MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA) | a National Science Foundation Physics Frontier Center

Kang-Kuen Ni Wins 2019 I.I. Rabi Prize in AMO Physics

http://www.rle.mit.edu/cua_responsive/news/kang-kuen-ni-wins-2019-i-i-rabi-prize-in-amo-physics/

New approach yields long-lasting configurations that could provide long-sought “qubit” material. – MIT News

http://www.rle.mit.edu/cua_responsive/news/ultracold-molecules-hold-promise-for-quantum-computing/

CUA researchers and MIT lab Li-7 (BEC 5) are featured on Mashable.com. The video details how recent technology allows us to finally test Albert Einstein’s theories.

http://www.rle.mit.edu/cua_responsive/news/cua-researchers-featured-on-mashable-video-these-scientists-are-proving-einstein-wrong/

MIT researchers have come up with an approach to create BECs in a fraction of the time

http://www.rle.mit.edu/cua_responsive/news/bose-einstein-condensation-in-the-blink-of-an-eye/

Kang-Kuen Ni Wins I.I. Rabi Prize

Ultracold molecules in quantum computing

These scientists are proving Einstein wrong

New Atomic Laser Cooling Technique

CUA Seminars

Tue September 10, 2019 4:00 pm

Harald Hess: From evaporative cooling and BEC in hydrogen to microscopy innovation in biology

Location:Harvard Jefferson 250

Harold Hess, Janelia Research Campus

The first search to observe BEC in spin-polarized hydrogen began in the early 1980’s and employed confinement in cryogenic cells. Progress was halted abruptly with the recognition that three-body recombination blocked these approaches to BEC: at higher temperatures, volume recombination was prohibitive; at lower temperatures, recombination on the cryogenic surface was prohibitive. Switching to the...

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Recent Publications

S. Yelin, E. Kuznetsova, S. Rittenhouse, I. I . Beterov, and M. O. Scully. Effective spin-spin interactions in bilayers of Rydberg atoms and polar molecules. Phys. Rev. Lett. October 2018.
F. Reiter, S. Yelin, T. L. Nguyen, and J. P. Home. Cooperative Breakdown of the Oscillator Blockade in the Dicke Model. ArXiv 2018.
J. Schloss, N. Bar-Gill, S. Yelin, E. Bauch, S. Singh, J. Lee, C. A. Hart, M. J. Turner, J. F. Barry, L. Pham, and R. Walsworth. Decoherence of dipolar spin ensembles in diamond. ArXiv 2019.
I. Pikovski, H. Pichler, E. Shahmoon, S. Yelin, M. Lukin, and R. Bekenstein. Quantum Metasurfaces. ArXiv 2019.

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Outreach Events

Mon May 20, 2019 4:00 pm

The New Kilogram

Location:10-250

Wolfgang Ketterle

On May 20, the definitions for the units of mass, charge, temperature and mole will change. This is a major change in the international system of units, eliminating all man-made objects from these definitions. This talk will provide some historical background and motivation for defining fundamental base units. However, the main focus of the talk...

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Tue September 17, 2019 4:00 pm

Selim Jochim CUA Seminar

Location:MIT 4-270

Selim Jochim, University of Heidelberg

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Tue September 24, 2019 4:00 pm

Alexey Gorshkov: Dynamics of quantum systems with long-range interactions

Location:Harvard Jefferson 250

Alexey Gorshkov, University of Maryland

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CUA Seminar Series

Tue October 1, 2019 4:00 pm

Tanya Zelevinsky: Precision metrology with ultracold molecules

Location:MIT 4-270

Tanya Zelevinsky, Columbia

Diatomic molecules can be created and trapped in optical lattices at ultracold temperatures. This approach allows exquisite control over the internal and external quantum states of the molecules. Using optical techniques, we precisely measure the coupling between a series of ground and excited electronic states, which enables us to design magic lattice trapping for given...

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MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA): a National Science Foundation Physics Frontier Center

CUA Seminars

Harald Hess: From evaporative cooling and BEC in hydrogen to microscopy innovation in biology

Recent Publications

Outreach Events

The New Kilogram

Upcoming Events

Selim Jochim CUA Seminar

Alexey Gorshkov: Dynamics of quantum systems with long-range interactions

Tanya Zelevinsky: Precision metrology with ultracold molecules