Spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensates
Spin–orbit (SO) coupling—the interaction between a quantum particle’s spin and its momentum—is ubiquitous in physical systems. …
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Postdoc Yu-Ju Lin employed!
Yu-Ju Lin who has spent the past three years working on the artificial gauge fields project …
Phases of a Two-Dimensional Bose Gas in an Optical Lattice
Karina’s paper [Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 110401 (2010)] featuring a fantastic measurement of the SF/MI phase transition …
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Synthetic magnetic fields for ultracold neutral atoms
Ultracold atoms are an excellent system to realize important models in condensed matter physics, owing to …
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Quantum and classical dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a large-period optical lattice
We experimentally investigate diffraction of a 87Rb Bose-Einstein condensate from a one-dimensional optical lattice. We use …
Postdoc Rob Compton employed!
Rob Compton, working on the Feshbach resonance project on Rubidum II, lands permanent employment. He will …
Rapid production of 87Rb Bose-Einstein condensates in a combined magnetic and optical potential
We describe an apparatus for quickly and simply producing 87Rb Bose-Einstein condensates. It is based on …
Raman processes and effective gauge potentials
A technique is described by which light-induced gauge potentials allow systems of ultracold neutral atoms to …
Bose-Einstein Condensate in a Uniform Light-Induced Vector Potential
We use a two-photon dressing field to create an effective vector gauge potential for Bose-Einstein-condensed 87Rb …
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Condensate Fraction in a 2D Bose Gas Measured across the Mott-Insulator Transition
We realize a single-band 2D Bose-Hubbard system with Rb atoms in an optical lattice and measure …
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