Title
Assistant Professor

Department
Dept of Physics


Faculty URL
http://physics.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/norman-yao

Research Group
https://quantumoptics.physics.berkeley.edu/

Email
norman.yao@berkeley.edu

Phone
(510) 664-4900


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Research Description
My research interests lie at the interface between atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter, and quantum information science. In recent years, the synergy between these fields has been strengthened by a tremendous amount of experimental progress, which has made it possible to assemble complex, strongly interacting, quantum many-body systems from individual atoms, ions,?molecules?and photons. These advances have opened the door to realizing non-equilibrium phases of matter, to understanding the dynamics of quantum thermalization (and of its failure), and to measuring the intrinsic properties of topological phases.?Dialogue?between theory and experiment is especially crucial to addressing these questions and my group employs a variety of theoretical, numerical and experimental tools.