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Welcome to Hosseini Lab

Our group research focuses on the central theme of light-atom interaction and its crucial role in quantum optical communication and sensing. We explore various research directions within this field, including: 1) Cooperative interaction of light with periodic arrays of ions in nano- or micro-photonic structures. 2) Quantum light generation and storage utilizing atoms in cryogenic solids or at room temperature. 3) Enhanced sensing and imaging techniques through the integration of optomechanical, quantum optical, and atomic systems.

Postdoctoral positions are available in photonics, quantum memory and levitation sensing. Please send your CV to: mh at northwestern.edu

Recent Selected Publications

• MM Sourki, W Boinde, AN Amiri, M Hosseini “Nonlinear Dynamics and Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou Recurrences in Macroscopic Ultra-low Loss Levitation”, arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.09490 (2025).

Yisheng Lei, Zongfeng Li, Mahdi Hosseini, “Efficient Pumping of Spectral Holes in a Tm3+: YAG Crystal for Broadband Quantum Optical Storage”, Phys. Rev. Appl. 23, 054076 (2025).

• Z Li, Y Lei, T Kling, M Hosseini, “Efficient Storage of Multidimensional Telecom Photons in a Solid-State Quantum Memory”, Optica Quantum 3(3) 295-302 (2025).

• T Kim, E Esmaili, SM Athalye, T Matos, M Hosseini, MS Verma, A Ardekani, “Acoustofluidic device focusing viral nanoparticles for Raman microscopy”, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 420, 136438 (2024).

• Haechan An et al. “Enhanced Imaging of Electronic Hot Spots Using Quantum Squeezed Light”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 264001 (2024).
• Yisheng Lei, Faezeh Kimiaee, Tian Zhong, Alexander Kuzmich, Christoph Simon and Mahdi Hosseini, “Quantum Optical Memory for Entanglement Distribution”, Optica, 10, 1511-1528 (2023).