Dipolar Quantum Gases of Erbium Atoms
In our ERBIUM Lab, we daily produce Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC) and degenerate Fermi gases (dFG) of strongly magnetic Er atoms, which is the last born species in the family of Bose condensed atoms. Based on the richness of Er internal level structure, we were able to devise a very simple approach to reach quantum degeneracy with this complex species. In 2012, we produced the first Er BEC and shortly after the first dFG. Er degenerate quantum gases have an extremely prominent dipolar character because of their large atomic magnetic moment, opening the possibility to study fascinating effect arising from the anisotropic and long-range dipole-dipole interaction.
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Studying erbium atoms in a one-dimensional lattice, we utilize Bloch oscillations to evaluate the role played by the quantum fluctuations and observe an interaction-driven transition to a localized state. Additionally, we reveal the existence of lattice-bound macrodroplets and two-dimensional bright solitons.
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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 to Théo Mezieres, who is joining Eribum lab for his Masters' internship.
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On the International Women's Day March 8, 2012 a team led by Francesca Ferlaino created the very first BEC from highly-magnetic erbium atoms in their lab at the University of Innsbruck.
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In our new pre-print with collaborators from JILA, Boulder (Co), we accurately determine the scattering length for four bosonic erbium isotopes.
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Our new pre-print with collaborators at ICFO, Barcelona, investigates the topological properties of the bond order wave in the extended Fermi-Hubbard model.
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