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Rydberg atom arrays constitute a promising quantum information platform, where control over several hundred qubits has been demonstrated. Further scaling could significantly benefit from coupling to integrated optical or electronic devices,…

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Ensembles of atoms interacting via their Rydberg levels, known as "superatoms" for their ability to encode qubits and to emit single photons, attract increasing attention as building blocks for quantum network nodes. Assessing their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Valentin Magro , Sébastien Garcia , Alexei Ourjoumtsev

Optical parametric processes underpin quantum photonics, while free-electron--photon interactions offer agile pathways to generate nontrivial quantum photonic states. These threads have so far largely progressed independently, whereas…

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We study the interplay of photons interacting with an artificial atom in the presence of a controlled dephasing. Such artifical atoms consisting of several independent scatterer can exhibit remarkable properties superior to single atoms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-12 Jens Honer , Robert Löw , Hendrik Weimer , Tilman Pfau , Hans Peter Büchler

Single atoms absorb and emit light from a resonant laser beam photon by photon. We show that a single atom strongly coupled to an optical cavity can absorb and emit resonant photons in pairs. The effect is observed in a photon correlation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 A. Kubanek , A. Ourjoumtsev , I. Schuster , M. Koch , P. W. H. Pinkse , K. Murr , G. Rempe

The physics of light-matter interactions is strongly constrained by both the small value of the fine-structure constant and the small size of the atom. Overcoming these limitations is a long-standing challenge. Recent theoretical and…

Atoms confined in optical tweezer arrays constitute a platform for the implementation of quantum computers and simulators. State-dependent operations are realized by exploiting electrostatic dipolar interactions that emerge, when two atoms…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-28 Matteo Magoni , Radhika Joshi , Igor Lesanovsky

We collect the fluorescence from two trapped atomic ions, and measure quantum interference between photons emitted from the ions. The interference of two photons is a crucial component of schemes to entangle atomic qubits based on a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 P. Maunz , D. L. Moehring , M. J. Madsen , R. N. Kohn , K. C. Younge , C. Monroe

Extending optical nonlinearity into the extremely weak light regime is at the heart of quantum optics, since it enables the efficient generation of photonic entanglement and implementation of photonic quantum logic gate. Here, we…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-12-05 Biao Xu , Gen-Sheng Ye , Yue Chang , Tao Shi , Lin Li

Two-photon optical transitions combined with long-range dipole-dipole interactions can be used for the coherent manipulation of collective metastable states composed of different atoms. We show that it is possible to induce optical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. D. Lukin , P. R. Hemmer

The interaction between atoms and a quantized radiation field is fundamentally important in quantum optics and quantum information science. Due to their unusual properties, Rydberg atoms are promising building blocks for two-qubit gates and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-06 Francisco D. Santillan , Andreas Hanke

The ability to image electromagnetic fields holds key scientific and industrial applications, including electromagnetic compatibility, diagnostics of high-frequency devices, and experimental scientific work involving field interactions.…

Programmable arrays of neutral Rydberg atoms are one of the leading platforms today for scalable quantum simulation and computation. In these systems, the dipole-dipole interactions between the individual atoms, or qubits, typically result…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2026-04-15 Rhine Samajdar , Mikhail D. Lukin , Valentin Walther

We study light-matter interactions in two dimensional photonic systems in the presence of a spatially homogeneous synthetic magnetic field for light. Specifically, we consider one or more two-level emitters located in the bulk region of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-03-15 Daniele De Bernardis , Ze-Pei Cian , Iacopo Carusotto , Mohammad Hafezi , Peter Rabl

We show that coupling ultracold atoms in optical lattices to quantized modes of an optical cavity leads to quantum phases of matter, which at the same time posses properties of systems with both short- and long-range interactions. This…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-07-06 Santiago F. Caballero-Benitez , Gabriel Mazzucchi , Igor B. Mekhov

Scalable quantum computers and quantum networks require the combination of quantum processing nodes with efficient light-matter interfaces to distribute quantum information in local or long-distance quantum networks. Neutral-atom arrays…

We study the generation of strongly correlated photons by coupling an atom to photonic quantum fields in a one-dimensional waveguide. Specifically, we consider a three-level or four-level system for the atom. Photon-photon bound states…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-06-26 Huaixiu Zheng , Daniel J. Gauthier , Harold U. Baranger

Recent developments in the study of ultracold Rydberg gases demand an advanced level of experimental sophistication, in which high atomic and optical densities must be combined with excellent control of external fields and sensitive Rydberg…

Enhancing optical nonlinearities so that they become appreciable on the single photon level and lead to nonclassical light fields has been a central objective in quantum optics for many years. After this has been achieved in individual…

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