PACE-IN

QuantERA project: Photon-Atom Cooperative Effects at Interfaces (PACE-IN)

Functional devices for quantum information processing and communication must make use of appropriate matter-light interfaces. Their key role in bringing quantum devices towards practical applications is essential. Hence, building the conceptual and technological base for such interfaces will pave the way for the scalable quantum computation and quantum Internet. The overall objective of this proposal is to meet the critical challenge of studying, implementing and optimizing ground-breaking, dynamically-controlled interfaces between matter and light.

Photons can efficiently and durably transmit quantum information over large distances; cold, trapped ions can be manipulated to enable high-fidelity quantum information processing, while atomic ensembles are particularly suited for long-lived quantum memories, as well as nonlinear generation of non-classical correlations between optical beams. The aim of the PACE-IN project is the development of reliable quantum interfaces between atomic systems and photons. We shall develop and demonstrate massive parallel processing, storage and transmission of quantum information by hitherto unexploited collective, multimode quantum states or atomic ensembles and ionic crystals, and design methods to characterize the entanglement and non-classicality of quantum states transferred from atoms and ions to photons.

Efficient interfacing mechanisms between “stationary” atomic qubits or ensembles and “flying” (photonic) quantum variables, whether discrete or continuous, must be robust and dynamically controllable to allow the best possible exploitation of their respective functionalities while maintaining the highest possible overall fidelity/coherence and speed. The scientific and technological challenge that will be addressed in this project is the conceptually and experimentally optimized quantum information processing and manipulation at interfaces for the successful implementation of scalable quantum technologies in combination with long distance quantum communication.

This European collaborative project is funded by each national research agency in the framework of the QuantERA program. It started in April 2020 and will end in June 2024.

 

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Consortium

Institut de Physique de Nice (CNRS, UCA, France)

• Robin Kaiser (PI of the project)
• William Guerin
• Mathilde Hugbart
• Hodei Eneriz (Post-doc)
• Stephan Asselie (PhD student)
• Pierre Lassègues (PhD student)
• Martial Morisse (PhD student)

Universität Innsbruck (Austria)

 

• Helmut Ritsch (co-PI)
• Maria Moreno Cardoner
• Laurin Ostermann

FORTH (Greece)

 

• David Petrosyan (co-PI)
• Georgios Nikolopoulos
• Georgios Vasilakis
• Nikolaos Palaiodimopoulos (Postdoc)
• Andreas Tzortzakakis (PhD student)
• Filippos Dakis (Msc student)

Weizmann Institute (Israel)

 

• Gershon Kurizki (co-PI)
• Ephraim Shahmoon
• Abraham Kofman

INFN (Bari, Italy)

• Paolo Facchi (co-PI)
• Francesco Pepe
• Saverio Pascazio
• Davide Lonigro (post-doc)
• Viviana Viggiano (PhD student)

Palacký University (Olomouc, Czech Rep.)

 

• Lukáš Slodička (co-PI)
• Radim Filip

External Advisory Committee: Klaus Mølmer (Aarhus University) and Jörg Schmiedmayer (TU Wien).

 

Publications

• Condensation of vanishing photon emission rates in random atomic clouds
  V. Viggiano, R. Bachelard, F. D. Cunden, P. Facchi, R. Kaiser, S. Pascazio, F. V. Pepe, A. Scardicchio
  Preprint: arXiv:2407.11858
   
• Quantum bistability at the interplay between collective and individual decay
  N. Leppenen and E. Shahmoon,
  Preprint: arXiv:2404.02134
   
• Quantum interfaces with multilayered superwavelength atomic arrays
  R. Ben-Maimon, Y. Solomons, N. Davidson, O. Firstenberg, and E. Shahmoon
  Preprint: arXiv:2402.06839
   
• Spin projection noise and the magnetic sensitivity of optically pumped magnetometers
  K. Mouloudakis, V. Koutrouli, I. K. Kominis, M. W. Mitchell, G. Vasilakis
  Preprint: arXiv:2402.10746
   
• Breaking of reciprocity and the Pancharatnam-Berry phase for light scattered by a disordered cold atom cloud
  P. H. N. Magnani, P. G. S. Dias, M. Frometa, M. A. Martins, N. Piovella, R. Kaiser, Ph. W. Courteille, M. Hugbart, R. Bachelard, R. C. Teixeira
  Preprint: arXiv:2401.05297 
   
