Quantum fluids of light

I Carusotto, C Ciuti - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2013 - APS
This article reviews recent theoretical and experimental advances in the fundamental
understanding and active control of quantum fluids of light in nonlinear optical systems. In …

On-chip quantum simulation with superconducting circuits

AA Houck, HE Türeci, J Koch - Nature Physics, 2012 - nature.com
Using a well-controlled quantum system to simulate complex quantum matter is an idea that
has been around for 30 years and put into practice in systems of ultracold atoms for more …

Quantum simulations and many-body physics with light

C Noh, DG Angelakis - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

Quantum simulation with interacting photons

MJ Hartmann - Journal of Optics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Enhancing optical nonlinearities so that they become appreciable on the single photon level
and lead to nonclassical light fields has been a central objective in quantum optics for many …

Circuit QED lattices: Towards quantum simulation with superconducting circuits

S Schmidt, J Koch - Annalen der Physik, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Jaynes‐Cummings model describes the coupling between photons and a
single two‐level atom in a simplified representation of light‐matter interactions. In circuit …

Time-reversal-symmetry breaking in circuit-QED-based photon lattices

J Koch, AA Houck, KL Hur, SM Girvin - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular …, 2010 - APS
Breaking time-reversal symmetry is a prerequisite for accessing certain interesting many-
body states such as fractional quantum Hall states. For polaritons, charge neutrality prevents …

Cavity QED with atomic mirrors

DE Chang, L Jiang, AV Gorshkov… - New Journal of …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
A promising approach to merge atomic systems with scalable photonics has emerged
recently, which consists of trap** cold atoms near tapered nanofibers. Here, we describe a …

Fractional quantum Hall states of photons in an array of dissipative coupled cavities

RO Umucalılar, I Carusotto - Physical Review Letters, 2012 - APS
We report a theoretical study of the collective optical response of a two-dimensional array of
nonlinear cavities in the impenetrable photon regime under a strong artificial magnetic field …

Dissipatively driven entanglement of two macroscopic atomic ensembles

CA Muschik, ES Polzik, JI Cirac - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2011 - APS
Up to now, the lifetime of experimentally demonstrated entangled states has been limited
due to their fragility under decoherence and dissipation. Therefore, they are created under …

Noise-driven dynamics and phase transitions in fermionic systems

B Horstmann, JI Cirac, G Giedke - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2013 - APS
We study abrupt changes in the dynamics and/or steady state of fermionic noise-driven
systems produced by small changes in the system parameters. Specifically, we consider …