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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Intense laser-matter interactions are at the center of interest in research and technology
since the development of high-power lasers. They have been widely used for fundamental …

This paper summarizes key findings in single-photon generation from deep level defects in
silicon carbide (SiC) and highlights the significance of these individually addressable …