QUANTUM NETWORKS WITH SINGLE ATOMS, PHOTONS AND PHONONS

Abstract

The NSSEFF research program has been directed to create new paradigms for the strong interaction of light and matter. In general terms, the research has laid foundations for building complex quantum systems from 'simple' components of single atoms and photons. Theoretical investigations have predicted surprising quantum phenomena that have not heretofore existed in Nature. More specifically, the research investigated new quantum phases of matter with photon-mediated atom-atom interactions in one and two-dimensional nano-photonic lattices (e.g., self-organization of free-space atoms into crystals bound by light).In a complimentary fashion, exotic quantum phases for photons become possible by way of strong photon photon interactions created by an underlying lattice of atoms (e.g., two propagating photons bonded to become a 'molecule').

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 04, 2016
Accession Number
AD1031919

Entities

People

  • H. Jeff Kimble

Organizations

  • California Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bose Einstein Condensates
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Materials Testing
  • Nanophotonics
  • Optical Lattices
  • Optical Properties
  • Optical Tweezers
  • Optics
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Photons
  • Physical Theories
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Polaritons
  • Quantum Information
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Reflection
  • Standing Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Quantum Dot Semiconductor Device Photonics and Graphene Optoelectronic Materials and THz Physics.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Computing
  • Space