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

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/

For seminal studies of ultracold Fermi gases, including precision measurements of the equation of state, the observation of superfluidity, solitons, vortices, and polarons, the realization of a microscope for fermions in a lattice; and the production of chemically stable polar molecules.

http://www.rle.mit.edu/cua_responsive/news/martin-zwierlein-receives-2017-i-i-rabi-prize-of-the-aps/

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/

Ultracold molecules in quantum computing

Zwierlein receives 2017 I.I. Rabi Prize

These scientists are proving Einstein wrong

New Atomic Laser Cooling Technique

CUA Seminars

Tue October 23, 2018 4:00 pm

Jun Ye

Location:Harvard Jefferson 250

Jun Ye, JILA

Ten Minute Talk:"Near unitary spin squeezing (Edwin Pedrozo, Vuletic Group)"

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CUA Seminar Series

Recent Publications

L. Cheuk, M. Nichols, K. Lawrence, M. Okan, H. Zhang, M. Zwierlein, Observation of 2D fermionic Mott insulators of $^{40}$K with single-site resolution. Phys. Rev. Lett., 116(235301), June 2016.
S. Will, J. Park, Z. Yan, H. Loh, M. Zwierlein, Coherent Microwave Control of Ultracold $^{23}$Na$^{40}$K Molecule. Phys. Rev. Lett. , 116(225306), June 2016.
L. Cheuk, M. Nichols, K. Lawrence, M. Okan, H. Zhang, M. Zwierlein, E. Khatami, N. Trivedi, T. Paiva, and M. Rigol. Observation of Spatial Charge and Spin Correlations in the 2D Fermi-Hubbard Model. Science , 353:1260-1264 , September 2016.
B. Mukherjee, Z. Yan, P. Patel, T. Yefsah, J. Struck, M. Zwierlein, and Z. Hadzibabic. Homogeneous Atomic Fermi Gases. Phys. Rev. Lett., 118(123401), March 2017.

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Outreach Events

Fri April 20, 2018 2:00 pm

CUA Cambridge Science Festival, 2018

Location:MIT 26-214 and 26-210

At extremely low temperatures, the fundamental building blocks of the universe behave unexpectedly. Discover this hidden world at The Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA).

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