People: Martin W. Zwierlein

Thomas A. Frank Professor of Physics
Publications
  1. Z. Yan, Y. Ni, A. Chuang, P. Dolgirev, K. Seetharam, E. Demler, C. Robens, M. Zwierlein, Collective flow of fermionic impurities immersed in a Bose–Einstein condensate. Nature June 2024.
  2. V. Crepel, R. Yao, B. Mukherjee, R. Fletcher, M. Zwierlein, Geometric squeezing of rotating quantum gases into the lowest Landau level. Comptes Rendus. Physique, 24:241-262, March 2024.
  3. Z. Yan, P. Patel, B. Mukherjee, R. Fletcher, M. Zwierlein, and C. Vale. Thermography of the superfluid transition in a strongly interacting Fermi gas. Science, 383(6683), February 2024.
  4. T. Hartke, B. Oreg, C. Turnbaugh, N. Jia, M. Zwierlein, Direct observation of nonlocal fermion pairing in an attractive Fermi-Hubbard gas. Science, 381(6653), July 2023.
  5. R. Yao, S. Chi, B. Mukherjee, A. Shaffer-Moag, M. Zwierlein, R. Fletcher, Observation of chiral edge transport in a rapidly-rotating quantum gas. ArXiv 2023.
  6. B. Mukherjee, A. Shaffer-Moag, P. Patel, Z. Yan, C. Wilson, V. Crepel, R. Fletcher, M. Zwierlein, Crystallization of bosonic quantum Hall states in a rotating quantum gas. Nature, 601:58–62, January 2022.
  7. T. Hartke, B. Oreg, N. Jia, M. Zwierlein, Quantum Register of Fermion Pairs. Nature 2022.
  8. Z. Yan, M. Zwierlein, and T. Karman. Resonant and first-order dipolar interactions between ultracold 1Σ molecules in static and microwave electric fields. Phys Rev A January 2022.
  9. M. Zwierlein, J. Hertkorn, J.-N. Schmidt, F. Böttcher, M. Guo, M. Schmidt, K. S. H. Ng, S. D. Graham, H. P. Büchler, T. Langen, and T. Pfau. Density Fluctuations across the Superfluid-Supersolid Phase Transition in a Dipolar Quantum Gas. Phys. Rev. X , 11(011037), February 2021.
  10. M. Zwierlein, J. Hertkorn, J.-N. Schmidt, M. Guo, F. Böttcher, K. S. H. Ng, S. D. Graham, P. Uerlings, T. Langen, and T. Pfau. Pattern Formation in Quantum Ferrofluids: from Supersolids to Superglasses. Phys. Rev. Research, 3(033125), August 2021.
  11. E. Demler, M. Greiner, M. Lukin, R. Ma, K. Ni, M. Schleier-Smith, V. Vuletic, M. Zwierlein, E. Altman, and et al.. Quantum Simulators: Architectures and Opportunities. PRX Quantum, 2(017003), February 2021.
  12. M. Zwierlein, J.-N. Schmidt, J. Hertkorn, M. Guo, F. Böttcher, M. Schmidt, K. S. H. Ng, S. D. Graham, T. Langen, and T. Pfau. Roton Excitations in an Oblate Dipolar Quantum Gas. Phys. Rev. Lett., 126(193002), May 2021.
  13. M. Zwierlein, J. Hertkorn, J.-N. Schmidt, M. Guo, F. Böttcher, K. S. H. Ng, S. D. Graham, P. Uerlings, H. P. Büchler, T. Langen, and T. Pfau. Supersolidity in Two-Dimensional Trapped Dipolar Droplet Arrays. Phys. Rev. Lett., 127(155301), 2021.
  14. Z. Yan, Y. Ni, C. Robens, M. Zwierlein, Bose polarons near quantum criticality. Science, 368(6487):190-194, April 2020.
  15. T. Hartke, B. Oreg, N. Jia, M. Zwierlein, Doublon-Hole Correlations and Fluctuation Thermometry in a Fermi-Hubbard Gas. Physical Review Letters, 125(113601), September 2020.
  16. Z. Yan, J. Park, Y. Ni, H. Loh, S. Will, M. Zwierlein, and T. Karman. Resonant dipolar collisions of ultracold molecules induced by microwave dressing. Physical Review Letters, 125(063401), August 2020.
  17. P. Patel, Z. Yan, B. Mukherjee, R. Fletcher, J. Struck, M. Zwierlein, Universal Sound Diffusion in a Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas. Science, 370(6521), December 2020.
  18. Z. Yan, P. Patel, B. Mukherjee, R. Fletcher, J. Struck, M. Zwierlein, Boiling a Unitary Fermi Liquid. Physical Review Letters, 122(093401), March 2019.
  19. R. Fletcher, A. Shaffer-Moag, C. Wilson, P. Patel, Z. Yan, V. Crepel, B. Mukherjee, M. Zwierlein, Geometric squeezing into the lowest Landau level. ArXiv November 2019.
  20. M. Zwierlein, A. Christianen, G.C. Groenenboom, and Tijs Karman. Photo-induced two-body loss of ultracold molecules. 123, 123402, September 2019.
  21. B. Mukherjee, P. Patel, Z. Yan, R. Fletcher, J. Struck, M. Zwierlein, Spectral response and contact of the unitary Fermi gas. Physical Review Letters, 122(203402), May 2019.
  22. M. Nichols, L. Cheuk, M. Okan, T. Hartke, E. Mendez, H. Zhang, M. Zwierlein, T. Senthil, and E. Khatami. Spin Transport in a Mott Insulator of Ultracold Fermions. Science, 363(383), January 2019.
  23. 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.
