Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

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Researchers in AMO physics at Yale are studying the fundamental interactions of light and matter from the scale of single atoms and molecules to massive (nano-gram to milli-gram scale) optomechanical systems.  These experiments are pushing new frontiers in controlling and characterizing the properties of these systems, with applications to studying quantum many-body systems, manipulating and cooling single molecules, studying the mechanical properties of massive objects in the quantum regime, and precision sensing for tests of fundamental physics.

For further information, see Atomic, Molecular & Optical Physics @ Yale  web site

Experiments

Faculty

Yoram Alhassid's picture Yoram Alhassid
Frederick Phineas Rose Professor of Physics
SPL 50
yoram.alhassid@yale.edu
203-432-6922
Research Website 		Theorist

Current Projects:

The nuclear many-body problem; Femtoscience and nanoscience: nuclei quantum dots and nanoparticles; Cold atomic Fermi gases
Charles Brown's picture Charles Brown
Assistant Professor of Physics
SPL 68B
charles.d.brown@yale.edu
Research Website
He/him/his 		Experimentalist

Current Projects:

Ultracold atomic physics in optical lattices
Jack Harris's picture Jack Harris
Professor of Physics
SPL 49, WLW 327
jack.harris@yale.edu
+1 (203) 432-3826
Research Website
He/him/his 		Experimentalist

Current Projects:

Optomechanics: Radiation Pressure - Radiation pressure in the quantum engine, Optical control of microstructures, Mechanical control of nonclassical light and Persistent Current - Microcantilevers and probes of closed mesoscopic systems, In-situ electron thermometry, Persistent currents in normal-metal rings
Steve Lamoreaux's picture Steve Lamoreaux
Professor of Physics
SPL 61 / WL-EAL 326
steve.lamoreaux@yale.edu
203-432-5276
Research Website 		Experimentalist

Current Projects:

Haloscope At Yale Sensitive to Axion CDM (HAYSTAC), Electric dipole moment, Casimir effect
Konrad Lehnert's picture Konrad Lehnert
Professor of Physics, starting July 1, 2024
konrad.lehnert@yale.edu 		Experimentalist
Reina Maruyama's picture Reina Maruyama
Professor of Physics and Astronomy
WL 209
reina.maruyama@yale.edu
203-432-3362
Research Website
Pronouns: She/her/hers 		Experimentalist

Current Projects:

Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE), IceCube Neutrino Obervatory, CUORE Upgrade with Particle IDentification (CUPID), ATLAS, COSINE-100, DM-Ice, Haloscope At Yale Sensitive To Axion CDM (HAYSTAC)
Owen Miller's picture Owen Miller
Assistant Professor of Applied Physics
BCT 313 & ESC II 141
owen.miller@yale.edu
+1 (203) 737-6680
Research Website 		Theorist

Current Projects:

Bounds on wave scattering, Computational design, Near-field optical physics, Optimal nanoparticle scatterers, Solar cell design principles
David Moore's picture David Moore
Associate Professor of Physics
WL 208
david.c.moore@yale.edu
+1 203-432-7986
Research Website
He/him/his 		Experimentalist

Current Projects:

nEXO, Search for new Interactions in a Microshere Precision Levitation Experiment (SIMPLE)
Nir Navon's picture Nir Navon
Assistant Professor of Physics
Sloane Physics Laboratory 50A
nir.navon@yale.edu
+1 (203) 436-4997
Research Website
He/him/his 		Experimentalist

Current Projects:

Ultracold Quantum Matter
John Schotland's picture John Schotland
Professor of Mathematics
DL 429
john.schotland@yale.edu
203-432-7055
Research Website 		Theorist

Current Projects:

The study of problems at the interface of optical and condensed matter physics
A Douglas Stone's picture A Douglas Stone
Deputy Director, Yale Quantum Institute & Carl A. Morse Professor of Applied Physics and Physics
YQI 436/437
douglas.stone@yale.edu
203-432-4279
Research Website 		Theorist

Current Projects:

Quantum transport phenomena in disordered media, mesoscopic electron physics, non-linear and chaotic dynamics, quantum and wave chaos, quantum measurement and quantum computing. Laser physics, non-linear optics, microcavity and random lasers.