Welcome to Columbia’s Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics group
Research in AMO physics has a long history at Columbia, with Nobel-prize winning research such as Rabi’s discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance and Townes realization of the first ammonia maser. Our current AMO effort consists of three groups (one theoretical and two experimental), working on topics ranging from many-body quantum optics, to quantum simulation and precision measurement with ultracold atoms and molecules. See below for more details.
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Asenjo-Garcia's group
Quantum optics theory, many-body physics in open quantum systems
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Will's group
Ultracold atoms and molecules, quantum simulation of strongly-interacting systems
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Zelevinsky's group
Ultracold molecules, precision measurement, table-top particle physics
Seminars
We run a seminar on AMO and quantum information science topics. Unless otherwise stated, our seminars happen on Thursdays at noon in 705 Pupin. Pizza is provided.
The calendar on the left shows the scheduled events, which can also be seen in our seminar page.