The goal of the Immersion is to show the participant how to setup, successfully implement, and understand the underlying physics, of quantum optics experiments designed to illustrate the fundamentals of quantum physics. The experiments will include:

a)             Generation and detection of photon pairs via spontaneous parametric down conversion.

 b)            Three quantum optics experiments: single-photon interference, the quantum eraser and polarization entanglement (including the Bell test).  Will include the use of motorized components for remote operation.

 c)       Experience with advanced demonstration setups on:

       a.       Hong-Ou-Mandel Interference (prealigned).

       a.       Double-slit interference with single photons (Demo)

 d)            The objective is to learn how to set up the experiments and learn how to do the alignments. It also includes discussions of the equipment to acquire and options available.

 e)            Immersion Outline: Five half-day sessions of presentation and discussion followed by hands-on sessions in the lab (we start with a clean breadboard and end taking data on each of the experiments).

 f)              No prior experience is necessary. Bring ideas of what you expect to accomplish back home and what you want to learn.If you already have equipment that you find is not working, you can bring it and we can test it here.

 A cost estimate for implementing the experiments.  A basic setup is likely to be about $10k. Additions to this setup for various experiments runs about $2k-$10k, depending on the experiment.