About

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Mission

We are committed to bridging optics and quantum technologies, driving advancements that enable more secure, efficient, and intelligent optical systems.

Vision

Our vision is to improve optical communications by making them faster and more secure. We believe that increasing AI involvement in optics will unlock new possibilities in quantum information processing, imaging, and data transmission.

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Resources

Our work is rooted in cutting-edge optical and quantum technologies, utilizing advanced tools such as:

  • Entangled Photon Generation – Producing entangled photons for quantum communication, cryptography, and computing.

  • Optical Trapping – Manipulating microscopic particles with laser-based techniques for research in physics, biophotonics, and materials science.

  • Hyperspectral Microscopy – Providing enhanced imaging by capturing detailed spectral data at the microscopic level.

  • Quantitative Phase Imaging – Enabling label-free cell and tissue imaging by measuring light phase shifts for improved diagnostics.

  • Diffractive Elements Design – Engineering optical components to control light at the nanoscale, advancing imaging, communication, and computational optics.

Applications

  • Quantum Random Number Generation (QRNG) – Harnessing quantum principles to generate truly random numbers, essential for cryptographic security.

  • Entangled photon sources connected with diffractive elements.

  • Spatial Modulation for Free-Space Optical Communications – Enhancing data transmission over free-space optical links and increasing their capacity by transmitting multiple spatial modes of light.

  • Label-Free Cell Imaging – Using quantitative phase imaging to visualize living cells without the need for dyes or staining, preserving their natural state for more accurate analysis.

  • Machine Learning for Cell and Tissue Classification – Enhancing biomedical diagnostics by integrating AI-driven analysis with optical imaging techniques.

  • Monitoring Cellular Transport of Nanoparticles – Investigating the movement of nanoparticles within cells, aiding in targeted drug delivery and nanomedicine research.

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  • Quantum technologies leverage the principles of quantum mechanics—such as superposition, entanglement, and quantum coherence—to develop advanced systems for computing, communication, sensing, and cryptography. These include:

    - Quantum computing (e.g., solving complex problems beyond classical computers)

    - Quantum communication (e.g., secure cryptographic protocols using entanglement)

    - Quantum sensing (e.g., ultra-sensitive measurement devices)

    - Quantum metrology (e.g., precision timing and navigation)

  • Quantum communication is the use of quantum states to transmit information securely. A key application is Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), which enables two or multiple parties to share encryption keys with unbreakable security, ensured by the laws of quantum mechanics. Quantum communication networks use entangled photons and quantum repeaters to extend secure communication over long distances, potentially forming a global quantum internet.

  • Optical trapping is a technique that uses the optical forces generated by high focused infrared laser beam to create a trap. It is able to hold particles such as microspheres, beads or cells. It is used to measure forces in the range of picoNwtons.

  • Quantitative phase imaging refers to techniques that provide contrast by quantifying the wavefront phase shift as light propagates through transparent specimens, inserted in a microscopical setup usually. It is label-free, studying live cells in their cultured environment and is very fast, no scanning is needed in experimental image acquisition. Beside classical microscopy, the reconstructed image of the object contains information with physical significance on the third axis.

  • Hyperspectral imaging is a technique that collects and processes information across the extended visible spectrum (in both IR and UV range) to obtain the spectral response for each pixel in an image.

    QoptE infrastructure includes CytoViva microscope system that allows for the identification of objects and materials by analyzing their unique spectral signatures. Feature extraction from cells spectral profiles may serve for machine learning algorithms to distinguish among cells species or between normal and abnormal versions.

  • QoptE services include:

    • generation of entangled photons, quantum random number generation,

    • optical trapping of cells or microparticles, measuring adhesion forces, measurements to find cells membrane stiffness

    • holographic image recording, processing, and retrieval with specialized software,

    • hyperspectral images recording, processing (segmentation, 3D localization of nanoparticles, counting and classification),

    • images of unstained cells or tissues, their processing, computing features of interest, sorting them by importance

    • classifying cells or tissues using machine learning algorithms

    • simulation of optical communication channels, classical and/or quantum, (phase modulators, interferometric montages two-photons interferometry experiments).