Fourth year review
The fourth year MURI review scheduled for Sep. 26; unlike the past two years this review will be a single-day review. Approximate times: starting at 9:00 AM on the 26th, and ending at 5:00 PM, followed by a 60 minute …
The fourth year MURI review scheduled for Sep. 26; unlike the past two years this review will be a single-day review. Approximate times: starting at 9:00 AM on the 26th, and ending at 5:00 PM, followed by a 60 minute …
The ICAP 2014 Summer School held at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA was a great success with about 100 students attending the 18 lectures given by our fantastic speakers. Follow this link for lecture notes and …
Karina and Ian’s book chapter “The Mott Transition in a Bose Gas Measured Through Time of Flight” is published on page 145 of the “Annual Reviews of Cold atoms and Molecules” volume 2. Wow, it takes a long time for …
Karina and Ian’s book chapter on Mott/Superfluid physics published Read more »
Nathan Goldman et al‘s result describing techniques for measuring topology in a laser-coupled honeycomb lattice has been featured as a “Highlight of 2013” by The New Journal of Physics! This rocks! Highlights page: http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/page/highlights-of-2013 Article: http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/15/1/013025/article
Our new MURI team — a collaborative effort connecting MIT, Harvard, U. Mass. Amherst, Strathclyde, Berkeley, Caltech, JILA and JQI — kicked off our program on the MIT campus. In this exciting research program, our team is focusing on three …
New Quantum Phases of Matter MURI kickoff meeting Read more »
We explore the time evolution of two-component Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs), quasi one dimensional with respect to their spinor dynamics, following a quench from one component BECs with a U(1) order parameter into two-component condensates with a U(1)xZ2 order parameter. In …
Quenched binary Bose-Einstein condensates: Spin-domain formation and coarsening Read more »
Lindsay LeBlanc et al‘s result demonstrating Zitterbewegung in a spin-orbit coupled atomic Bose gas has been featured as a “Highlight of 2013” by The New Journal of Physics! Way to go team! Highlights page: http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/page/highlights-of-2013 Article: http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/15/7/073011/article
We describe a simple technique for generating a cold-atom lattice pierced by a uniform magnetic field. Our method is to extend a one-dimensional optical lattice into the “dimension” provided by the internal atomic degrees of freedom, yielding a synthetic two-dimensional …
Group alumna Yu-Ju Lin visited from Feb. 10 to Feb. 14! In the key-picture you see Yu-Ju along with Lauren and Dina in the lab where Yu-Ju executed our fantastic experiments with synthetic magnetic fields and for the first time …
Resonant absorption imaging is a common technique for detecting the two-dimensional column density of ultracold atom systems. In many cases, the system’s thickness along the imaging direction greatly exceeds the imaging system’s depth of field, making the identification of the …
Optimally focused cold atom systems obtained using density-density correlations Read more »