SUSU: Quantum infrared microscope

2024: Creation of Russia's first quantum infrared microscope

Scientists at South Ural State University (SUSU) in mid-June 2024 announced the creation of the first quantum infrared microscope in Russia, which promises significant breakthroughs in science and technology. The project received financial support in the amount of 30 million rubles thanks to the victory in the competition for a megagrant.

The press service of the university noted that the project to create a quantum infrared microscope will allow Russian scientists to obtain images of objects in the infrared spectrum with higher quality compared to traditional methods. "

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As emphasized in SUSU, the new microscope will allow research with a lower level of distortion, which opens up new opportunities for diagnosis and analysis. For example, it will be possible to detect gas leaks more accurately and efficiently.

The development of a quantum infrared microscope promises to bring significant progress in various scientific fields, including medicine, pharmacology and industry. It is expected that the work on the creation of the device will be completed within two years, which will allow introducing the latest technologies into the practical sphere in the near future, - said the press service of SUSU.

The project is co-authored by Professor Sergei Kulik, head of the laboratory of quantum light engineering at SUSU. Professor Kulik, working with colleagues from the Center for Quantum Technologies at Moscow State University, has already published research results in the international journal Photonics Research.

Representatives of the university noted that the state actively supports the project, providing the university's laboratories with modern equipment. SUSU has already shown its ability to implement ambitious projects, becoming the winner of the Priority 2030 program. The university plays a special role in the unification of scientific and educational institutions of the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Kurgan regions as part of the implementation of a national project in the field of science and higher education.^[1]

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