Department of Physics & Astronomy
University of New Mexico

CQuIC Seminars

The Integration of Ultracold Atoms and Nanophotonics

Presented by Jeff Kimble, CalTech

Due to their small optical loss and tight field confinement, nanoscale dielectric devices are capable of mediating strong atom-light interactions. For example, atomic transitions near the band edge of a photonic crystal waveguide (PCW) provide a unique platform for generating tunable range coherent atom-atom interactions that are mediated by guided-mode photons. Because of the evanescent nature of fields in the band gap, dissipation into the structure is suppressed exponentially. To describe such phenomena, a formalism beyond traditional quantum optics is required in terms of the Green's functions for the nano-photonic structures.

3:30 pm, Thursday, May 3, 2018
PAIS-2540, PAIS

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