Strong Light-Matter Workshop

Workshop

When

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This workshop will bring a select group of experimentalist and theoreticians together to address the open questions and new challenges raised by the prospect of embedding materials and molecules in high finesse optical cavities: how can strong light-matter coupling change energy landscapes and chemical reactivities, drive the creation of new topological states of matter or control and reveal new non-equilibrium physics and what new nonequilibrium tools can/should we develop or improve to address this new scientific challenges.

Open to CCQ members and, due to space limitations, to others by invitation only

Participants
Dmitri Basov Columbia University
Jacqueline Bloch CNRS
Andrea Cavalleri MPSD Hamburg
Xi Chen CCQ
Thibault Chervy University of Strasbourg
Cristiano Ciuti Paris Diderot
Martin Claassen CCQ
Tom Devereaux Stanford University
Johannes Feist Universidad Autonoma de Madrid
Johannes Flick Harvard University
Nuh Gedik MIT
Claudiu Genes MPSD Erlangen
Antoine Georges CCQ
Alexandru Georgescu CCQ
James Hone Columbia University
Hannes Huebener MPSD Hamburg
Atac Imamoglu ETH Zurich
Jeff Kimble CalTech
Gabi Kotliar Rutgers University
Markus Kowalewski UC Irvine
Peter Lunts CCQ
Giacomo Mazza Ecole Polytechnique and College de France
Alexander McLeod Columbia University
Andy Millis CCQ
Aditi Mitra NYU
Prineha Narang Harvard University
Guido Pupillo University of Strasbourg
Gil Refael CalTech
Angel Rubio MPSD Hamburg / CCQ
Michael Ruggenthaler MPSD Hamburg
Christian Schaefer MPSD Hamburg
Johannes Schachenmayer University of Strasbourg
Marco Schiro CNRS
Michael Sentef MPSD Hamburg
Hao Shi CCQ
Miles Stoudenmire CCQ
Hugo Strand University of Geneva
Anoop Thomas University of Strasbourg
Joel Yuen-Zhou UC San Diego
Agenda

Tuesday, October 10

8:00-9:00 AM Antoine Georges, Andy Millis, Angel Rubio Welcome and Introduction
Morning Session Experiments: Strong Light-Matter Couplings in MaterialsExperiments: Strong Light-Matter Couplings in Materials
9:15-9:50 AM Prof. Jeff Kimble Quantum matter built from nanoscopic lattices of atoms and
photons
9:50-10:25 AM Prof. Jacqueline Bloch Strong light-matter coupling in semiconductor microcavities:
topology and non equilibrium physics
10:25-10:45 AM Discussion
10:45-11:15 AM Break
11:15-11:50 AM Prof. Atac Imamoglu Exciton-polarons and polaritons in atomically thin semiconductors
11:50-12:25 AM Dr. T. Chervy Modifying materials’ properties under light-matter strong coupling
12:25-12:45 PM Discussion
12:45-2:30 PM Lunch, Discussion and Posters
Afternoon Session Theory: Cavity QED
2:30-3:05 PM Dr. Guido Pupillo Cavity-enhanced transport of charge
3:05-3:40 PM Claudiu Genes Vacuum-dressed materials
3:40-4:00 PM Discussion
4:00-4:30 PM Break
4:30-5:05 PM Prof. Cristiano Ciuti Ultrastrong light-matter coupling
5:05-5:40 PM Dr. M. Ruggenthaler How photons change the properties of matter
5:40-6:00 PM Discussion
6:30 PM and on Dinner

Wednesday, October 11

8:00-9:00 AM Breakfast
Morning Session Driven Quantum Systems: Theory/Experiments
9:00-9:35 AM Prof. Gil Refael Topological frequency conversions in strongly driven quantum
systems
9:35-10:10 AM Prof. Tom Devereaux Light controlled topological phase transitions in multi-orbital and frustrated magnetic systems
10:10-10:30 AM Discussion
10:30-11:00 AM Break
11:00-11:35 AM Prof. Prineha Narang Excited-state dynamics through the lens of electron-phonon
11:35-12:10 PM Dr. Andrea Cavalleri Photo-induced supeconductivity and other stories
12:10-12:30 PM Discussion
12:30-2:30 PM Lunch and Discussion
Afternoon Session Strong Coupling in 2D Materials
2:30-3:05 PM Dr. Jim Hone Synthesis and optical studies of high-purity 2D materials and
heterostructures
3:05-3:40 PM Prof. Nuh Gedik Optical tuning of electronic valleys
3:40-4:00 PM Discussion
4:00-4:30 PM Break
4:30-5:05 PM Prof. Dimitri Basov High-mobility electron liquid in graphene: insights by plasmon nano -imaging
5:05-5:50 PM Roundtable Theoretical and experimental challenges in strong light-matter
phenomena
6:30 PM and on Dinner

Thursday, October 12

8:00-9:00 AM Breakfast
Morning Session Cavity Molecular Chemistry: Theory/Experiments
9:00-9:35 AM Dr. Anoop Thomas Doing chemistry with hybrid light-matter states
9:35-10:10 AM Dr. Markus Kowalewski Nonadiabatic dynamics of molecules in cavities
10:10-10:30 AM Discussion
10:30-11:00 AM Break
11:00-11:35 AM Dr. Johannes Feist Exploiting polaritonic chemistry to manipulate molecular structure
and dynamics
11:35-12:10 PM Prof. Joel Yuen-Zhou Molecules in cavities: topological phases and novel chemical
reactivities
12:10-12:30 PM Discussion
12:30-1:15 PM Discussion and Conclusion
1:15-2:45 PM Lunch

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