EXPERIMENTAL QUANTUM OPTICS
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We are now building a new Experimental Quantum Optics lab.
Our main foucus would be cavity Quantum-Electrodynamics (QED) with chip based micro-resonators ( see Nature 443, 671 (2006), and SI ).
In particular, we are interested in atom-mediated photon-photon interactions (see Science 319, 1062 (2006), and Nature Photonics Research Highlights (April 2008)).
The prospect of achieving nonlinear interactions at the low power levels associated with single photons, namely photon-photon interactions, bears a tremendous significance in physics. Beyond the mere technological achievement of controlling light by light, photon-photon interactions are inherently non-classical, enabling the realization of optical quantum logic gates and more.


Project 1: Manipulation and Micro-Trapping of Single Cold Atoms

Loading and laser-cooling Rb atoms in Magneto-Optical Trap (MOT), then delivering them and eventually trapping them close to the micro-resonator's surface.
Project 2: Chip-based Micro-Resonators

Nano-fabrication of high-Q Silica-based micro-resonators, and construction of the ability to tailor and control the coupling to those micro-resonators with tapered optical fibers.

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There are open positions (Ph.D, M.Sc and Potdoc) for 2010.
Contact Barak.Dayan@Weizmann.ac.il, or at 0544-560-128.