Back in 2009, the Erbium experiment was starting with funding from the Austrian academy of science (through an FWF START-price) and an ERC Starting grant. Since the START price is now expired, the FWF send a Camera team to our lab for a short video. You can watch it here:
FWF video
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Extended Bose-Hubbard Model
ERBIUM NEWS
Now in Science! In collaboration with the theory colleagues in Innsbruck (Zoller, Baranov, Cai), we have realized and studied the extended Bose-Hubbard Model with dipolar Er atoms and studied how the superfluid-to-Mott-insulator transition is modified under the influence of the anisotropic and long-range dipole-dipole interaction. [more]
Click here for the Press release.
Daniel gets 2nd poster price at YAO2016
The Young Atom Opticians (YAO) conference is a yearly meeting, organized by and for PhD candidates in the field of atomic, molecular and optical physics. This year it took place in Munich (http://www.yao-conference.org/), and the 2017 edition will take place in Paris.
The main vacuum chamber …
… where trap and furthermore cool erbium and dysprosium down to degeneracy. © IQOQI