO Europe, Munich, Germany.

January 2017: M. J. Padgett, Biomed/Astro Signal Processing workshop, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland. June 2017: A. Boccolini, F. Tonolini, J. Leach, R. Henderson and D. Faccio, “Imaging Inside Highly Difusive Media with a Space and Time-Resolving Single-Photon Sensor,” OSA Imaging Systems and Applications, San Francisco, USA. January 2017: M. J. Padgett, Emerging Applications of Optical Nanostructures, Tel Aviv, Israel. June 2017: A. Lyons et al. “High Precision Metrology from the Fisher Information of a Hong-Ou-Mandel Interferometer,” January 2017: M. J. Padgett, Nanometa, Seefeld, Austria, (Plenary). CLEO Europe, Munich, Germany.

January 2017: M. J. Padgett, Physics of Quantum Electronics, Snowbird, USA (Plenary). June 2017: I. Walmsley, “Integrated Quantum Optics,” CLEO Europe, Munich, Germany (Keynote).

January 2017: R. Henderson, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA. June 2017: J. Leach, Laser World of Photonics, Munich, Germany.

January 2017: S. F Frick, A. McMillan and J.G Rarity “Quantum Enhanced Transmission Estimation, The Invisible June 2017: K. Wilson et al. “Slow light in flight imaging,” CLEO Europe, Munich, Germany. Rangefinder and Overview of Bristol QuantIC Work,” QuantIC SAB meeting Glasgow, UK. June 2017: M. J. Padgett, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics and Technology, Vaxjoe, Sweden. January 2017: S. M. Barnett, “QuantIC-supported work,” Universities of Durham and Exeter (Colloquium). June 2017: P. Caramazza, A. Boccolini, G. Musarra, M. Hullin, R. Murray-Smith and D. Faccio, “Machine Learning Assisted July 2017: D.J. Paul, “Deployable Systems, Atomic Clocks and Integrated Systems,” DSTL Quantum Ranging workshop, Identification of People Hidden Behind a Corner,” OSA Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, San Francisco, USA. Buckinghamshire, UK. June 2017: R. H. Hadfield, R. M. Heath, N. R. Gemmell and A. Casaburi, “Infrared single photon detection with July 2017: G. Hammond, “Wee:g: A MEMS gravimeter with optical readout,” RANK symposium on quantum enhanced superconducting nanowires,” ISEC, Sorrento, Italy (Keynote). Gravimeters, Grasmere, UK. June 2017: R. Henderson, “The Future of Healthcare Technologies,” EPSRC IRC conference, Bath, UK. July 2017: G. Marocco, “MEMs gradiometers for attitude control on CubeSats,” RANK symposium on quantum enhanced Gravimeters, Grasmere, UK. June 2017: R.Henderson, VLSI Circuits Symposium, Kyoto, Japan.

July 2017: M. Dawson, “Nitride Semiconductors,” 12th International Conference, Strasbourg, France (Invited Talk). June 2017: S. F Frick and J.G Rarity, “The Invisible Rangefinder,” CLEO, Munich, Germany.

July 2017: R. Middlemiss, “Experimental measurements with a MEMs gravimeter,” RANK symposium on quantum March 2017: D. Faccio, “Imaging at the speed of light,” Aston University, Birmingham, UK (Colloquium). enhanced Gravimeters, Grasmere, UK. March 2017: D. J. Paul, Quantic and QT Hub in Sensor and Metrology, London, UK. July 2017: D.J. Paul and G.S. Buller, “Correlated Photon Sources and Single Photon Detectors,” DSTL Quantum Ranging workshop, Buckinghamshire, UK. March 2017: D. Phillips, Kings college, London, UK (Invited Talk). 62 63 March 2017: J. C. F. Matthews, 9th Winter School on Optoelec and Photonics: IQP, Folgaria, Italy. September 2017: A.M. Pawlikowska, B. Flemming, A. Halimi, G.S. Buller and R.A. Lamb, “Atmospheric sensing with single photon counting”, Warsaw, Poland (Invited Talk). March 2017: J. Leach, NATO White Out Trials Day (Talk). September 2017: A.M. Pawlikowska, B. Flemming, Abderrahim Halimi, G.S. Buller and R.A. Lamb, “Atmospheric sensing March 2017: M. D. Dawson, M. J. Strain, I. Watson and E. Gu, Society for Information Display SID-ME Chapter Spring with single photon counting,” SPIE Security and Defence, Warsaw, Poland (Invited). Meeting, Dresden, Germany. September 2017: D. Faccio, Photonics meets biology workshop, Tarragona, Spain (Invited). March 2017: M. J. Padgett, Okinawa Institute of Technology, Okinawa, Japan (Invited Speaker). September 2017: D. Morozov and R. H. Hadfield et al. “Titanium nitride kinetic inductance detectors for passive terahertz March 2017: R. Douglas, Welcome to the CDT event for new CDT students, Loch Tay, UK. imaging,” SDQ17, Lancaster, UK (Invited Talk).

