DAALI project members at ICAP 2022

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The 27th International Conference on Atomic Physics (ICAP 2022) took place from July 17th to 22nd, 2022, at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Canada. Notably, five members of the DAALI consortium were in attendance. Among them were Julien Laurat, Jérémy Berroir, Adrien Bouscal, and Alban Urvoy  from the Quantum Networks team at Kastler Brossel Lab (LKB), along with Leticia Tarruell, ICREA professor at ICFO.

In particular, on July 19th, Julien Laurat delivered a plenary talk as part of Plenary Session V on Quantum Optics. His presentation, titled “Quantum optics with cold atoms trapped along nanowaveguides,” delved into the ongoing research in neutral-atom waveguide-QED, with a special emphasis on the LKB group’s work utilizing nanofiber-trapped atoms.

Following this, on July 21st, Leticia Tarruell gave an invited talk during Plenary Session XIII on Quantum simulation of gauge theories. Her talk, entitled “Engineering a topological gauge theory in an optically dressed Bose-Einstein condensate,” explored the use of cold atoms to realize gauge theories in the laboratory, which are crucial models for understanding the fundamental forces of nature and the behavior of complex quantum materials.

In addition to these plenary talks, Jérémy Berroir and Adrien Bouscal presented their research on waveguide-QED during the conference’s poster sessions. Their work focused on nanofiber and photonic-crystal waveguides, respectively.

Overall, the scientific program of ICAP 2022 encompassed the major advancements in atomic physics over the preceding four years. Although originally slated for 2020, the conference was postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19 restrictions. Despite this delay, the program featured a total of 33 invited talks, a selection of 8 hot topic presentations highlighting recent breakthroughs, and four poster sessions.

For those interested, the book of abstracts of ICAP 2022 is available for download here.

  • Talks
    • “Quantum optics with cold atoms trapped along nanowaveguides“, Julien Laurat
    • “Engineering a topological gauge theory in an optically dressed Bose-Einstein condensate“, Leticia Tarruell