• Coupling light to an atomic tweezer array in a cavity
  Y. Solomons, I. Shani, O. Firstenberg, N. Davidson, and E. Shahmoon
  Preprint: arXiv:2312.11104
   
• Dissipative transfer of quantum correlations from light to atomic arrays
  R. Ben-Maimon, Y. Solomons and E. Shahmoon
  Preprint: arXiv:2311.03898
   
• Qubit analog with polariton superfluid in an annular trap
  J. Barrat, A. F. Tzortzakakis, M. Niu, X. Zhou, G.G. Paschos, D. Petrosyan, P.G. Savvidis
  Preprint: arXiv:2308.05555
   
• Detecting entanglement from macroscopic measurements of the electric field and its fluctuations
  P. Rosario, A. C. Santos, N. Piovella, R. Kaiser, A. Cidrim, R. Bachelard
  Phys. Rev. Lett., in press (2024), preprint: arXiv:2404.15973
   
• Temporal coherences of atomic chaotic light sources: the Siegert relation and beyond
  M. Morisse, S. Joshi, J. Mika, J. Capella, R. Kaiser, R. Bachelard, L. Slodicka, M. Hugbart
  Europhys. Lett., in press (2024), preprint: arXiv:2404.01711
   
• A chiral quantum router with Rydberg atoms
  N. E. Palaiodimopoulos, S. Ohler, M. Fleischhauer, D. Petrosyan
  Phys. Rev. A 109, 032622 (2024)
   
• Coherent interface between optical and microwave photons on an integrated superconducting atom chip
  D. Petrosyan, J. Fortágh, G. Kurizki,
  EPJ Quantum Technology 11, 18 (2024)
   
• Universal approach for quantum interfaces with atomic arrays
  Y. Solomons, R. Ben-Maimon and E. Shahmoon
  PRX Quantum 5, 020329 (2024)
   
• Quantum entangled states of a classically radiating macroscopic spin
  O. Somech and E. Shahmoon
  PRX Quantum 5, 010349 (2024)
   
• Thermal transitions in a one-dimensional, finite-size Ising model
  V. Stepanyan, A. F. Tzortzakakis, D. Petrosyan, A. E. Allahverdyan
  J. Stat. Mech. 2024, 033202 (2024)
   
• Black-hole powered quantum coherent amplifier
  A. Misra, P. Chattopadhyay, A. Svidzinsky, M. O. Scully and G. Kurizki
  npj Quant. Info. 10, 34 (2024)
   
• Sensing microscopic noise events by frequent quantum measurements
  S. Virzì, Laura T. Knoll, A. Avella, F. Piacentini, S. Gherardini, M. Gramegna, G. Kurizki, A. G. Kofman, I. Pietro Degiovanni, M. Genovese, F. Caruso
  Phys. Rev. Appl. 21, 034014 (2024)
   
• Super- and subradiance in dilute disordered cold atomic samples: observations and interpretations
  W. Guerin
  in Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, vol. 72, 2023, pages 253-296
  Edited by L. DiMauro, H. Perrin, and S. Yelin (Elsevier)
  Preprint: arXiv:2306.02891 
   
• Cooperative photon emission rates in random atomic clouds
  V. Viggiano, R. Bachelard, F. D. Cunden, P. Facchi, R. Kaiser, S. Pascazio, F. V. Pepe
  Phys. Rev. A 108, 063701 (2023), preprint: arXiv:2306.06055 
   
• From classical to quantum loss of light coherence
  P. Lassègues, M. A. F. Biscassi, M. Morisse, A. Cidrim, P. G. S. Dias, H. Eneriz, R. Celistrino Teixeira, R. Kaiser, R. Bachelard, M. Hugbart
  Phys. Rev. A 108, 042214 (2023), preprint: arXiv:2210.01003 
  Editors' Suggestion
   
• Excitation transfer in disordered spin chains with long-range exchange interactions
  N. E. Palaiodimopoulos, M. Kiefer-Emmanouilidis, G. Kurizki, D. Petrosyan
  SciPost Phys. Core 6, 017 (2023)
   
• Interspecies spin-noise correlations in hot atomic vapors
  K. Mouloudakis, F. Vouzinas, A. Margaritakis, A. Koutsimpela, G. Mouloudakis, V. Koutrouli, M. Skotiniotis, G. P. Tsironis, M. Loulakis, M. W. Mitchell, G. Vasilakis, and I. K. Kominis
  Phys. Rev. A 108, 052822 (2023)
   