  24. T. Rvachov, H. Son, A. Sommer, J. Park, M. Zwierlein, W. Ketterle, A. Jamison, and S. Ebadi. Long-Lived Ultracold Molecules with Electric and Magnetic Dipole Moments. Phys. Rev. Lett. October 2017.
  25. J. Park, Z. Yan, H. Loh, S. Will, M. Zwierlein, Second-Scale Nuclear Spin Coherence Time of Trapped Ultracold 23Na40K Molecules. Science, 357(372), July 2017.
  26. R. Fletcher, M. Zwierlein, R. Lopes, J. Man, N. Navon, R. P. Smith, and Z. Hadzibabic. Two- and three-body contacts in the unitary Bose gas. Science January 2017.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. L. Cheuk, M. Nichols, M. Okan, V. Ramasesh, W. Bakr, T. Lompe, M. Zwierlein, and T. Gersdorf. A Quantum Gas Microscope for Fermionic Atoms. Phys. Rev. Lett., 114:193001, May 2015.
  31. J. Park and M. Zwierlein. Two-Photon Pathway to Ultracold Fermionic Ground State Molecules of 23Na40K. New J. of Phys., 1505:01835, 2015.
  32. J. Park and M. Zwierlein. Ultracold Dipolar Gas of Fermionic Na 23 K 40 Molecules in Their Absolute Ground State. Physical Review Letters, 114:205302, 2015.
  33. W. Ji, B. Mukherjee, T. Yefsah, M. Zwierlein, and Elmer Guardado-Sanchez. Motion of a Solitonic Vortex in the BEC-BCS Crossover. preprint arXiv:1402.7052 (2014) 2014.
  34. A. Sommer, W. Bakr, and M. Zwierlein. Evolution of Fermion Pairing from Three to Two Dimensions. Phys. Rev. Lett., 045302:108, 2012.
  35. J. Park, C. Wu, I. Santiago, P. Ahmadi, and M. Zwierlein. Quantum degenerate Bose-Fermi mixture of chemically different atomic species with widely tunable interactions. Phys. Rev. A, 85:051602(R), 2012.
  36. M. Zwierlein. Revealing the Superfluid Lambda Transition in the Universal Thermodynamics of a Unitary Fermi Gas. Science, 335:563, 2012.
  37. C. Wu, J. Park, P. Ahmadi, S. Will, and M. Zwierlein. Ultracold Fermionic Feshbach Molecules of $^{23}$Na$^{40}$K. Phys Rev Lett, 109:085301, 2012.
  38. D. Pekker, M. Zwierlein, E. Demler, and E. Vernier. Bound states of a localized magnetic impurity in a superfluid of paired ultracold fermions. Phys. Rev. A, 83:033619, 2011.
  39. D. Pekker, M. Babadi, R. Sensarma, N. Zinner, M. Zwierlein, E. Demler, and L. Poll. Competition between pairing and ferromagnetic instabilities in ultracold Fermi gases near Feshbach resonances. Phys. Rev. Lett., 106:050402, 2011.
  40. A. Sommer, M. Ku, and M. Zwierlein. Spin Transport in Polaronic and Superfluid Fermi Gases.. New Journal of Physics, 13:055009, 2011.
  41. C. Wu, I. Santiago, J. Park, P. Ahmadi, and M. Zwierlein. Strongly Interacting Isotopic Bose-Fermi Mixture Immersed in a Fermi Sea. Phys. Rev. A, 84:011601, 2011.
  42. C. Wu, I. Santiago, J. Park, P. Ahmadi, and M. Zwierlein. Strongly interacting isotopic Bose-Fermi mixture immersed in a Fermi sea. Phys. Rev. A., 84:011601(R), 2011.
  43. A. Sommer, M. Ku, M. Zwierlein, and Giacomo Roati. Universal Spin Transport in a Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas. Nature, 472:201-204, 2011.
  44. M. Zwierlein. Neutral Atoms put in Charge. Nature, 462:584, 2009.
  45. A. Schirotzek, C. Wu, A. Sommer, and M. Zwierlein. Observation of Fermi Polarons in a Tunable Fermi Liquid of Ultracold Atoms. Phys. Rev. Lett., 102:230402, 2009.
  46. M. Zwierlein and W. Ketterle. Making, probing and understanding ultracold Fermi gases. Ultracold Fermi Gases, Proceedings of the International School of Physics Enrico Fermi,, Course CLXIV Varenna 20 - 30 June 2006 eds.:M. Inguscio, W. Ketterle, and C. Salomon (Amsterdam, IOS Press, 2008); e-print: arXiv: 0801.2500, 2008.
  47. M. Zwierlein. Teilchen auf Partnersuche. Physik Journal, 12/2008:31, 2008.
  48. M. Zwierlein, G. Baym, C. J. Phick, and Z. Yu. Coherence and Clock Shifts in Ultracold Fermi Gases with Resonant Interactions. Phys. Rev. Lett., 99:190407, 2007.
  49. C. Schunck, Y. Shin, A. Schirotzek, M. Zwierlein, and W. Ketterle. Pairing Without Superfluidity: The Ground State of an Imbalanced Fermi Mixture. Science, 316:867-870, 2007.
  50. C. Schunck, M. Zwierlein, A. Schirotzek, and W. Ketterle. Superfluid Expansion of a Rotating Fermi Gas. Phys. Rev. Lett., 98:050404, 2007.
  51. M. Zwierlein and W. Ketterle. Comment on Pairing and Phase Separation in a Polarized Fermi Gas. Science, 314:54a, 2006.
  52. M. Zwierlein, C. Schunck, A. Schirotzek, and W. Ketterle. Direct Observation of the Superfluid Phase Transition in Ultracold Fermi Gases. Nature, 442:54-58, 2006.
News
Thu October 19, 2023

