The increasing level of experimental control over atomic and optical systems gained in
recent years has paved the way for the exploration of new physical regimes in quantum …

Multicomponent quantum systems in strong interaction with their environment are receiving
increasing attention due to their importance in a variety of contexts, ranging from solid state …

We propose a physical system where photons could exhibit strongly correlated effects. We
demonstrate how a Mott-insulator phase of atom-photon excitations (polaritons) can arise in …

Publisher Summary Atoms commonly do not act as isolated objects, but rather are open
quantum systems, as they interact with the environment. Typically, this environment is …

We examine the spontaneous emission of a two-level emitter, quantum-dot exciton, into
surface plasmons propagating on the surface of a cylindrical nanowire. The numerically …

Quantum computers require technologies that offer both sufficient control over coherent
quantum phenomena and minimal spurious interactions with the environment. We argue …

Employing a recently developed method that is numerically accurate within a model space
simulating the real-time dynamics of few-body systems interacting with macroscopic …

We investigate the resonance dipole-dipole interaction energy between two identical atoms,
one in the ground state and the other in the excited state, interacting with the …

We consider the spontaneous emission of a two-level quantum emitter, such as an atom or a
quantum dot, in a modulated time-dependent environment with a photonic band gap. An …

We demonstrate a scheme for quantum communication between the ends of an array of
coupled cavities. Each cavity is doped with a single two level system (atoms or quantum …