Research

LevLab is an experimental group spanning atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics and condensed matter physics that explores the question:  Can new classes of states and phases of quantum matter be created far from equilibrium, and if so, what do we learn?  We use our new technique, multimode cavity QED, both to engineer out-of-equilibrium quantum gases and 2D materials and to image and control their new properties.  

Specifically, we aim to:

• Create and control new forms of highly excited quantum matter using cavity photons coupled to 1D gases of the most magnetic atom, dysprosium;
• Wire together nodes of atomic spins with photons to create novel spin glasses and the quantum neural networks they realize;
• Use our novel CavMat instrument to control electronic excitations of twisted 2D quantum materials with the goal of shaping and controlling their phase diagrams.

We welcome all curious graduate students and postdocs working in experiment or theory to contact Prof. Lev.