Foundational Aspects of Quantum Optics

Presentations

• The Private Lives of Photons: asking particles where they spent the night

  ORAL · Invited

  June 3, 2026, 2:00 PM – June 3, 2026, 2:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Aephraim M Steinberg

    • University of Toronto

  Authors

  • Aephraim M Steinberg

    • University of Toronto

  • Kyle E Thompson

    • University of Toronto

  • Vida-Michelle Nixon

    • University of Toronto

  • Andy Jiao

    • University of Toronto

  • Howard Mark Wiseman

    • Griffith University

  • Daniela Angulo Murcillo

    • EAFIT University

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• Foundational Aspects of Quantum Optics

  ORAL · Invited

  June 3, 2026, 2:30 PM – June 3, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Brian Smith

    • University of Oregon

  Authors

  • Brian Smith

    • University of Oregon

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• Dissipative Phase Transition in a Parametrically Amplified Quantum Rabi Model with Two-photon decay

  ORAL

  June 3, 2026, 3:00 PM – June 3, 2026, 3:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Mingjian Zhu

    • Rice University

  Authors

  • Mingjian Zhu

    • Rice University

  • Han Pu

    • Rice University

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• Frequency Engineered Measurements Connecting Homodyne and Heterodyne

  ORAL

  June 3, 2026, 3:12 PM – June 3, 2026, 3:24 PM

  Publication: Lordi, N., Tsao, E. J., Lind, A. J., Diddams, S. A., & Combes, J. (2024). Quantum theory of temporally mismatched homodyne measurements with applications to optical-frequency-comb metrology. Phys. Rev. A, 109, 033722. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.109.033722

  Presenters

  • Noah Lordi

    • University of New Mexico

  Authors

  • Noah Lordi

    • University of New Mexico

  • Daniel Herman

    • Sandia National Labs

  • Eugene Tsao

    • ETH Zurich

  • Joshua Combes

    • University of Melbourne

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• Theory of photon statistics in inverted waveguide-coupled atom arrays in the thermodynamic limit

  ORAL

  June 3, 2026, 3:24 PM – June 3, 2026, 3:36 PM

  Publication: Manuscript is being prepared for publication

  Presenters

  • Mohamed Eltohfa

    • Purdue University

  Authors

  • Mohamed Eltohfa

    • Purdue University

  • Francis Joseph Robicheaux

    • Purdue University

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• Irreversibility and quantum measurement

  ORAL

  June 3, 2026, 3:36 PM – June 3, 2026, 3:48 PM

  Publication: A manuscript (journal still to be decided) will be submitted within a few days. A preprint with the same (or a similar) title should be available in ArXiv by the presentation date.

  Presenters

  • Julio R Gea-Banacloche

    • University of Arkansas

  Authors

  • Julio R Gea-Banacloche

    • University of Arkansas

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