Two-dimensional photonic crystals for engineering atom–light interactions
Abstract
Specialized 2D photonic crystals have been developed to interact with ultracold atoms, which are identical particles demonstrating quantum behavior both in their interaction with photons and in their motional degrees of freedom. In the system presented here, the quantum nature of atoms is complemented with capabilities of 2D photonic crystals to engineer optical dispersion, light emission patterns, and photon-mediated coherent interactions. The combined system enables atom–atom interactions mediated by photons in the guided modes of the photonic crystals to provide additional tools to engineer quantum many-body systems and create exotic quantum matter.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jun 12, 2019
- Source ID
- 10.1073/pnas.1822110116
Entities
People
- Chen-Lung Hung
- H. Jeff Kimble
- Juan A. Muniz
- Su-Peng Yu
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- California Institute of Technology
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Naval Research
- Purdue University