welcome!
As of January 2025, we are a new lab at the University of Michigan Physics Department. Our work involves building hybrid cold atom experiments that comprise locally interacting Rydberg atom arrays interacting with photonic modes of an optical cavity. These experiments afford exquisite spatiotemporal control over atomic trapping potentials, interatomic interactions, and measurement. Using these ingredients, the Rajagopal Lab works to develop new techniques to control quantum dynamics, feedback on quantum measurements, and explore fundamental properties of quantum systems.
key research areas:
Cold atoms, Rydberg atoms, optical cavities, quantum control, non-equilibrium dynamics, quantum simulation, quantum metrology, quantum optimization
