SINO-FRENCH GDRI QMAP SIGNED

On October 22, 2010, the Agreement to create an International Research Network (GDRI) Quantum Manipulation of Atoms and Photons (QMAP) , which was jointly reached by eight domestic institutions and over 10 French colleges and research institutes, was signed in Shanghai. The eight domestic institutions include the Physics Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking University, Tsinghua University, University of Science and Technology of China and Shanxi University while their French counterparts include the Higher Normal School in France, University of Paris VI, Institute of Applied and Theoretical Optics of French National Science Center, Institute of France, Paris Observatory and Sophia-Antipolis University in Nice. Commissioned by President Guo Guichun, Gao Ce, deputy president of Shanxi University, attended the signing ceremony and the Sino-French Education Forum held in Tongji University.

By means of bilateral academic conferences, exchange of students and visiting scholars, short-term visits and so on, GDRI QMAP is aimed to strengthen the exchange and cooperation between the two countries, promote the Sino-French cooperative research in quantum optics and cold atom physics and enhance the coordination between the laboratories and research institutes of the two countries, thus bringing the advantages of the two parties into full play and putting forward the development in the fields of basic scientific and applied research.

Shanxi University owns the National Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Optical Quantum Devices, which has kept a long lasting relationship of exchange and cooperation with several scientific research institutes in France and has also made fruitful efforts in the research of quantum manipulation of atoms and photons. Shanxi University joined the agreement as one of the chief cooperative parties, which will surely further strengthen the research competitiveness of the university in the field of quantum optics.