March 2017: R. Douglas, Welcome to the University event for new graduate students, Glasgow, UK. September 2017: F. Speirits et al. “From retrodiction to Bayesian quantum imaging,” QUAMP 2017, Glasgow, UK (Poster).

May 2017: A. Maccarone, A. Halimi, A. McCarthy, R. Tobin, S. McLaughlin, Y. Petillot and G.S. Buller, “Underwater Three– September 2017: G. Ferenczi et al. “Holographic Quantum Imaging,” QUAMP 2017, Glasgow, UK (Poster). Dimensional Imaging using Single Photon Detection,” CLEO, California, USA. September 2017: G. Hammond , “The promise of gravitational wave astronomy,” Royal Society of London, London, UK. May 2017: D. Faccio, “Imaging inside buildings” NATO conference, Helsinki, Finland (Invited Talk). September 2017: G.S. Buller, A. McCarthy, X. Ren, A. Maccarone, R. Tobin, Abderrahim Halimi, Y. Altmann, Y.R. Petillot, S. May 2017: D. Phillips, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (Invited Talk). McLaughlin, A.M. Wallace, A.M. Pawlikowska and R.A. Lamb, “Single photon depth imaging,” SPIE Security and Defence, May 2017: J.G Rarity, “Achieving sub-shot-noise absorption-spectroscopy with avalanche photodiodes and with a charge- Warsaw, Poland (Invited). coupled device,” Quantum 2017, Turin, Italy (Invited Talk). September 2017: J. Jefers and W. Roga, “Efcient tracking, imaging and recognition of faces with a single-pixel camera,” May 2017: J.G Rarity, 9th NATO Military Sensing Symposium, Quebec City, Canada (Invited Talk). University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK (Poster).

May 2017: M. D. Dawson, M. J. Strain, I. Watson and E. Gu, Annual Conference of CMOS Emerging Technologies Research, September 2017: J.G Rarity, “Photonic quantum technologies: metrology, spins and photons,” QUAMP 2017, Glasgow, UK Warsaw, Poland. (Invited Talk).

May 2017: M. P. Edgar, Pint of Science Festival, Glasgow, UK (Invited Speaker). September 2017: M. J. Padgett, “4th International Conference on Optical Angular Momentum”, Capri, Italy (Keynote Speaker). May 2017: R. Henderson, International Image Sensor Workshop, Hiroshima, Japan. September 2017: M. Kenney, J. Grant, Y. D. Shah, I. Escorcia-Carranza, M. Humphreys and D. R. S. Cumming, “Fractal November 2017: D. Faccio, Active Imaging workshop, Saint-Louis, France (Invited). metasurface absorbers with Octave-Spanning bandwidth,” NANOP conference, Barcelona, Spain.

November 2017: D. Faccio, Optical Society of India annual conference, Hisar, India (Plenary). September 2017: R. Cameron et al. “Chiral Rotational Spectroscopy,” QUAMP 2017, Glasgow, UK (Contributed Talk).

November 2017: D. J. Paul, “Ge on Si SPADs,” Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. September 2017: S. M. Barnett and F. Speirits et al. “Relativistic Electron Vortices,” QUAMP 2017, Glasgow, UK (Poster).

November 2017: G. Marocco, “A MEMS grdiometer for Cubesat attitude control,” CDT Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK September 2017: S. M. Barnett, Quamp 2017, Glasgow, UK. (Thesis Presentation). September 2017: W. Roga and J. Jefers, “Efcient tracking, imaging and recognition of faces with a single-pixel camera,” November 2017: G. S. Buller, R. Tobin, A. McCarthy, A. Halimi, X. Ren, M. Laurenzis, and F. Christnacher, “Single photon QUAMP 2017, Glasgow, UK (Poster) imaging through obscurants and camouflage,” Saint-Louis, France (Contributed Talk).

