Project Grant 2208050

This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $723,430 supports research into coherent radiative dynamics with matter-wave quantum emitters through September 2025. Funded under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), the award to Stony Brook University will investigate how tunneling and arrays of quantum emitters influence the propagation of guided atomic matter waves. Specifically, the grantee will explore superradiant and subradiant dynamics, resonant scattering from two- and three-level emitters, and the effects of polariton bandstructure on transport. Building on prior work studying single emitter fractional decay and bound states, this project examines collective dynamical effects, scattering phenomena, and transport behavior using an optical lattice platform analog to waveguide quantum electrodynamics. Results aim to further fundamental understanding while training students in pertinent scientific and technical skills. The Research Foundation for the State University of New York will administer the award on behalf of the primary grantee, Stony Brook University.