Development of quantum sensors based on ultracold atoms

• Grant number: 13/04162-5
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2014
• End date: April 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Principal Investigator: Philippe Wilhelm Courteille
• Grantee: Philippe Wilhelm Courteille
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• City of the host institution: São Carlos
• Principal investigators: Celso Jorge Villas-Bôas ; John Weiner
• Associated researchers: Daniel Varela Magalhães ; Vanderlei Salvador Bagnato
• Associated research grant(s): 18/22402-7 - Nonlinear effects in two-mode cavity QED systems, AP.R SPRINT; 18/03934-8 - Workshop on Collective Scattering of Light 2018, AR.BR; 15/50422-4 - 123: dimensionality and cooperativity, AP.R SPRINT
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/10813-2 - Quantum scattering of light and entanglement in cold atomic clouds, BP.PD; 18/02301-1 - A dual sensor for metrology and gravimetry, BP.PD; 17/19848-0 - Development of Quantum Sensors with ultracold atoms, BP.IC; + associated scholarships 17/13250-6 - Many-body non-classical signatures in cold atoms fluorescence, BP.PD; 16/16598-0 - A dual sensor for metrology and gravimetry, BP.PD; 16/23874-4 - Interaction between cold atoms and evanescent light waves, BP.PD; 15/21194-3 - Interaction between atoms and metamaterials: Purcell effect and effective medium theories, BP.PD; 14/12952-9 - Continuous monitoring of Bloch oscillations of ultracold atoms for application in gravimetry, BP.PD; 14/17688-8 - Development of a continuously working gravity sensor, BP.IC - associated scholarships

Abstract

This proposal aims at turning quantum sensor technology into reality. Ahead of the anticipated quantum revolution in commercial applications, the proposal will set up a research consortium working on two specific areas of research: (i) Analysis and implementation of new ideas for quantum sensors based on cold atoms interacting with optical cavities and investigations for the first dual-use of sensors for metrology and gravitational interferometry with potentially new applications; (ii) demonstration of new techniques and strategies for miniaturization and simplification of quantum sensors based on atoms trapped in plasmonic nanopotentials. The realized systems will allow studies of new regimes of quantum electrodynamics in cavities and evanescent waves. (AU)

Scientific publications

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BORGES, HALYNE S.; VILLAS-BOAS, CELSO J.. Quantum PHASE gate based on electromagnetically induced transparency in optical cavities. Physical Review A, v. 94, n. 5, NOV 30 2016. (12/00176-9, 13/04162-5, 14/12740-1)

ROSSATTO, DANIEL Z.; VILLAS-BOAS, CELSO J.; SANZ, MIKEL; SOLANO, ENRIQUE. Spectral classification of coupling regimes in the quantum Rabi model. Physical Review A, v. 96, n. 1, JUL 24 2017. (13/23512-7, 13/04162-5, 14/24576-1)

ROSSATTO, D. Z.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. Relaxation time for monitoring the quantumness of an intense cavity field. Physical Review A, v. 94, n. 3, SEP 12 2016. (13/23512-7, 13/04162-5)

BORGES, HALYNE S.; ROSSATTO, DANIEL Z.; LUIZ, FABRICIO S.; VILLAS-BOAS, CELSO J.. Heralded entangling quantum gate via cavity-assisted photon scattering. Physical Review A, v. 97, n. 1, JAN 18 2018. (13/23512-7, 13/04162-5, 14/12740-1)

ARRUDA, TIAGO J.; BACHELARD, ROMAIN; WEINER, JOHN; COURTEILLE, PHILIPPE W.. Tunable Fano resonances in the decay rates of a pointlike emitter near a graphene-coated nanowire. Physical Review B, v. 98, n. 24, DEC 26 2018. (14/01491-0, 15/21194-3, 13/04162-5)

ARRUDA, TIAGO J.; BACHELARD, ROMAIN; WEINER, JOHN; SLAMA, SEBASTIAN; COURTEILLE, PHILIPPE W.. Controlling photon bunching and antibunching of two quantum emitters near a core-shell sphere. Physical Review A, v. 101, n. 2, FEB 18 2020. (13/04162-5, 15/21194-3, 18/15554-5)

