Speaker : Scott Parkins
 
Title : Cavity QED: Quantum Control with Single Atoms and Single Photons

When : 17, Thursday, 16:00

Venue : S16 LT 31
 
Abstract :

Over the past two decades, strong interactions of light and matter at the single-atom and single-photon level have enabled a wide set of scientific advances in quantum optics and quantum information science.

Single, ultra-cold atoms can now be made to interact strongly and controllably with single-photon light fields confined within microscopic optical resonators (cavity quantum electrodynamics, or cavity QED). Moreover, new resonator configurations, such as lithographically-fabricated monolithic microresonators, hold great promise for the implementation of quantum networks and quantum logic with atoms and photons. In this colloquium I describe some elementary cavity QED systems and potential applications of these systems in quantum information processing. This includes recent theoretical and experimental results for cavity QED with toroidal microresonators.

Recommended background reading for this talk:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v443/n7112/full/nature05147.html

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/319/5866/1062