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Our group aims to theoretically AND experimentally investigate various quantum properties of light-matter interaction for applications in future optoelectronic devices, quantum information processing, and sensing. Moreover, we explore associated fundamental phenomena, such as many-body physics, that could emerge in such physical systems. Our research is at the interface of quantum optics, condensed matter physics, quantum information sciences, and more recently, machine learning.

Research

Research Publications

Collective optical properties of moire excitons
, , Physical Review Letters, 134, (2025)Collective_Optical_w_Supp_Mat.pdf
Enhanced Cooper pairing in nano-patterned metals
, , arXiv, 2502, (2025)Enhanced_Cooper_Pairing_in_Nano_Patterned_Metals.pdf
Observation of a finite-energy phase transition in a one-dimensional quantum simulator
, , Nature Physics, 21, (2025)Schuckert et al_2023_Observation of a finite-energy phase transition in a one-dimensional quantum.pdf

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News

Hafezi Receives Humboldt Research Award
June 13, 2025
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has honored JQI Fellow Mohammad Hafezi for his impactful research and will support him visiting Germany to collaborate in person with colleagues there.
Twisted Light Gives Electrons a Spinning Kick
November 26, 2024
Scientists seeking better methods for controlling the quantum interactions between light and matter demonstrated a novel way to use light to give electrons a spinning kick. In the journal Nature Photonics, they reported the results of an experiment, showing that a light beam can reliably transfer orbital angular momentum to itinerant electrons in graphene.
New Design Packs Two Qubits into One Superconducting Junction
October 21, 2024
Quantum computers are the basis of a growing industry. However, their technology isn’t standardized yet, and researchers are still studying the physics that goes into quantum devices. Even the most basic building blocks of a quantum computer—qubits—are still an active research topic. In an article in the journal Physical Review A, JQI researchers proposed a way to use the physics of superconducting junctions to let each function as more than one qubit.