Research

Igor Dotsenko

Professor

Université de Toulouse

Laboratoire Collisions Agrégats Réactivité (LCAR)

118 Route de Narbonne (Bat. 3R4)

31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France

Tel.: + 33 5 61 55 84 29

email: igor [DOT] dotsenko [AT] irsamc [DOT] ups-tlse [DOT] fr

Research

Scientific interests

Cavity quantum electrodynamics
Quantum information
Quantum thermodynamics
Quantum simulations
Rydberg atoms
Cold atom physics

Short CV

Education & scientific career

since 2024 : Professor, Université de Toulouse
2014-2023 : Associate Professor (maître de conférences), Collège de France (Group of Prof. S. Haroche), Paris
2007-2014 : Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France/CNRS (Group of Prof. S. Haroche), Paris
2003-2007 : PhD student, University of Bonn (Group of Prof. D. Meschede), Germany
2000-2002 : Graduate student, University of Bonn (Group of Prof. D. Meschede), Germany
1996-2000 : Undergraduate student, Physics Department of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ukraine

Publications

Irreversibility of decorrelating processes: an experimental assessment in cavity QED, G. Cœuret Cauquil, P. A. Camati, I. Frerot, Zh. Tan, A. Auffèves, and I. Dotsenko, arXiv:2601.07011 (2026)

Alternative experimental ways to access entropy production, Z. Tan, P. A. Camati, G. Coeuret Cauquil, A. Auffèves, and I. Dotsenko, Phys. Rev. Research. 3, 043076 (2021)

Autonomous Maxwell’s demon in a cavity QED system, B.-L. Najera-Santos, P. A. Camati, V. Métillon, M. Brune, J.-M. Raimond, A. Auffèves, and I. Dotsenko, Phys. Rev. Research. 2, 032025(R) (2020)

Quantum Rabi oscillations in coherent and in mesoscopic cat field states, V. F. Assemat, D. Grosso, A. Signoles, A. Facon, I. Dotsenko, S. Haroche, J. M. Raimond, M. Brune, and S. Gleyzes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 143605 (2019)

Benchmarking Maximum-Likelihood State Estimation with an Entangled Two-Cavity State, V. Métillon, S. Gerlich, M. Brune, J. M. Raimond, P. Rouchon, and I. Dotsenko, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 060404 (2019)

Towards Quantum Simulation with Circular Rydberg Atoms, Nguyen, T. L. and Raimond, J. M. and Sayrin, C. and Cortinas, R. and Cantat-Moltrecht, T. and Assemat, F. and Dotsenko, I. and Gleyzes, S. and Haroche, S. and Roux, G. and Jolicoeur, Th. and Brune, M., Phys. Rev. X 8, 011032 (2018)

Measurement of a microwave field amplitude beyond the standard quantum limit, M. Penasa, S. Gerlich, Th. Rybarczyk, V. Métillon, M. Brune, J.-M. Raimond, S. Haroche, L.Davidovich, and I. Dotsenko, Phys. Rev. A 94, 022313 (2016)

Quantum state tomography with noninstantaneous measurements, imperfections, and decoherence, P. Six, P. Campagne-Ibarcq, I. Dotsenko, A. Sarlette, B. Huard, and P. Rouchon, Phys. Rev. A 93, 012109 (2016)

Forward-backward analysis of the photon-number evolution in a cavity, T. Rybarczyk, B. Peaudecerf, M. Penasa, S. Gerlich, B. Julsgaard, K. Mølmer, S. Gleyzes, M. Brune, J.-M. Raimond, S. Haroche, and I. Dotsenko, Phys. Rev. A 91, 062116 (2015)

Confined quantum Zeno dynamics of a watched atomic arrow, A. Signoles, A. Facon, D. Grosso, I . Dotsenko, S. Haroche, J.-M. Raimond, M. Brune, and S. Gleyzes, Nature Physics 10, 715-719 (2015)

Adaptive Quantum Nondemolition Measurement of a Photon Number, B. Peaudecerf, T. Rybarczyk, S. Gerlich, S. Gleyzes, J. M. Raimond, S. Haroche, I. Dotsenko, and M. Brune, Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 080401 (2014)

Arbitrary-quantum-state preparation of a harmonic oscillator via optimal control, K. Rojan, D. M. Reich, I. Dotsenko, J.-M. Raimond, C. P. Koch, and G. Morigi, Phys. Rev. A 90, 023824 (2014)

Long coherence times for Rydberg qubits on a superconducting atom chip, C. Hermann-Avigliano, R. Teixeira, T. L. Nguyen, T. Cantat-Moltrecht, G. Nogues, I. Dotsenko, S. Gleyzes, J.M. Raimond, S. Haroche, and M. Brun, Phys. Rev. A 90, 040502 (2014)

Quantum feedback experiments stabilizing Fock states of light in a cavity, B. Peaudecerf, C. Sayrin, X. Zhou, T. Rybarczyk, S. Gleyzes, I. Dotsenko, J. M. Raimond, M. Brune, and S. Haroche, Phys. Rev. A 87, 042320 (2013)

Feedback stabilization of discrete-time quantum systems subject to non-demolition measurements with imperfections and delays, H. Amini, R. A. Somaraju, I. Dotsenko, C. Sayrin, M. Mirrahimi, and P. Roucho, Automatica 49, 2683-2692 (2013)

Optimal time-resolved photon number distribution reconstruction of a cavity field by maximum likelihood, C. Sayrin, I. Dotsenko, S. Gleyzes, M. Brune, JM. Raimond and S. Haroche, New J. Phys. 14, 115007 (2012)

