Alex Kuzmich

Professor Kuzmich investigates topics in atomic physics and quantum information. His research utilizes ultracold atoms and trapped ions suspended in ultrahigh vacuum using electromagnetic fields. His recent work includes the first realization of the quantum state transfer between matter and light and the first achievement of remote entanglement between matter qubits. He is currently interested in Rydberg-level interactions and their applications to quantum many-body physics and scalable quantum networks based on long-lived quantum memories.

Selected Publications

Interplay of the Rydberg Blockade and Interaction-Induced Dephasing in Rydberg Single-Photon Sources, (P.R. Berman and A. Kuzmich), Phys. Rev. A 109, 013710 (2024).

Trapped Alkali-metal Rydberg Qubit, (Y. Mei, Y. Li, H. Nguyen, P.R. Berman, and A. Kuzmich), Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 123601 (2022).

Quantum Memory with Strong and Controllable Rydberg-Level Interactions, (L. Li and A. Kuzmich), Nature Communications 7, 13618 (2016).

Entanglement Between Light and an Optical Atomic Excitation, (L. Li, Y. O. Dudin, and A. Kuzmich), Nature 498, 466 (2013).

Light Storage on the Timescale of a Minute, (Y. O. Dudin, L. Li, and A. Kuzmich), Phys. Rev. A 87, 031801(R) (2013).

A Single Ion Nuclear Clock for Metrology at the 19th Decimal Place, (C. J. Campbell,  A.G. Radnaev, A. Kuzmich, V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum, and A. Derevianko), Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 120802 (2012).

Observation of Many-body Rabi Oscillations, (Y. O. Dudin, L. Li, F. Bariani, and A. Kuzmich), Nature Physics 8, 790 (2012).

Strongly Interacting Rydberg Excitations of a Cold Atomic Gas, (Y.O. Dudin and A. Kuzmich), Science 336, 887 (2012).

Wigner Crystals of  229Th  for Optical Excitation of the Nuclear Isomer, (C. J. Campbell,  A.G. Radnaev, and A. Kuzmich), Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 223001 (2011).

Quantum State Transfer between Matter and Light, (D.N. Matsukevich and A. Kuzmich), Science 306, 663 (2004).