…a short and intense pulse of light. Superradiance remains an open problem in extended systems due to the exponential growth of complexity with atom number. I will show that superradiance…
…due to the compensation of attractive mean-field forces and an effective repulsion stemming from quantum fluctuations [1]. We observe these self-bound droplets in a mixture of two Bose-Einstein condensates with…
Platforms based on molecules manipulated using ‘optical tweezers’ might be able to perform complex physics calculations. Physicists have taken the first step towards building quantum computers out of individual molecules…
…recently the study of the BEC-BCS crossover. Despite the breadth of new research, however, the basic recipe for BEC is unchanged from its first realization in alkali atoms: pre-cool a…
Ultracold atoms are an ideal setting to study non-equilibrium quantum many-body dynamics in a very controlled way. I will present a series of experiments in the context of strongly correlated…
Ultracold atoms provide unique opportunities to study many-body quantum systems out of equilibrium. We first investigate theoretically how an interacting quantum system reaches thermal equilibrium. While a few scattering events…
…long lived complexes, change internal state, or bounce off each other carries important implications which will guide future research directions. Our recent experiment explores this question using optical tweezers to…
…periodic driving, which generates a robust subharmonic response akin to discrete time-crystalline order. Offering a new lens into the study of complex quantum matter, these observations pave the way for…
…for selective spin manipulation. This innovation could revolutionize scalable quantum networks, paving the way for advancements in quantum control for applications from computing to secure communication[1]. Figure: For the “underactuated…