Quantum Optics with Matter-Wave Quantum Emitters

Harnessing light-matter interactions is central to the development of modern quantum technologies. Here, ultracold atoms in optical lattices provide a versatile platform for simulating such interactions with matter waves and lattice-trapped atoms playing the role of radiation and quantum emitter respectively. This platform allows for the observation of novel phenomena which may be experimentally inaccessible in conventional quantum optics setups. Following earlier studies of spontaneous emission [1] and polariton physics [2], our group has recently explored non-Markovian super- and sub-radiance of matter-wave quantum emitters [3]. We review our group’s recent work and present ongoing investigations of matter-wave scattering phenomena.