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CCQ/CQOM Colloquium - Ofer Firstenberg, Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science

Title: "Quantum nonlinear optics with Rydberg atoms".

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Tidspunkt

Onsdag 10. marts 2021,  kl. 11:00 - 12:00

Sted

Via Zoom

Abstract

Optical nonlinearities at the few-photon level bring together the fields of quantum optics and nonlinear optics. This regime, so-called quantum nonlinear optics, is described by effective strong interactions between individual photons. I will introduce the basic concepts and the original experiments realizing this regime using ultracold Rydberg atoms. I will overview recent achievements and outstanding proposals, including photon crystallization and the generation of photonic cluster states.