CONFERENCEHead of the laboratory – Dr. Rita Veilande
Researcher group:
- Senior researcher, Dr.phys. Rita Veilande (ORCID 0000-0002-7457-0853)
- Senior researcher, Dr. Teodora V. Kirova (ORCID 0000-0002-4035-1310)
- Researcher, Dina Bērziņa (ORCID 0000-0002-0356-4181)
- Dr.hab.phys. Imants Bērsons (11.12.1935.-24.09.2025.; ORCID 0000-0001-9495-91640)
Main directions of scientific work:
- calculations of energy structures for atoms and molecules affected by various external fields,
- mathematical models of photon,
- studying new non-linear equations for space-localised, three-dimensional electromagnetic solitons,
- development of theoretical models for quantum and nonlinear optics using Rydberg state atoms: Rydberg EIT, dipole blockade in Rydberg environment,
- localisation of Rydberg atoms with spatial dependent fields and light vortices.
Promotional activities
Researchers' Night - 26 September 2025
83rd International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia - 13 February 2025, including special Session on MSCA-SE projects at the Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, FST, UL
Projects:
- EU Horizon Europe project Quantum Dynamic Control of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Processes (Q-DYNAMO, 2024-2027)
Completed projects:
- LZP project Mercury Contamination in Wild Birds in Latvia: Current Patterns and Reconstruction of Previous Trends, No. lzp -2021/1-0005, (2021-2024)
- Latvia-France Partnership Program OSMOZE Project “States mixing in external magnetic fields in alkali atoms and molecular dimers “, (2020-2021)
- COST action CA18212 “Molecular Dynamics in GAS phase” (MD-GAS), (2019-2023)
- COST action CA16221 “Quantum Technologies with Ultracold Atoms” (AtomQT), (2017-2021)
- Trilateral grant of the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Taiwanese Research Councils Quantum and Nonlinear Optics with Rydberg-State Atoms”, (2016-2018)
- Latvia-France Partnership Program OSMOZE Project “Electromagnetic field-control of the blockade/antiblockade effect in Rydberg ensembles” (2016-2017)