Quantum optics in structured photonic environments

Seminar

Recent experimental developments in nanophotonics [1], circuit QED [2] and atomic physics [3] allow one to engineer systems where atoms (or other quantum emitters) couple to structured photonic environments. In this talk, I will discuss several phenomena emerging in these setups such as the emergence of photon bound states, which allow one to mediate tunable and long-range interactions [4], or the emergence of novel super/subradiance phenomena [5]. [1] Nature 508, 241–244 (2014), Nature Communications 5, 3808 (2014), Rev. Mod. Phys. 87, 347 (2015) [2] Nature Physics 13 (1), 48-52 (2017) [3] Phys. Rev Lett. 101 (26), 260404 (2010),Nature Physics 8, 267–276 (2012), arXiv:1712.07791 [4] Phys. Rev. X 6 (2), 021027 (2016), Nature Photonics 9 (5), 320-325 (2015), PNAS, 201603777 (2016) [5] Phys. Rev. Lett. 119 (14), 143602 (2017), Phys. Rev. A 96 (4), 043811 (2017)

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