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LOCATION:Chamberlin 5310
SUMMARY:Quantum optics with ultra-cold atoms\, R. G. Herb Condensed Ma
 tter Seminar\, Alex Kuzmich\, University of Michigan
DESCRIPTION:The advent of laser cooling thirty years ago enabled studi
 es of properties of ultra-cold atomic gases and led to their applicati
 ons in metrology and quantum information. Against this backdrop\, in t
 he last decade a world-wide effort in using ultra-cold atoms as nonlin
 ear media for single photons has emerged. The near-ideal character of 
 interaction between light and atomic ensembles cooled to micro-Kelvin-
 scale temperatures permits realization of textbook quantum-optical Ham
 iltonians while coupling to unwanted environments can be nearly elimin
 ated. In this way ultra-cold atoms have been used for generation of si
 ngle-photon and entangled light fields\, their wavelength conversion a
 nd entanglement with atoms\, and realization of many-body dynamics and
  long-term storage of quantum states.  Besides offering a rich new sys
 tem for studying quantum mechanics\, these advances may find applicati
 ons in future information distribution and processing systems.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=3904
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