MAXIMO, C. E.; BACHELARD, R.; DOS SANTOS, F. E. A.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. Cooperative spontaneous emission via a renormalization approach: Classical versus semiclassical effects. Physical Review A, v. 101, n. 2, FEB 18 2020. (13/04162-5, 18/01447-2, 13/07276-1, 14/01491-0, 17/13250-6)

RIVERO, D.; SILVA, C. BELI; ARMIJO, M. A. MORENO; KESSLER, H.; DA SILVA, H. F.; COMITO, G.; SHIOZAKI, R. F.; TEIXEIRA, R. C.; COURTEILLE, PH W.. igh-resolution laser spectrometer for matter wave interferometric inertial sensing with non-destructive monitoring of Bloch oscillation. APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS, v. 128, n. 3, MAR 2022. (16/16598-0, 13/04162-5)

OLIVEIRA, R. R.; BORGES, H. S.; SOUZA, J. A.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. A multitasking device based on electromagnetically induced transparency in optical cavities. QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING, v. 17, n. 11, NOV 2018. (13/04162-5, 15/21229-1, 12/00176-9, 14/12740-1)

SOUZA, J. A.; CABRAL, L.; OLIVEIRA, R. R.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. Electromagnetically-induced-transparency-related phenomena and their mechanical analogs. Physical Review A, v. 92, n. 2, AUG 11 2015. (13/01182-5, 14/07350-0, 13/04162-5, 12/00176-9)

MORIYA, P. H.; ARAUJO, M. O.; TODAO, F.; HEMMERLING, M.; KESSLER, H.; SHIOZAKI, R. F.; CELISTRINO TEIXEIRA, R.; COURTEILLE, PH W.. Comparison between 403 nm and 497 nm repumping schemes for strontium magneto-optical traps. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS COMMUNICATIONS, v. 2, n. 12, DEC 2018. (14/17688-8, 16/16598-0, 13/04162-5)

BORGES, H. S.; OLIVEIRA, M. H.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. Influence of the asymmetric excited state decay on coherent population trapping. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 7, AUG 2 2017. (13/04162-5, 14/12740-1)

DIAS, P. G. S.; BISCASSI, M. A. F.; MAGNANI, P. H. N.; SHIOZAKI, R. F.; COURTEILLE, PH W.; CELISTRINO TEIXEIRA, R.. Characterization of the Collimation of an Atomic Beam with a Monochromatic Quasi-resonant Laser. Brazilian Journal of Physics, v. 51, n. 3, p. 10-pg., 2021-01-04. (18/00221-0, 13/04162-5, 15/25146-3)

VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.; CARDOSO, W. B.; AVELAR, A. T.; XUEREB, A.; DE ALMEIDA, N. G.. Does "cooling by heating" protect quantum correlations?. QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING, v. 15, n. 5, p. 12-pg., 2016-05-01. (13/04162-5)

ARRUDA, TIAGO J.; BACHELARD, ROMAIN; WEINER, JOHN; SLAMA, SEBASTIAN; COURTEILLE, PHILIPPE W.. Controlling photon bunching and antibunching of two quantum emitters near a core-shell sphere. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 101, n. 2, p. 15-pg., 2020-02-18. (15/21194-3, 13/04162-5, 18/15554-5)

ARRUDA, TIAGO J.; BACHELARD, ROMAIN; WEINER, JOHN; SLAMA, SEBASTIAN; COURTEILLE, PHILIPPE W.. Fano resonances and fluorescence enhancement of a dipole emitter near a plasmonic nanoshell. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 96, n. 4, p. 11-pg., 2017-10-30. (15/21194-3, 13/04162-5, 14/01491-0)

DINIZ, E. C.; BORGES, H. S.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. Multiple transparency windows and Fano interferences induced by dipole-dipole couplings. Physical Review A, v. 97, n. 4, APR 19 2018. (14/12740-1, 13/04162-5)

ARRUDA, TIAGO J.; BACHELARD, ROMAIN; WEINER, JOHN; SLAMA, SEBASTIAN; COURTEILLE, PHILIPPE W.. Fano resonances and fluorescence enhancement of a dipole emitter near a plasmonic nanoshell. Physical Review A, v. 96, n. 4, OCT 30 2017. (14/01491-0, 15/21194-3, 13/04162-5)

VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.; CARDOSO, W. B.; AVELAR, A. T.; XUEREB, A.; DE ALMEIDA, N. G.. Does ``cooling by heating{''} protect quantum correlations?. QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING, v. 15, n. 5, p. 2021-2032, MAY 2016. (13/04162-5)

DIAS, P. G. S.; BISCASSI, M. A. F.; MAGNANI, P. H. N.; SHIOZAKI, R. F.; COURTEILLE, PH W.; CELISTRINO TEIXEIRA, R.. Characterization of the Collimation of an Atomic Beam with a Monochromatic Quasi-resonant Laser. Brazilian Journal of Physics, JAN 2021. (13/04162-5, 15/25146-3, 18/00221-0)

DE ASSIS, ROGERIO J.; DE MENDONCA, TAYSA M.; VILLAS-BOAS, CELSO J.; DE SOUZA, ALEXANDRE M.; SARTHOUR, ROBERTO S.; OLIVEIRA, IVAN S.; DE ALMEIDA, NORTON G.. Efficiency of a Quantum Otto Heat Engine Operating under a Reservoir at Effective Negative Temperatures. Physical Review Letters, v. 122, n. 24, JUN 19 2019. (13/04162-5)

VILLAS-BOAS, CELSO JORGE; TOLAZZI, KARL NICOLAS; WANG, BO; IANZANO, CHRISTOPHER; REMPE, GERHARD. Continuous Generation of Quantum Light from a Single Ground-State Atom in an Optical Cavity. Physical Review Letters, v. 124, n. 9, MAR 6 2020. (13/04162-5, 18/22402-7)

TEIXEIRA, RAUL CELISTRINO. Maximum coupling efficiency to an optical resonator based on the Laguerre-Gauss decomposition of a beam. Optics Express, v. 28, n. 7, p. 9541-9551, MAR 30 2020. (13/04162-5, 18/23873-3)

MENDONCA, TAYSA M.; SOUZA, ALEXANDRE M.; DE ASSIS, ROGERIO J.; DE ALMEIDA, NORTON G.; SARTHOUR, ROBERTO S.; OLIVEIRA, IVAN S.; VILLAS-BOAS, CELSO J.. Reservoir engineering for maximally efficient quantum engines. PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH, v. 2, n. 4, DEC 24 2020. (19/11999-5, 13/04162-5)

ROSSATTO, D. Z.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. Relaxation time for monitoring the quantumness of an intense cavity field. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 94, n. 3, p. 8-pg., 2016-09-12. (13/23512-7, 13/04162-5)

BORGES, HALYNE S.; ROSSATTO, DANIEL Z.; LUIZ, FABRICIO S.; VILLAS-BOAS, CELSO J.. Heralded entangling quantum gate via cavity-assisted photon scattering. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 97, n. 1, p. 10-pg., 2018-01-18. (13/23512-7, 13/04162-5, 14/12740-1)

DINIZ, E. C.; ROSSATTO, D. Z.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. Two-mode squeezing operator in circuit QED. QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING, v. 17, n. 8, AUG 2018. (13/04162-5, 13/23512-7)

DE ASSIS, R. J.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.; DE ALMEIDA, N. G.. Feasible platform to study negative temperatures. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS, v. 52, n. 6, MAR 28 2019. (13/04162-5)

COSTA, D.; DE ALMEIDA, N. G.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. Secure quantum communication using classical correlated channel. QUANTUM INFORMATION PROCESSING, v. 15, n. 10, p. 4303-4311, OCT 2016. (12/02816-5, 12/00176-9, 13/04162-5)

DE ASSIS, R. J.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.; DE ALMEIDA, N. G.. Negative response with an optical cavity and traveling wave fields. Physical Review A, v. 96, n. 1, JUL 12 2017. (13/04162-5)

SUAREZ, ELMER; AUWAERTER, DAVID; ARRUDA, TIAGO J.; BACHELARD, ROMAIN; COURTEILLE, PHILIPPE W.; ZIMMERMANN, CLAUS; SLAMA, SEBASTIAN. Photon-antibunching in the fluorescence of statistical ensembles of emitters at an optical nanofiber-tip. NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, v. 21, MAR 29 2019. (14/01491-0, 15/21194-3, 13/04162-5)

