Abigail Perry defends her thesis!
Abby defended her thesis titled “An apparatus for light-less artificial gauge fields and new imaging techniques” …
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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 …
ICAP 2014 Summer School!
The ICAP 2014 Summer School held at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA …
Karina and Ian’s book chapter on Mott/Superfluid physics published
Karina and Ian’s book chapter “The Mott Transition in a Bose Gas Measured Through Time of …
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Measuring Topology featured as a NJP “Highlight of 2013”
Nathan Goldman et al‘s result describing techniques for measuring topology in a laser-coupled honeycomb lattice has been …
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New Quantum Phases of Matter MURI kickoff meeting
Our new MURI team — a collaborative effort connecting MIT, Harvard, U. Mass. Amherst, Strathclyde, Berkeley, …
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