• Heisenberg-Langevin approach to driven superradiance
  O. Somech, Y. Shimshi and E. Shahmoon
  Phys. Rev. A 108, 023725 (2023)
   
• Multi-channel waveguide QED with atomic arrays in free space
  Y. Solomons and E. Shahmoon
  Phys. Rev. A 107, 033709 (2023)
   
• Emergence of super-Poissonian light from indistinguishable single-photon emitters
  A. Kovalenko, D. Babjak, A. Lešundák, L. Podhora, L. Lachman, P. Obšil, T. Pham, O. Číp, R. Filip, L. Slodička
  Optica 10,456-463 (2023), preprint: arXiv:2209.09059
   
• Optical interpretation of linear-optics superradiance and subradiance
  S. Asselie, A. Cipris, W. Guerin
  Phys. Rev. A 106, 063712 (2022),preprint: arXiv:2209.00918
   
• Anti-Zeno purification of spin baths by quantum probe measurements
  D. B. R. Dasari, S. Yang, A. Chakrabarti, A. Finkler, G. Kurizki, J. Wrachtrup
  Nat. Comm. 13, 7527 (2022)
   
• Quantum Zeno and Anti-Zeno Probes of Noise Correlations in Photon Polarization
  S. Virzì, A. Avella, F. Piacentini, M. Gramegna, T. Opatrný, A. G. Kofman, G. Kurizki, S. Gherardini, F. Caruso, I. Pietro Degiovanni, M. Genovese
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 030401 (2022)
   
• Topological edge-states of the PT-symmetric Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model: An effective two-state description
  A. F. Tzortzakakis, A. Katsaris, N. E. Palaiodimopoulos, P. A. Kalozoumis, G. Theocharis, F. K. Diakonos, D. Petrosyan
  Phys. Rev. A 106, 023513 (2022) 
   
• Microscopic dynamics and an effective Landau-Zener transition in quasiadiabatic preparation of spatially-ordered states of Rydberg excitations
  A. F. Tzortzakakis, D. Petrosyan, M. Fleischhauer, K. Mølmer
  Phys. Rev. A 106, 063302 (2022)
   
• Dissipative search of an unstructured database
  A. E. Allahverdyan, D. Petrosyan
  Phys. Rev. A 105, 032447 (2022)
   
• Hybrid discrete-continuous truncated Wigner approximation for driven, dissipative spin systems
  C. D. Mink, D. Petrosyan, M. Fleischhauer
  Phys. Rev. Research 4, 043136 (2022)
   
• Collection efficiency of optical photons generated from microwave excitations of a Bose-Einstein condensate
  A. Kurko, P. Domokos, D. Petrosyan, A. Vukics
  Phys. Rev. A 105, 053708 (2022)
   
• Effects of spin-exchange collisions on the fluctuation spectra of hot alkali-metal vapors
  K. Mouloudakis, G. Vasilakis, V. G. Lucivero, J. Kong, I. K. Kominis, and M. W. Mitchell
  Phys. Rev. A 106, 023112 (2022)
   
• Minimal quantum thermal machine in a bandgap environment: non-Markovian features and anti-Zeno advantage
  M. Xu, J. T. Stockburger, G. Kurizki, J. Ankerhold
  New J. Phys. 24, 035003 (2022)
   
• Single-mode quantum non-Gaussian light from warm atoms
  J. Mika, L. Lachman, T. Lamich, R. Filip, and L. Slodička
  NPJ Quantum Inf. 8, 123 (2022), preprint: arXiv:2201.05366
   
• Generating long-lived entangled states with free-space collective spontaneous emission
  A. C. Santos, A. Cidrim, C. J. Villas-Boas, R. Kaiser, R. Bachelard
  Phys. Rev. A 105, 053715 (2022), preprint: arXiv:2110.15033
   
• Quantum non-Markovianity elusive to interventions
  D. Burgarth, P. Facchi, D. Lonigro, K. Modi
  Phys. Rev. A 104, L050404 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2108.05750
   
• Photon-emitter dressed states in a closed waveguide
  D. Lonigro, P. Facchi, A.D. Greentree, S. Pascazio, F.V. Pepe, D. Pomarico
  Phys. Rev. A 104, 053702 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2103.10926
   
• Stationary excitation waves and multimerization in arrays of quantum emitters
  D. Lonigro, P. Facchi, S. Pascazio, F.V. Pepe, D. Pomarico
  New J. Phys. 23, 103033 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2106.08213
   
