Special Session 80: Inverse Problems and Imaging

Single-excitation quantum optics: analysis and algorithms

Jeremy Hoskins
University of Chicago
USA
Co-Author(s):    Manas Rachh, John Schotland, Jason Kaye
Abstract:
Recent progress in experimental quantum optics has facilitated the physical construction of systems of increasing complexity. Of particular importance are experiments involving the scattering of one or two photons from a collection of atoms. In this context, a central question is to understand the time evolution of the entanglement between atoms, mediated by the field. In this talk we will discuss analytical results on the properties of these systems, and describe a related inverse problem.