About the Quantum Optics (Becerra's) Lab

The Quantum Optics group performs research focusing on the study of the quantum properties of light and matter for optimal methods of measurement, information transfer, and communications. The Quantum Optics group interests include the study of measurements with sensitivities beyond conventional limits of detection for communication and metrology, and the study of quantum-state superpositions from the interaction of light and matter for quantum information processing.

We are interested in studying technologies that can be enabled by these quantum systems and understanding the limits of such quantum technologies. Applications of these studies include quantum and coherent communications, sensing, and quantum information processing.

We are part of the Center for Quantum Information and Control (CQuIC) at the University of New Mexico with collaborations spanning across quantum information, quantum networking, and microscopy and biology.

Interested in experimental quantum optics and quantum information? Open positions for PhD students and Postdocs.

Group News

23 June 2023: DoD-awarded project: Nonclassical atomic spin ensembles based on coherent feedback and quantum eraser.

18 August 2022: NSF-awarded project: Quantum Measurements of Continuous-Variable States with Photon Counting

10 August 2022: Adaptive scheme based on photon counting produces the best precision on estimating the phase of coherent states

18 July 2022: General quantum measurements optimally interpolate between measurement paradigms

24 February 2021: Channel-noise tracking for sub-shot-noise-limited receivers with neural networks

3 December 2020: Optical phase estimation approaching the quantum limit in a single shot

2 September 2020: Becerra-Chavez receives NSF EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) 

6 July 2020: Phase tracking for sub-shot-noise-limited receivers

17 April 2020: Becerra-Chavez publishes Low Power Light article in Nature Partner Journals