T-Reqs Team 2023

T-Reqs Team 2023

Atoms in Tweezers

Atoms in Tweezers

In the T-REQS lab we have now loaded atoms in our optical tweezers.

Our Erbium MOT

Our Erbium MOT

we created our first MOT of Erbium atoms

Setting up the experiment

Setting up the experiment

View through the experiment into the atomic beam source

The team and the lab

The team and the lab

The team enjoying our new lab space

Optical tables in new lab

Optical tables in new lab

Our optical tables arrived an the new lab space

New lab space

New lab space

our empty new lab space before insertion of optical tables

T-REQS LAB

We are currently designing and building a new experimental apparatus to study Rydberg states of multi-valence electrons.

Using our strong experience from the ERBIUM and the RARE experiments, we will set up a similar apparatus exploiting a transversal cooling chamber, Zeeman-slower, and a main chamber with a 5-beam MOT. The main chamber will also feature a versatile electric-field control to provide precise control over the Rydberg atoms.

Rydberg states in multi-electron atoms

Rydberg atoms are well-known for their exaggerated properties, especially their strong long-range interaction due to their extremely large dipole moment. In recent years, tremendous progress has been made, in both experimental as well as theoretical work, in studying their properties and first applications for quantum simulation. However, most of these studies concentrate on single- or two-electron systems like alkali, alkaline-earth or alkaline-earth-like atomic species. We will extend the studies to a new class of atomic complexity by investigating the multi-electron atom erbium.

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Lab Team

Francesca Ferlaino, Univ.-Prof. Dr.

Group Leader / PI

Manfred Mark, Dr.

Senior Scientist /    Research Assistant

Andrea Di Carli, Dr.

Academy Scientist / Research Assistant

Antonio Ortu, Dr.

Post-Doc 

Samuel White, MSci.

PhD Student (T-Reqs)

Daniel Schneider Grün

PhD Student (T-Reqs)