Daniel Comparat (DR CNRS, LAC MFC coordinator) works on cold atoms, molecules and Rydberg physics. Research: (1) Rydberg atoms β spectroscopy, few-body interactions, frozen Rydberg gases with Cs/Yb; (2) cold molecules β BaF laser cooling and trapping for eEDM measurement; (3) antihydrogen laser manipulation for fundamental tests; (4) novel electron electric dipole moment measurement technique; (5) cold ion and electron sources (photo-ionization of laser-cooled atoms). ERC-linked funding.
Assembles optical-tweezer-trapped arrays of ultracold atoms and polar molecules (including NaRb) for quantum information science, quantum simulation, and cluster-state quantum computing, with associated Rydberg-based sensing capabilities.
Studies neutral-atom quantum computing and quantum optics with Rydberg atoms in optical tweezer arrays, including entanglement, nonlinear optics, and Rydberg-based electrometry/sensing.