Jan held his defense for his PhD thesis and is now officially a Doctor of Philosophy.
He will continue to carry out his research as a post-doctoral fellow in the group of Selim Jochim in Heidelberg.
Congratulations and good luck!
Gabriele
Francesca Ferlaino named APS Fellow 2019
Experimental physicist Francesca Ferlaino was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in September. With the Fellowship, the members of the Society honor outstanding scientific achievements of their colleagues. The outstanding work of the physicist was just recently honored with the Junior BEC Award in Spain.
Excitation spectrum of a trapped dipolar supersolid
Now in Physical Review Letter!
In a combined theory and experimental work, we study the elementary excitations of trapped dipolar quantum gases crossing from regular superfluid to supersolid. Our work is now published in PRL and summarized in the Synopsis by Sophia Chen.
Rotonic excitation spectrum observed in a dipolar quantum gas
Now in Physical Review Letter!
In quantum physics, the spectrum of elementary excitations dictates the way a quantum system behaves and reacts to perturbations. Hence, in superfluids, the possibility of frictionless flow is encoded in their excitation spectrum.
Long-lived supersolid behavior
In a joint work from the RARE and ERBIUM team as well as our theory collaborator from IQOQI, Rick van Bijnen, we have observed hallmarks of supersolidity in dipolar quantum gases of Erbium and Dysprosium. Our work is highlighted in a Viewpoint article in Physics by T. Donner.
First Dipolar Quantum Mixtures!
We have created for the first time a dipolar quantum mixture by combining two highly magnetic atomic species, Erbium and Dysprosium.