Building the perfect quantum camera

Vanier scholars collaborate to reach new levels of precision and reveal a new world of possibilities.

By Jack Weatherston, Faculty of Engineering

Imagine a camera that doesn’t miss anything, one sensitive enough to detect individual photons of light. That’s the goal of Sarah Odinotski and Jack DeGooyer, two PhD researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

The potential of their ambitious project was underlined when both were awarded prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships for their distinct but complementary research.  

Odinotski and DeGooyer are part of the Quantum Photonic Devices Laboratory team, led by Dr. Michael Reimer.