Harvard-MIT CUA Receives Major Renewal Grant

The U.S. National Science Foundation’s Physics Frontiers Centers program renewed a grant to the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms (CUA) to fund exploring, understanding, and harnessing mysterious phenomena at the frontiers of physics. The CUA, which works to enable greater control and programmability of quantum-entangled systems of low-temperature atoms and molecules, will conduct experiments involving...
Wed January 26, 2022

Vibrating atoms make robust qubits, physicists find

MIT physicists have discovered a new quantum bit, or “qubit,” in the form of vibrating pairs of atoms known as fermions. They found that when pairs of fermions are chilled and trapped in an optical lattice, the particles can exist simultaneously in two states — a weird quantum phenomenon known as superposition. In this case, the atoms held a superposition of two vibrational states, in which the pair wobbled against each other while also swinging in sync, at the same time.

The team was able to maintain this state of superposition among hundreds of vibrating pairs of fermions. In so doing, they achieved a new “quantum register,” or system of qubits, that appears to be robust over relatively long periods of time. The discovery, published today in the journal Nature, demonstrates that such wobbly qubits could be a promising foundation for future quantum computers.

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Wed January 12, 2022

Physicists watch as ultracold atoms form a crystal of quantum tornadoes

The new observations record a key crossover from classical to quantum behavior.

