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About

Our group aims to theoretically AND experimentally investigate various quantum properties of light-matter interaction for applications in future optoelectronic devices, quantum information processing, and sensing. Moreover, we explore associated fundamental phenomena, such as many-body physics, that could emerge in such physical systems. Our research is at the interface of quantum optics, condensed matter physics, quantum information sciences, and more recently, machine learning.

Research

  • Quantum Simulation
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  • Machine Learning in quantum systems hero image
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News

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    Quantum Optics of Correlated Materials at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, led by Prof. Daniel G. Suárez-Forero

    August 25, 2025
  • The head and shoulders of a man with a beard standing in front of an out of focus green wall.

    Hafezi Receives Humboldt Research Award

    June 13, 2025

    The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has honored JQI Fellow Mohammad Hafezi for his impactful research and will support him visiting Germany to collaborate in person with colleagues there.

  • a schematic illustration of light carrying orbital angular momentum interacting with electrons in a sample of graphene

    Twisted Light Gives Electrons a Spinning Kick

    November 26, 2024

    Scientists seeking better methods for controlling the quantum interactions between light and matter demonstrated a novel way to use light to give electrons a spinning kick. In the journal Nature Photonics, they reported the results of an experiment, showing that a light beam can reliably transfer orbital angular momentum to itinerant electrons in graphene.

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