November 2017: M. J. Padgett, “Frontiers in Photonics”, Besancon, France (Invited Talk). Public Engagement List

November 2017: M. Sinclair, “Micro-Optic Resonator Gyroscope,” CDT Annual Conference, Edinburgh, UK (Thesis R.P. Middlemiss - Skype Classroom event on MEMS gravimeters, Glasgow to Milan, December 2016 Presentation). R.P. Middlemiss and R. Douglas - Skype Classroom event on gravitational waves and MEMS gravimeters, Glasgow to New November 2017: R. H. Hadfield, Seminar Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark (Invited Seminar). Jersey, January 2017

November 2017: S. M. Barnett, “The Enigma of Optical Momentum,” University of York, York, UK. ORGANISED: Meeting with BAE Systems, QuantIC Innovation Space, Glasgow, January 2017

October 2017: J. Sabines-Chesterking, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Washington, USA (Invited D.J. Paul - Outreach talk at Glasgow Rotary Club lunch, February 2017 Talk). R. Douglas Invited seminar on gravitational waves, University of Sussex, February 2017 October 2017: M. D. Dawson, M. J. Strain, I. Watson and E. Gu, IEEE Photonics Conference 2017, Orlando, USA. M. J. Padgett - One weeks work experience with Higher level students October 2017: M. J. Padgett, “Workshop: Quantum optics and secure optical data transmission”, Berlin, Germany (Invited G.S. Buller - Presentation to IET South East Scotland Branch “Quantum Technology for Secure Communications and Talk). Enhanced Optical Imaging” Napier University, March 2017 October 2017: R. Henderson, IEEE Photonics Conference, Orlando, USA (Invited Presentation). M. J. Padgett - Quantum shorts event, Glasgow Science centre, March 2017 September 2017: I. Watson, European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), Warsaw, Poland. S. F Frick and E. Allen - Organised and particiapted in Quantum Innovation Lab (QIL), Bristol, March 2017 September 2017: M. J. Padgett, Chiral Photonics, Max Planck Erlangen, Germany. J.G Rarity and J. C. F. Matthews - Design and Presentation at Cheltenham Science Festival 2017, March 2017 September 2017: A. Halimi, R. Tobin, A. McCarthy, S. McLaughlin, and G.S. Buller, “Restoration of Multilayered Single– Photon 3D LiDAR Images”, Kos, Greece (Contributed Talk).

64 65 D. Faccio - Art Exhibition at Summerhall-Edinburgh in collaboration with Artist Lily Hibberd, Edinburgh Science Festival in Esteem Indicators April 2017

R. Douglas - St Francis Primary School Science Fair, Glasgow, April 2017 Animesh Datta awarded poster prize at WE-Heraeus-Seminar in Quantum-Limited Metrology and Sensing

R. Henderson - SU2P Invited Keynote “CMOS sensors for photonic molecular fingerprinting of disease pathology,” Heriot- Daniele Faccio elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Watt University, April 2017 Daniele Faccio awarded Royal Society of Edinburgh Medal for Senior Public Engagement D. Phillips - Interview with Science Editor of Estonian Public Broadcasting, April 2017 Daniele Faccio awarded Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award M. P. Edgar - Invited Speaker, Pint of Science Festival, Glasgow, May 2017 Daniele Faccio awarded Royal Society of Edinburgh Senior Outreach Medal M. P. Edgar - Working with artist Marta Fuster to develop art installation at Creative Reactions exhibition, May 2017 Rebecca Douglas, Giles Hammond, Stefan Hild, James Hough and Sheila Rowan awarded the IOP Breakthrough Prize on R.H Hadfield gave a Keynote talk at ISEC 2017 Sorrento Italy, June 2017 Gravitational waves

E. Allen - Design, build and present at Bristols Festival of Nature 2017, June 2017 Steven Bramsiepe, Giles Hammond and Richard Middlemiss awarded IOP Breakthrough Prize for MEMS gravimeters

D. R. S. Cumming - Presented the demo “Cameras for super-human vision,” showcasing the research of the Microsystem Giles Hammond awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, on behalf of the LIGO Technology Group both in the field of plasmonics and mid-IR imaging at TEDx, Glasgow, June 2017 Scientific Collaboration for work in detecting gravitational waves

J. Sabines-Chesterking, J.G Rarity and J. C. F. Matthews, E Allen - Quantum in the Summer, Bristol, July 2017 Marc Aftalion awarded best poster prize at the QinetiQ student symposium, Farnborough, UK

