Research
Overview
We apply quantum optical methods based on quantum coherence and interference to a wide range of model systems. A list of current and past research topics is given below. For more details on selected topics, please choose an area from the menu on the left.
- Basic coherence and interference phenomena
- Interference in the time-energy domain
- Phase-control of quantum interference
- Multiphoton pathway interference
- Closed-loop media
- Spontaneously generated coherences and interferences
- Light propagation in coherently prepared media
- Tayloring linear/non-linear optical response
- Light propagation in closed-loop media
- Negative index of refraction in atomic gases
- Light propagation in dense gases
- Laser cooling
- Collective quantum dynamics
- Dipole-dipole interacting few-particle systems
- Dipole-dipole interaction between orthogonal dipole moments
- Coherent control of many-particle systems
- Light scattering off of regular structures
- Light scattering in disordered media
- Precision quantum optics in the spatial domain
- Localization of quantum particles
- Measurement of spatial properties
- Optical lithography
- Quantum optics in semiconductor nanostructures
- Coherent control of superconducting qubits
- Cooling of micro/nano-resonators
- Interactions of atoms with microresonators
- Quantum information science
- Decoherence control
- Quantum optical schemes as a resource
- Entanglement
- Novel coherent light sources
- Nuclear quantum optics
- Isomer triggering
- Light-matter interaction with quark-gluon plasmas