VILLAS-BOAS, CELSO J.; ROSSATTO, DANIEL Z.. Multiphoton Jaynes-Cummings Model: Arbitrary Rotations in Fock Space and Quantum Filters. Physical Review Letters, v. 122, n. 12, MAR 28 2019. (13/23512-7, 13/04162-5)

BORGES, HALYNE S.; VILLAS-BOAS, CELSO J.. Quantum PHASE gate based on electromagnetically induced transparency in optical cavities. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 94, n. 5, p. 7-pg., 2016-11-30. (12/00176-9, 13/04162-5, 14/12740-1)

FROMETA, M.; DIAS, P. G. SANTOS; MAGNANI, P. H. NANTES; MARTINS, M. DO AMARAL; HUGBART, M.; CIPRIS, A.; COURTEILLE, PH. W.; TEIXEIRA, R. CELISTRINO. Phase-contrast imaging of a dense atomic cloud. Review of Scientific Instruments, v. 96, n. 8, p. 8-pg., 2025-08-01. (18/23873-3, 19/13143-0, 13/04162-5, 24/13462-7, 13/07276-1)

COURTEILLE, PH. W.; RIVERO, D.; DE FRANCA, G. H.; PESSOA JR, C. A.; CIPRIS, A.; PORTELA, M. NUNEZ; TEIXEIRA, R. C.; SLAMA, S.. Photonic bands and normal mode splitting in optical lattices interacting with cavities. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 111, n. 1, p. 18-pg., 2025-01-17. (18/23873-3, 23/10014-0, 19/13143-0, 13/04162-5, 23/16523-4, 24/03884-1, 13/07276-1, 22/00261-8, 23/00866-0)

DINIZ, E. C.; BORGES, H. S.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. Multiple transparency windows and Fano interferences induced by dipole-dipole couplings. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 97, n. 4, p. 11-pg., 2018-04-19. (13/04162-5, 14/12740-1)

DE MARTIN JUNIOR, J.; VALAPPIL, S. K. N.; MUELLER, S. T.; COURTEILLE, P. W.; BAGNATO, V. S.; MAGALHAES, D. V.; COSTAFELIX, RPB. Development of an ultrastable laser at 1550 nm. WAKE CONFERENCE 2021, v. 975, p. 5-pg., 2018-01-01. (13/04162-5, 13/07276-1)

ARRUDA, TIAGO J.; BACHELARD, ROMAIN; WEINER, JOHN; COURTEILLE, PHILIPPE W.. Tunable Fano resonances in the decay rates of a pointlike emitter near a graphene-coated nanowire. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, v. 98, n. 24, p. 13-pg., 2018-12-26. (15/21194-3, 13/04162-5, 14/01491-0)

ROSSATTO, DANIEL Z.; VILLAS-BOAS, CELSO J.; SANZ, MIKEL; SOLANO, ENRIQUE. Spectral classification of coupling regimes in the quantum Rabi model. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 96, n. 1, p. 13-pg., 2017-07-24. (13/23512-7, 14/24576-1, 13/04162-5)

MAGNANI, P. H. N.; DIAS, P. G. S.; FROMETA, M.; MARTINS, M. A.; PIOVELLA, N.; KAISER, R.; COURTEILLE, PH. W.; HUGBART, M.; BACHELARD, R.; TEIXEIRA, R. C.. Breaking of reciprocity and the Pancharatnam-Berry phase for light scattered by a disordered cold-atom cloud. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 110, n. 4, p. 6-pg., 2024-10-23. (13/04162-5, 23/03300-7, 18/23873-3, 22/00261-8, 19/13143-0, 18/15554-5)

MAXIMO, C. E.; BACHELARD, R.; DOS SANTOS, F. E. A.; VILLAS-BOAS, C. J.. Cooperative spontaneous emission via a renormalization approach: Classical versus semiclassical effects. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 101, n. 2, p. 8-pg., 2020-02-18. (13/04162-5, 13/07276-1, 14/01491-0, 18/01447-2, 17/13250-6)