IRG 1: Quantum Metamaterials

Quantum Metamaterials (QMM) is establishing a new paradigm of quantum metamaterials that integrate quantum building blocks to actively shape and control light-matter interactions, achieving extreme nonlinearities and ultrafast optical properties.

The intellectual focus of IRG1 is the establishment of a predictive and experimental framework for QMM, pioneering the integration of quantum material units and hierarchical architectures to actively shape and control light-matter interactions beyond current capabilities. This will enable innovations in fields including ultrafast and quantum information processing, precision sensing, and photonic technologies relevant to life science and biological systems.

The long-term research goal of IRG1 is to understand, design, synthesize, and characterize hierarchical QMMs that integrate atomic- and nanoscale quantum building blocks with mesoscale structures and Electromagnetic (EM) resonators to achieve unprecedented optical functionalities and extraordinary properties beyond those found in nature.

 

Tod Pascal
IRG Co-lead:
Richard Averitt (lab site)
Arya Gaurav
Eric Fullerton (site)
Joshua Figueroa
Abdoulaye Ndao (lab site)
Alex Frano
Andrea Tao (lab site)
Francesco Paesani
Kesong Yang (lab site)
Andrea Tao
IRG Co-lead:
Zhaowei Liu (lab site)
Seth Cohen
Prineha Narang (lab site)
Francesco Paesani
Alina Schimpf (lab site)
Alex Frano
Oscar Vazquez-Mena (lab site)