This Colloquium describes a new paradigm for creating strong quantum interactions of light
and matter by way of single atoms and photons in nanoscopic lattices. Beyond the …

Interactions between light and matter play an instrumental role in spectroscopy, sensing,
quantum information processing and lasers. In most of these applications, light is considered …

The ability to manipulate optical fields and the energy flow of light is central to modern
information and communication technologies, as well as quantum information processing …

This is the first comprehensive textbook on the optical properties of photonic crystals. It deals
not only with the properties of the radiation modes inside the crystals but also with their …

Observing quantum phenomena in strongly correlated many-particle systems is difficult
because of the short length-and timescales involved. Exerting control over the state of …

The present status and development of strong-field nano-optics, an emerging field of
nonlinear optics, is discussed. A nonperturbative regime of light-matter interactions is …

In this article, we review strong light-matter coupling at the interface of materials science,
quantum chemistry, and quantum photonics. The control of light and heat at thermodynamic …

We present a fully canonical quantization scheme for the electromagnetic field in dispersive
and lossy linear dielectrics. This scheme is based on a microscopic model, in which the …

Free electron beams such as those employed in electron microscopes have evolved into
powerful tools to investigate photonic nanostructures with an unrivaled combination of …

We introduce a second quantization scheme based on quasinormal modes, which are the
dissipative modes of leaky optical cavities and plasmonic resonators with complex …