In this review we discuss the works in the area of quantum simulation and many-body
physics with light, from the early proposals on equilibrium models to the more recent works …

A high-storage efficiency and long-lived quantum memory for photons is an essential
component in long-distance quantum communication and optical quantum computation …

The control of one light field by another, ultimately at the single photon level,,,,,,, is a
challenging task that has numerous interesting applications within nonlinear optics, and …

Coupling light to ensembles of strongly interacting particles has emerged as a promising
route toward achieving few photon nonlinearities. One specific way to implement this kind of …

We study the manipulation of slow light with an orbital angular momentum propagating in a
cloud of cold atoms. Atoms are affected by four co-propagating control laser beams in a …

This study reports the first experimental demonstration that two light pulses were made
motionless and interacted with each other through a medium. The scheme with motionless …

When ensembles of atoms interact with coherent light fields, a great many interesting and
useful effects can be observed. In particular, the group velocity of the coherent fields can be …

We report on the preparation of a one-dimensional ultracold medium in a hollow-core
photonic crystal fiber, reaching an effective optical depth of 1000 (150). We achieved this …

Slow light based on the effect of electromagnetically induced transparency is of great
interest due to its applications in low-light-level nonlinear optics and quantum information …

Polariton formalism is applied for studying the propagation of a probe field of light in a cloud
of cold atoms influenced by two control laser beams of larger intensity. The laser beams …