Welcome to the Asenjo-Garcia research group at Columbia University.
In our theory group we investigate problems at the intersection of quantum optics, atomic physics, open quantum systems, and many-body physics. In particular, a significant part of our research focuses on emergent phenomena that arises from photon-mediated atomic interactions. We are interested not only in understanding fundamental physics associated with strongly-interacting atoms and photons but also in how to exploit these phenomena to develop novel applications in quantum information science, sensing, and metrology.
News
July 25, 2023
Our collaboration with Berkeley colleagues sees the light in the form of a paper on Super-radiant and sub-radiant cavity scattering by atom arrays, which just appeared on arXiv!
July 20, 2023
The paper by Silvia, Stuart, and Zoe on Many-body superradiance and dynamical symmetry breaking in waveguide QED is published in Physical Review Letters!
May 25, 2023
Our paper that shows that Dicke superradiance requires interactions beyond nearest neighbors is published in Physical Review Letters. It was fun to work with our collaborators at Caltech and Singapore.
May 2, 2023
Our collaboration with the Will and Yu groups on Metasurface holographic optical traps for ultracold atoms is published on Progress in Quantum Electronics!
April 20, 2023
We enjoyed working to understand the experiment on Dynamical beats of short pulses in waveguide QED, which just appeared on arXiv.
April 4, 2023
Stuart’s paper on Dicke superradiance in ordered arrays of multilevel atoms, in collaboration with Jake Covey and Sebastian Will, is posted on arXiv!
February 22, 2023
Silvia’s work (in collaboration with Pablo Solano and Luis Orozco) on Optical precursors in waveguide quantum electrodynamics in published in Physical Review Research!
February 17, 2023
Ricardo’s work (in collaboration with Girish Agarwal) on Dissipative stabilization of dark quantum dimers via squeezed vacuum is published in Physical Review Research!
December 16, 2022
Our collaboration with the Ritsch and Kirchmair groups, Control of localized single- and many-body dark states in wQED, is published in Physical Review Letters. Nice work by our visiting student Raphael Holzinger!