Organizers
Paul Kunz, University of Austin, USA
Ricardo Jimenez-Martinez, Fieldline Industries, USA
Michal Parniak, University of Warsaw, Poland
Warm vapor quantum devices rely on optical spectroscopy of room temperature (or warmer) atomic vapors to create clocks, magnetometers, electric field sensors, photon sources, quantum memories or other related devices. The atomic and quantum properties of identicality, superposition or even entanglement afforded by this atom-light platform lead to sensors that can measure various physical quantities with high precision. Research in atomic vapor-based devices has advanced rapidly in the last decade. Due to their simplicity, they are ideal for introducing a quantum advantage in a wide range of real-world applications from optical communication and precision timing to electromagnetic field sensing. Atomic vapor clocks have formed the backbone of global navigation satellite systems for decades, yet continue to dramatically advance in their performance; latest versions now “tick” at rates more than 10,000 times faster than those currently operating in GPS satellites. Atomic vapor magnetometers have record sensitivities, measuring fields less than a femto-Tesla and are now being developed for applications such as magnetoencephalography. At the same time, new applications emerge with Rydberg vapors for sensing electric fields, operating over a frequency range from DC to terahertz. Finally, technologies thought to be viable only in cold atoms, such as quantum light storage, also appear now in warm vapor devices.
This symposium brings together innovators working at the intersection of the science and technology of “Warm Vapor Quantum Devices,” including vapor magnetometers, clocks, Rydberg sensors, Rydberg transducers, quantum memories, quantum optical sources and related instrumentation.
Inivted Speakers
Hadiseh Alaeian, Purdue University, USA
Seth Caliga, Infleqtion, USA
Kevin Cox, US Army Research Laboratory, USA
Ilja Gerhardt, Institute of Solid State Physics, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
Matthew Hummon, National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA
Paul Lett, National Institute of Standards & Technology, USA
Filippo Levi, INRIM, Italy
Uriel Levy, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Virginia Lorenz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Vincent Maurice, IEMN - Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology - Centrale Lille Institut, France
Morgan Mitchell, IQFO, Spain
Eugene Polzik, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark
Michael Romalis, Princeton University, USA
Jonathan Roslund, Vector Atomic, USA
Philipp Treutlein, Universitat Basel, Switzerland
Kevin Weatherill, Durham University, UK