J.G Rarity and J. C. F. Matthews - Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2017, “Quantum Computing: Bits to Qubits” Francesco Mattioli Della Rocca awarded best student poster at ISSCC 2017 London, July 2017 Miles Padgett awarded 2017 Max Born Award (OSA) ORGANISED: Visit from Carol Monaghan MP at QuantIC Innovation Space, September 2017 Ermes Toninelli awarded best talk rank meeting on Gravitational Sensors July 2017 R.P. Middlemiss - BSF award lecture, September 2017 Miles Padgett appointed on Editorial Board of Optica 2017 V. Pusino - European Researchers’ Night (Explorathon) 2017, presented the demo “Cameras for super-human vision,” showcasing the research of the Microsystem Technology Group on mid-infrared imagers by showing CO2 imaging, Miles Padgett appointed on sub panel chair for UoA 9 (Physics) 2017 Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow, September 2017 Miles Padgett appointed Member of Blavatnik Prize Awards Committee 2017

D.J. Paul - Outreach talk at Newton Mearns Probus Club, October 2017 Doug Paul appointed as Member of MOD Defence Scientific Expert Committee

D. Faccio - attended Royal Society of Edinburgh event in Inverness, November 2017 Rebecca Whittaker received a Faculty of Science commendation for her PhD thesis at the University of Bristol

ORGANISED: 3rd UK National Quantum Technologies Showcase, November 2017 QETLabs have been awarded the University of Bristol Engagement Award

ORGANISED: Jaguar Landrover meeting, November 2017 Richard Middlemiss awarded The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Award Lecture for engineering, technology and industry by R. Henderson - MediSens Invited Talk “Disease diagnosis in the distal lung using time-resolved CMOS single photon the British Science Association detector arrays,” December 2017

V. Pusino - InSb Avalanche Photodiodes, “Antimonide-based material platforms for mid-infrared avalanche photodetectors,”

M. Aziz - InSb focal plane arrays, “Monolithic mid-infrared InSb array grown on a semi-insulating GaAs substrate for imaging and detection”