• A nanosecond-resolved atomic hydrogen magnetometer
  A. K. Spiliotis, M. Xygkis, K. Tazes, G. E. Katsoprinakis, D. Sofikitis, G. Vasilakis, T. P. Rakitzis
  Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 23, 21521 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2010.14579
   
• Non-Markovian noise that cannot be dynamically decoupled by periodic spin echo pulses
  D. Burgarth, P. Facchi, M. Fraas, R. Hillier
  SciPost Physics 11, 027 (2021), preprint: arXiv:1904.03627
   
• Subradiance in dilute atomic ensembles: Role of pairs and multiple scattering
  Y. A. Fofanov, I. M. Sokolov, R. Kaiser, W. Guerin
  Phys. Rev. A 104, 023705 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2012.10659 
   
• Beyond the Rabi model: Light interactions with polar atomic systems in a cavity
  G. Scala, K. Słovik, P. Facchi, S. Pascazio, F.V. Pepe
  Phys. Rev. A 104, 013722 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2103.11232
   
• Optimal collection of radiation emitted by a trapped atomic ensemble
  Á. Kurkó, P. Domokos, A. Vukics, T. Bækkegaard, N. T. Zinner, J. Fortágh, D. Petrosyan
  EPJ Quantum Technology 8, 11 (2021).
   
• Photon-photon correlations from a pair of strongly coupled two-level emitters
  E. Darsheshdar, M. Hugbart, R. Bachelard, C. J. Villas-Boas
  Phys. Rev. A 103, 053702 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2012.03735
   
• van der Waals dephasing for Dicke subradiance in cold atomic clouds
  A. Cipris, R. Bachelard, R. Kaiser, W. Guerin
  Phys. Rev. A 103, 033714 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2012.06248 
   
• Eternal adiabaticity in quantum evolution
  D. Burgarth, P. Facchi, H. Nakazato, S. Pascazio, K. Yuasa
  Phys. Rev. A 103, 032214 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2011.04713
   
• Subradiance with saturated atoms: population enhancement of the long-lived states
  A. Cipris, N. A. Moreira, T. S. do Espirito Santo, P. Weiss, C. J. Villas-Boas, R. Kaiser, W. Guerin, R. Bachelard
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 103604 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2009.05172 
   
• Collective emission of photons from dense, dipole-dipole interacting atomic ensembles
  D. Petrosyan, K. Mølmer
  Phys. Rev. A 103, 023703 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2009.08653
   
• Work Generation from Thermal Noise by Quantum Phase-Sensitive Observation
  T. Opatrny, A. Misra and G. Kurizki
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 040602 (2021)
   
• Superradiance as single scattering embedded in an effective medium
  P. Weiss, A. Cipris, R. Kaiser, I. M. Sokolov, W. Guerin
  Phys. Rev. A 103, 023702 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2011.05201
   
• Hidden non-Markovianity in open quantum systems
  D. Burgarth, P. Facchi, M. Ligabò, D. Lonigro
  Phys. Rev. A 103, 012203 (2021), preprint: arXiv:2009.10605
   
• Light interaction with extended quantum systems in dispersive media
  G. Scala, F.V. Pepe, P. Facchi, S. Pascazio, K. Słovik
  New J. Physics 22, 123047 (2020), preprint: arXiv:2007.06320
   
• Quantum Zeno dynamics from general quantum operations
  D. Burgarth, P. Facchi, H. Nakazato, S. Pascazio, K. Yuasa
  Quantum 4, 289 (2020), preprint: arXiv:1809.09570
   
• Precision Limits of Tissue Microstructure Characterization by Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  A. Zwick, D. Suter, G. Kurizki and G. A. Alvarez
  Phys. Rev. Appl. 14, 024088 (2020)
   
• Minimal quantum heat manager boosted by bath spectral filtering
  M. T .Naseem, A. Misra, O. E. Mustecaplioglu and G. Kurizki
  Phys. Rev. Res. 2, 033285 (2020)
   
• Spin-bath polarization via disentanglement
  D. D. B. Rao, A. Ghosh, D. Gelbwaser, N. Bar-Gill and G. Kurizki
  New J. Phys. 22, 083035 (2020)
   
• Solitons supported by intensity-dependent dispersion
  C. Y. Lin, J. H. Chang, G. Kurizki and R. K. Lee
  Opt. Lett. 45, 1471 (2020)
   
• Anti-Zeno quantum advantage in fast-driven heat machines
  V. Mukherjee, A. G. Kofman and G. Kurizki
  Commun. Phys. 3, 8 (2020)