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Nanoscale Quantum Optics |
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Traditional
quantum optics studies atom-photon interactions on an optical wavelength scale,
and has been the favorite playground for testing the foundations of quantum
mechanics. In parallel, research on plasmonics and metamaterials has shown that light may be confined to
length scales well below the diffraction limit. The promise for quantum optics
is that photons can interact more efficiently with solid-state quantum emitters
on the nanoscale. It is however unclear to what
extent standard quantum optics concepts apply to the nanoscale
and how well quantum light fields can be confined on this scale. Thereby a new
field of nanoscale quantum optics is emerging
internationally. The
aim of this workshop is to discuss how quantum optics emerges at the nanoscale by bringing together leading experts from the metamaterials/plasmonics
community (control of light generation and propagation on the nanoscale), and that of traditional quantum optics (quantum
light sources and quantum measurements). Besides facilitating promising
collaborations across these fields, the workshop will help fostering and
educating a new generation of junior quantum opticians, theoreticians as well
as experimentalists. The
discussion will be centered around the following key questions: 1.
How is spontaneous emission and atom-photon coupling modified by nanoscale field confinement? 2.
How to describe stimulated emission in nanostructures and nanolasers? 3.
Is there a need for new quantum optics theory at subwavelength
length scales and how to explore this? [Back] |
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