Y. D. Shah - Plasmonics, “Narrow linewidth plasmonic metasurface filters in the SWIR regime”

D. R. S. Cumming team presented the CO2 imaging demonstrator.

I. Escorcia Carranza - THz imagers, “Metamaterial-based Terahertz focal plane arrays”

R. Henderson - participated in RAEng Ingenious public engagement award

66 67 Research Funding Partnership Resource Fund Projects Project Title Lead Academic Lead Company “Imaging Through Obscurants Using Single-photon And Few-photon Detection In The Short Wave Infrared,” (£333,200), GasSight – Gas imaging using Single Pixel Camera Graham Gibson, Glasgow M Squared Lasers Ltd Gerald Buller and Jonathan Leach: dstl. Gas Imager – Phase 2 Graham Gibson, Glasgow M Squared Lasers Ltd “Active matrix single-photon technologies on GaAs,” (£320k), David Cumming: EPSRC Technology Programme, EP/ R019665/1. Novel Approach to seeing around corners Daniele Faccio, Heriot-Watt Thales Looking inside buildings Daniele Faccio, Glasgow Thales “Machine independent control and communications using structured illumination visible light communications,” (£17,500), Martin Dawson and Michael Strain: Advanced Forming Research Centre (Afrc) Route To Impact 17/18 Funding. Assessing the feasibility of multiplexed time David Birch, Strathclyde Horiba correlated single photon timing fluorescence systems “Whats inside that building?” (£167K), Daniele Faccio: Phase II DSTL/CDE grant. Multiplexed Time Correlated Single-Photon Timing David Birch, Strathclyde Horiba “Polarisation Entangled Photon Emitter,” (£142,475), Robert Hadfield: Innovate UK. (MUX-TCSPC) detection technology : detection of cancer biomarkers Grant to enable wire bonding/packaging of 25 MEMS units with Optocap, (£25K), Giles Hammond: STFC Impact High speed, visible light sources for computational Michael Strain, Strathclyde Aralia Acceleration Account,. stereo imaging Project to put wee-g on a drone. Year 1 funds (£100K), Giles Hammond: DSTL. Integrated imaging, navigation and data systems for Michael Strain, Strathclyde Aralia autonomous mobile agents “Development of wide-field TCSPC fluorescence microscopy for cell membrane studies,” (£800K), Robert Henderson: SPADnet2 – Characterisation of SPAD array Robert Henderson, Edinburgh STMicroelectronics BBSRC Grant BB/R004803/1. Optimisation of cones for generation of vortex beams Sonja Franke-Arnold, Glasgow Gooch & Housego “Digital Single Photon Sensors to Enable a Step change in Civil Radiation Detection,” (£270k), Robert Henderson: and radial polarisation states Innovate UK. Fresnel Cone Enhanced Super Resolution Microscopy Sonja Franke-Arnold, Glasgow Gooch & Housego, Beatson Institute, Elliot Scientific “laser safety eyewear prototype,” (£1013.50), Matt Edgar: EPSRC Impact Accelerator Award. Low cost multichannel time tag technology J.G. Rarity/Richard Nook Bristol University “micro-crystals Single Photon InfraREd detectors (microSPIRE),” (£680K), Doug Paul: H2020 grant. Low –light level infra-red LIDAR using electron Gerald Buller, Heriot-Watt Leonardo “Commercial Feasibility for Sub-Shot Noise Quantum Technology Sensing and Imaging,” (£13k), Jonathan Matthews: multiplying semiconductor detectors Innovate UK. Mosaic Filters for Manufacturable Multispectral Gerald Buller, Heriot-Watt Leonardo – Helia Photonics Imaging “Mid Infrared Gas Sensing and Imaging System (MIG-SIS),” (£56k), Jonathan Matthews: Innovate. Titanium Nitride Kinetic Inductance Detection for Robert Hadfield, Glasgow QMC “PROTEUS,” (£3,800,000), Robert Henderson:EPSRC grant EP/R005257/1. Terahertz Imaging Low cost multichannel time tag technology John Rarity Bristol University “Tangible quantum enhancements in optical microscopy,” (€30k), Animesh Datta: European Space Agency standard study Titanium nitride kinetic inductance detectors – from Simon Doyle, Cardif Sequestim (QMC) feasibility to demonstration “The Quantum NODE,” (£133k), Robert Hadfield: Quantum Communications Hub Partnership Resource Grant. Development of ultrafast lasers in biomedical Godfrey Smith, Glasgow Chromacity multiphoton applications Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Funding Evaluation of digital SPAD imaging arrays to Robert Henderson, Edinburgh Kromek (SPAD) PEER Funding Award to cover travel to the IAVCEI meeting with the goal of discussing a H2020 proposal on emerging scintillator based radiation detectors technologies for in volcanology, (£4825), Giles Hammond and Richard Middlemiss, May 2017. Proof of Concept Demonstration of a Novel Timepix Valentine O'Shea, Glasgow Kromek (TimepiX) 3 ASIC/CdZnTe Imaging Assembly to enable 3D QuantIC Industrial Studentships: The University of Glasgow has committed DTP funding for PhD students for the second Reconstruction of Gamma Ray Environments year. An additional £267,189 has been committed by the university with £ £108,435 of funding leveraged through our Field trial of SPAD Array sensors for depth ranging in Jonathan Leach, Heriot-Watt Lockheed Martin industry partners in support of these students. New studentship Partners include Schlumberger, QinetiQ, Fraunhofer UK, scattering media and PhotonForce. Dual Mode 3D Single Pixel Camera Matthew Edgar, Glasgow SELEX ES Ltd/Leonardo QuantIC Partnership Resource Fund (PRF): In its third year, QuantIC has leveraged £167K in cash and £1.5 Million in-kind Wee-g – Field testing MEMs Gravimeter Giles Hammond, Glasgow Bridgeporth from industry against our commitment of £2.4 Million from our Partnership Resource Fund. Our PRF partners are: ST Microelectronics, M Squared Lasers Ltd*, Leonardo*, Bridgeporth, Lockheed Martin UK*, Thales UK*, Horiba Jobin Yvon UAV Mounted Terahertz Imager Development David Cumming, Glasgow Lockheed Martin UK IBH*, Aralia Systems Ltd*, Gooch & Housego, QMC Instruments, Chromacity Ltd and Kromek Group* Q-Eye Sensors Ltd, Temporally Resolved Imaging Correlation Simon Ameer-Beg, King's College Photon Force Ltd Raptor Photonics Ltd, QLM Technology UK Ltd, Photon Force Ltd, Clyde Space Ltd*, JCC Bowers, Sequestim Ltd., and Spectroscopy Kelvin Nanotechnology. Imaging Plasmonic Polarimetry Afar Shahid Karimullah, Glasgow Horiba Nanostructured Ultra thin lenses David Cumming, Glasgow Leonardo, G&H, UK ATC, KNT SPAD Market Study Tom Higgison University of Edinburgh Accelerated development Firmware for 3DSPC Matt Edgar Horiba Accelerated development of MEMs Gravimeter Giles Hammond, Glasgow Kelvin NanoTechnology (KTN)

68 69 FUNDING: QuantIC is the UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Enhanced Imaging. The project is supported by the EPSRC UK Quantum Technologies Programme under grant EP/M01326X/1 Additional funding was also provided by the Scottish Funding Council under grant H14051.

PARTNERS: QuantIC is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Bristol, Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Oxford, Strathclyde and Warwick.

70