Group seminars

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Group seminars and talks at MPQ and LMU. Each entry links to a page with abstract, time and venue.

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MPQ · Online

Fermion pairs under the microscope

Prof. Martin Zwierlein, MIT Department of Physics

Strongly interacting atomic Fermi gases allow the realization of superfluids with the highest critical temperature at given density. Their physics connects to strong-coupling superconductors, neutron matter and the quark-gluon plasma of the Early Universe.

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MPQ · Online

Photonic correlations and quantum interference in quantum dot light-matter interfaces

Lennart Jehle, University of Vienna, Austria

Despite great efforts and long-lasting interest in foundational quantum optics, we still learn from surprisingly simple systems: a two-level system coupled to an optical cavity. In this talk, I will present two recent studies which finely resolve the dynamical response of such a quantum emitter to a classical or non-classical input field.

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MPQ · Online

Tight propagation in layered atomic arrays

Dr. Lewis Ruks, NTT Basic Research Laboratories Theoretical quantum physics research group.

Subwavelength arrays of laser-trapped neutral atoms have emerged as a potential quantum-optical platform for guiding and shaping light, where atoms could assume roles conventionally associated with fabricated optical elements.

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LMU

Real-time atom array control

Pedro Sales Rodriguez, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Tweezer arrays give unique individual control of atoms and their internal states. As these experiments grow in complexity, so does the need for real-time control and integration with classical resources.

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Group seminar · Online

Single Atom Preparation in Strontium Tweezer Arrays

Kevin Wang, Columbia University, New York, USA

I present the development of an experimental platform for trapping neutral strontium atoms in optical tweezer arrays generated by holographic metasurfaces. In contrast to conventional bulk optics, metasurfaces offer an exciting new avenue

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MPQ · Online

Generating spin squeezing and GHZ states with Rydberg interactions in a neutral-atom optical-clock platform

William Eckner, JILA, UCB, Colorado, USA

Programmable arrays of neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers and lattices have emerged as a powerful tool for studies of competitive optical atomic clocks, as well as the generation of entangled quantum states with the use of Rydberg interactions and methods from both analog quantum simulation and digital quantum information processing.

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Group seminar · Online

Non-Hermiticity in spin-orbit coupled BECs

Junheng Tao, University of Maryland, USA

In 1996 Hatano and Nelson proposed a non-Hermitian lattice model containing an imaginary Peierls phase [Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 570--573 (1996)], and subsequent analyses revealed it that is an instance of a new class of topological systems. We experimentally realize a continuum analog to ...

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MPQ · Online

Shifting ions with a global beam

Akhil Kumar, Weizman Instiute of Science, Israel

Quantum simulators permit the study of sizeable spin systems in a programmable fashion, which are beyond the computational reach of classical simulation. Trapped-ion systems are well-suited for studying spin systems.

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MPQ · Online

Scalable Qubit Arrays for Quantum Computation and Optimisation

Boyko Nikolov, Strathclyde University Glasgow

Worldwide efforts to develop useful quantum computing and simulation platforms are accelerating at a rapid pace with the long-term goal of realising fault-tolerant platforms that are capable of running flagship quantum algorithms with a demonstrable quantum advantage over classical systems.

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Group seminar · Online

Doctoral Selection Seminar

Shobhit Saheb Dey, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the institute for providing me with the opportunity to present my research in the Doctoral Selection Seminar.

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MPQ

Microwave-shielded polar molecules

Prof. Tao Shi, Chinese Academy of Science

We analytically show that the effective interaction potential between microwave-shielded polar molecules consists of an anisotropic van der Waals-like shielding core and a modified dipolar inter- action.

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Group seminar · Online

Miniaturized Atomic Clocks for Timekeeping

Zhichao Yuan, Peking University

This talk will introduce a project on miniaturized atomic clocks, including design of a frequency difference measurement circuit, improvements to optically pumped cesium beam tube (CBT) clocks, and their preliminary research on a new clock based on a continuous slow cesium beam.

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Challenging QED with atomic Hydrogen

Thomas Udem, MPQ

Precise determination of transition frequencies of simple atomic systems are required for a number of fundamental applications such as tests of quantum electrodynamics (QED), the determination of fundamental constants and nuclear charge radii.

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