The Dipolar Quantum Gas Group is one of the three teams composing the Innsbruck Center for Ultracold Atoms and Quantum Gases. We focus on highly magnetic Lanthanide atoms, Erbium and Dysprosium, which are a novel and powerful resource for realizing dipolar quantum matter.
The group, led by Francesca Ferlaino, is located at the Institute for Experimental Physics (IExP) of the University of Innsbruck and at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
We have three experimental apparatuses. The ERBIUM machine operates on Er atoms and produced the first Er Bose-Einstein condensate and degenerate Fermi gas. The ER-DY machine is studying degenerate mixtures of two different lanthanides: Er and Dy. The T-Reqs is currently under construction and aims at studying Rydberg states of Er. A new theory sub-division within our group is under development.
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News from the labs
In this now published work, we investigate the extent that angular oscillations of a dipolar supersolid can tell us about the superfluidity of the system. It extends previous studies of linear droplet arrays to two-dimensional crystals.
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Together with collaborators at ICFO, Barcelona, we investigate the topological nature of the bond order wave, paving the way towards an efficient quantum simulation of topological phases in many-body quantum systems
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We have observed the first vortices in a dipolar quantum gas! The dipolar interaction brings forth a plethora of new physics to vortices, that we begin to investigate finding the coveted stripe vortex lattice!
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Group news
Alex Patscheider successfully defends his PhD thesis and becomes Doctor of Philosophy!
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Registration is now open for the Long-range interactions in the ultracold 2022. The three -day conference is fully in presence and will take place 06-09 September in Innsbruck, Austria.
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Francesca Ferlaino, professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and scientific director at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences receives an ERC Advanced Grant, the highest European funding for established scientists in basic research.
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Welcome and goodbye
Welcome to Laura Uiberreiter, who is joining the administration team.
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Goodbye to Juan Recoaro, who is leaving the T-Reqs lab after his Masters' internship.
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Farewell to Alex Patscheider who has been with us since nearly the beginning of the Erbium and Er-Dy labs! Best of luck for the new adventures in Canada!
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