CMSP Seminar Series - Wednesday 17 Feb. at 15:00 hrs. Iacopo Carusotto

[Condensed Matter Section]

ICTP Seminar Series in Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics
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WEDNESDAY 17 February at 15:00 hrs (please note exceptional day/time)
Luigi Stasi Seminar Room, 1st floor, Leonardo Building

Iacopo CARUSOTTO
INO-CNR BEC Center & Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Trento


"An Overview of Quantum Fluids of Light: First Successes and
Many Exciting Perspectives"


Abstract:
I will begin with an introduction to the basic concept of quantum
fluid of light when a many photon beam propagating in a nonlinear
medium starts displaying a collective behavior as a fluid of many
interacting particles.
After reviewing the key experiments demonstrating Bose-Einstein
condensation and superfluidity properties in such fluids, I will
present some among the most exciting new directions of theoretical
and experimental research in this field, namely quantum hydrodynamics
in acoustic black hole configurations, quantum magnetism and synthetic
dimensions for light, and conservative quantum dynamics in paraxial
propagation.