Ryan Price flies the coop!
Ryan defended his thesis today. Rock out!
Author: Ian Spielman
Dynamical Detection of Topological Phase Transitions in Short-Lived Atomic Systems
We demonstrate that dynamical probes provide direct means of detecting the topological phase transition (TPT) between …
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Published in Science: Visualizing edge states with an atomic Bose gas in the quantum Hall regime
Bringing ultracold atomic gases into the quantum Hall regime is challenging. We engineered an effective magnetic …
Published and Featured in PRA Kaleidoscope: Three-level Haldane-like model on a dice optical lattice
We consider ultracold atoms in a two-dimensional optical lattice of the dice geometry in a tight-binding …
Abigail Perry defends her thesis!
Abby defended her thesis titled “An apparatus for light-less artificial gauge fields and new imaging techniques” …
Gauge matters: observing the vortex-nucleation transition in a Bose condensate
The order parameter of a quantum-coherent many-body system can include a phase degree of freedom, which, …
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Dan Campbell graduates
Dan defended this thesis titled “Engineered potentials in ultracold Bose-Einstein condensates” today. Way to go!
Tunable Spin-Orbit Coupling via Strong Driving in Ultracold-Atom Systems
Spin-orbit coupling is an essential ingredient in topological materials, conventional and quantum-gas-based alike. Engineered spin-orbit coupling …
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Position-dependent spin–orbit coupling for ultracold atoms
We theoretically explore atomic Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs) subject to position-dependent spin–orbit coupling (SOC). This SOC can …
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Light-induced gauge fields for ultracold atoms
Gauge fields are central in our modern understanding of physics at all scales. At the highest …