Quantum Zeno dynamics of a field in a cavity, J.M. Raimond, P. Facchi, B. Peaudecerf, S. Pascazio, C. Sayrin, I. Dotsenko, S. Gleyzes, M. Brune, and S. Haroche, Phys. Rev. A 86, 032120 (2012)

Field locked to a Fock state by quantum feedback with single photon corrections, X. Zhou, I. Dotsenko, B. Peaudecerf, T. Rybarczyk, C. Sayrin, S. Gleyzes, J. M. Raimond, M. Brune, and S. Haroche, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 243602 (2012)

Design and stability of discrete time quantum filters with measurement imperfection, A. Somaraju, I. Dotsenko, C. Sayrin, and P. Rouchon, Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 5084-5089 (2012)

Real-time quantum feedback prepares and stabilizes photon number states, C. Sayrin, I. Dotsenko, X. Zhou, B. Peaudecerf, T. Rybarczyk, S. Gleyzes, P. Rouchon, M. Mirrahimi, H. Amini, M. Brune, J.M. Raimond, and S. Haroche, Nature 477, 73-77 (2011)

Phase Space Tweezers for Tailoring Cavity Fields by Quantum Zeno Dynamics, M. Raimond, C. Sayrin, S. Gleyzes, I. Dotsenko, M. Brune, S. Haroche, P. Facchi, and S. Pascazio, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 213601 (2010)

Exploring Decoherence in Cavity QED, S. Haroche, I. Dotsenko, S. Gleyzes, M. Brune, and J.M. Raimond, Perspectives of Mesoscopic Physics, 95-114 (2010)

Feedback generation of quantum Fock states by discrete QND measures, M. Mirrahimi, I. Dotsenko, and P. Rouchon, 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Shanghai: IEEE, 1451-1456 (2010)

Quantum feedback by discrete quantum nondemolition measurements: towards on-demand generation of photon-number states, I. Dotsenko, M. Mirrahimi, M. Brune, J.-M. Raimond, S. Haroche, and P. Rouchon, Phys. Rev. A 80, 013805 (2009)

Reconstruction of non-classical cavity field states with snapshots of their decoherence, S. Deléglise, I. Dotsenko, C. Sayrin, J. Bernu, M. Brune, J.-M. Raimond and S. Haroche, Nature 455, 510-514 (2008)

Freezing coherent field growth in a cavity by quantum Zeno effect, J. Bernu, S. Deléglise, C. Sayrin, S. Kuhr, I. Dotsenko, M. Brune, J.-M. Raimond and S. Haroche, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 180402 (2008)

Process tomography of field damping and measurement of Fock state lifetimes by quantum nondemolition photon counting in a cavity, M. Brune, J. Bernu, C. Guerlin, S. Deléglise, C. Sayrin, S. Gleyzes, S. Kuhr, I. Dotsenko, J.-M. Raimond, and S. Haroche, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 240402 (2008)

Publications (PhD project 2003-2008)

S.Kuhr, W. Alt, D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Rosenfeld, M. Khudaverdyan, V. Gomer, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede, Coherence properties and quantum state transportation in an optical conveyor belt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 213002 (2003)

Y. Miroshnychenko, D. Schrader, S. Kuhr, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, M. Khudaverdyan, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede, Continued imaging of the transport of a single neutral atom, Optics Express 11, 3498 (2003)

I. Dotsenko, W. Alt, S. Kuhr, D. Schrader, M. Müller, Y. Miroshnychenko, V. Gomer, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede, Application of electro-optically generated light fields for Raman spectroscopy of trapped Cesium atoms, Appl. Phys. B 78, 711 (2004)

D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, M. Khudaverdyan, Y. Miroshnychenko, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede, A neutral atom quantum register, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 150501 (2004)

M. Khudaverdyan, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, L. Förster, S. Kuhr, D. Meschede, Y. Miroshnychenko, D. Schrader, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Adiabatic quantum state manipulation of single trapped atoms, Phys. Rev. A 71, 031404(R) (2005)

I. Dotsenko, W. Alt, M. Khudaverdyan, S. Kuhr, D. Meschede, Y. Miroshnychenko, D. Schrader, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Submicrometer position control of single trapped neutral atoms, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 033002 (2005)

S. Kuhr, W. Alt, D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, Y. Miroshnychenko, V. Gomer, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede, Analysis of dephasing mechanisms in a standing wave dipole trap, Phys. Rev. A 72, 023406 (2005)

Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, L. Förster, M. Khudaverdyan, D. Meschede, D. Schrader, and A. Rauschenbeutel, An atom-sorting machine, Nature 442, 151 (2006)

Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, L. Förster, M. Khudaverdyan, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede, Precision preparation of strings of trapped neutral atoms, New J. Phys. 8, 191 (2006)

L. Förster, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, M. Khudaverdyan, Y. Miroshnychenko, D. Meschede, S. Reick, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Number-triggered loading and collisional redistribution of neutral atoms in a standing wave dipole trap, New J. Phys. 8, 259 (2006)

Y. Miroshnychenko, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, L. Förster, M. Khudaverdyan, D. Meschede, S. Reick, and A. Rauschenbeutel, Inserting two atoms into a single optical micropotential, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 243003 (2006)

M. Khudaverdyan, W. Alt, I. Dotsenko, T. Kampschulte, K. Lenhard, A. Rauschenbeutel, S. Reick, K. Schörner, A. Widera and D. Meschede, Controlled insertion and retrieval of atoms coupled to a high-finesse optical resonator, New J. Phys. 10, 073023 (2008)

Theses and HDR

Master Thesis (2002)
Raman spectroscopy of single atoms

PhD Thesis (2007)
Single atoms on demand for cavity QED experiments

HDR (2019)
Quantum Measurement and Control in Cavity QED System