Tue December 7, 2021

Martin Zwierlein Wins 2021 BEC Award

Professor Martin Zwierlein was awarded the 2021 BEC Junior Award for his pioneering contributions to the field of ultracold quantum gases, specifically Fermi and Bose polarons, rotating condensates, spin and charge transport and the unitary Fermi gas.
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Thu December 3, 2020

Physicists capture the sound of a “perfect” fluid

The results should help scientists study the viscosity in neutron stars, the plasma of the early universe, and other strongly interacting fluids.

Fri April 10, 2020

Bose polarons meet their fate at quantum criticality

An electron moving through the crystal lattice of a solid slightly attracts the ions on its path. The electron and the crystal deformations move together a “quasi-particle”, heavier than the bare electron – the so-called polaron. Such quasi-particles form the basis of descriptions of many solids. However, in modern materials, such as the high-temperature superconducting cuprates,...
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Mon March 30, 2020

Squeezing space in a rotating quantum gas

In its most famous form, the Heisenberg uncertainty relation tells us that we cannot know both the position and momentum of a particle. The best we can do is to redistribute the intrinsic quantum uncertainty, for example by making position more precise at the expense of momentum, via a procedure known as squeezing. However, the...
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Tue May 21, 2019

Martin Zwierlein receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship

Professor of physics will use U.S. Department of Defense fellowship to study the quantum world in search of new states of matter.

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Tue January 29, 2019

Spin Transport in a Mott Insulator of Ultracold Fermions

Superconductivity is a phenomenon in materials whereby electron pairs can flow freely without resistance. As a consequence, no energy is lost while electrical current passes through the superconductor. The benefits, therefore, of superconducting materials which operate at room temperature are countless, and range from revolutionizing the electrical power transmission industry, to providing sweeping improvements in...
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Thu September 7, 2017

Martin Zwierlein receives 2017 I.I. Rabi Prize of the APS

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.

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Thu August 10, 2017

Ultracold molecules hold promise for quantum computing

Researchers have taken an important step toward the long-sought goal of a quantum computer, which in theory should be capable of vastly faster computations than conventional computers, for certain kinds of problems. The new work shows that collections of ultracold molecules can retain the information stored in them, for hundreds of times longer than researchers have previously achieved in these materials.

Mon January 23, 2012

Viewpoint: Fermion Pairing in Flatland

Hongkun Park and Wolfgang Ketterle have been chosen as the 2016 class of National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellows,
Thu April 14, 2011

The Bouncing Gas

This meeting will celebrate Professor Daniel Kleppner’s career of fundamental contributions in physics. An outstanding list of invited speakers will present the most recent and interesting topics in atomic physics.
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Mon November 8, 2010

Prof. Martin Zwierlein has won the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering

A research collaboration including CUA investigators at Harvard.
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Thu April 1, 2010

Martin Zwierlein named ONR Young Investigator

The Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) has named Martin Zwierlein, an MIT assistant professor of physics, as one of its 17 new Young Investigators.
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Sat September 5, 2009

Bose-Einstein Condensation 2009, Frontiers in Quantum Gases, San Feliu, Spain, 05 – 11 September 2009

The BEC conference is a biannual meeting which is regarded the most prestigious and competitive conference in the field of atomic quantum gases, featuring about 45 invited presentations. Several CUA researchers presented invited talks:
Past Events
Fri November 10, 2017 12:00 am
Location:Dresden
Professor Zwierlein spoke at an event hosted in Dresden by the MIT Club of Germany, teaching high school teachers about BEC.  
Fri April 20, 2018 2:00 pm
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).

Fri May 4, 2018 2:00 pm
Location:MIT Papplardo Room (4-349)
Cheng Chin, University of Chicago
Richard Fletcher, MIT
Sandro Stringari, University of Trento

Please join us for an afternoon of talks by internal CUA speakers and specially invited outside speakers to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the discovery of Feshbach resonances.

Talks will discuss the history from theory to realization as well as  Feshbach resonances in various experimental applications

Reception to follow.

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Fri April 19, 2019 2:00 pm
Location:MIT 26-210 and 26-214
Join CUA members to learn hands-on about some of the research that goes on in the CUA! Activities include a gum-drop model Ion Trap, a 6-foot Tornado Simulator, experiments with Liquid Nitrogen to see how ultracold temperatures change everyday objects, and a station to make your own holograms. The event will kick off with a...