In the Hughes Group: Theoretical Quantum and Nanophotonics, there are always many interesting research to explore.
Selected Research Interests
Light-matter interactions in optics and nanophotonics
Methods in open system quantum optics (including polaron master equations, quantum trajectories, matrix product states, coherent feedback)
Theory of single and entangled photon pair emitters using quantum dots systems
Quantum optics in semiconductor nanostructures and waveguides
Electron-phonon scattering in semiconductor cavity-QED
Quasinormal modes for classical and quantum optics (dissipative mode theories)
Classical and quantum optomechanics
Theory of disorder on light scattering in nanostructures
Computational nanophotonics and high-performance computing
Classical and quantum optical properties of metals and metamaterials (quantum plasmonics)
Topological photonics
Inverse design techniques
Ultra strong coupling regimes in quantum optics
Waveguide QED