Erbium Team 2023

Erbium Team 2023

Bloch Oscillations

Bloch Oscillations

We study Bloch oscillations of an erbium quantum droplet  

3D array of large-spin fermions

3D array of large-spin fermions

In joint theoretical and experimental work with our theory colleagues A.-M. Rey (JILA) and B. Zhu (ITAMP) we investigate dipolar induced magnetization-conserving spin exchange dynamics with fermionic Er in a 3D optical lattice

The ERBIUM lab

The ERBIUM lab

The ERBIUM lab

Excitation spectrum of a trapped dipolar supersolid

Excitation spectrum of a trapped dipolar supersolid

In a combined theory and experimental work, we study the elementary excitations of trapped dipolar quantum gases crossing from regular superfluid to supersolid.

Observation of roton quasiparticles in Erbium

Observation of roton quasiparticles in Erbium

In collaboration with our theory collaborators from Innsbruck and Hannover, we have observed for the first time so-called roton quasiparticles in an ultracold bosonic gas of erbium atoms.

Polarizability of Erbium

Polarizability of Erbium

In collaboration with our theory colleagues from Paris, we have determined the dynamical polarizability of ultracold erbium atoms.

Crossover from a BEC to a macrodroplet

Crossover from a BEC to a macrodroplet

Together with our theory colleagues from Hannover, we have investigated the formation of a macrodroplet state in an ultracold bosonic gas of erbium atoms.

Extended Bose-Hubbard Model

Extended Bose-Hubbard Model

We have studied the extended Bose-Hubbard Model with dipolar Er atoms as well as how the superfluid-to-Mott-insulator transition is modified by the dipole-dipole interaction.

Quantum Chaos in Ultracold Collisions of Erbium

Quantum Chaos in Ultracold Collisions of Erbium

We have studied the scattering behavior of ultracold Er atoms and observed an enormous number of Fano-Feshbach scattering resonances.

ERBIUM LAB

Dipolar Quantum Gases of Erbium Atoms 

Erbium has very special properties that make it unique: a very strong magnetic moment, many valence electrons, clock transitions, and an extremely rich internal atomic structure.

In the ERBIUM LAB we bring all these properties in the quantum regime together to study strongly dipolar gases both in the continuum and in optical lattices.  Recently, the ERBIUM team has observed roton excitations, the counterintuitive and long-sought supersolid states, deformed Fermi surface, Bose-Hubbard systems with long-range interaction, spin manipulation via the clock transition, and much more!

A full list of the ERBIUM LAB Publications can be found here

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Lab news
10 Years Erbium BEC
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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Revealing the topological nature of the bond order wave in a strongly correlated quantum system
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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New Openings 2022 for PhD and Master-Students!
It is now an exciting time to work with ultracold highly-magnetic quantum gases, thrived by the rapid developments of quantum science based on lanthanide species. We are continually searching for outstanding Master and PhD Students!
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Review article now published in Nature Physics!
Our review on the quantum many-body physics in ultracold magnetic lanthanides is now published in Nature Physics!
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Supersolid observation chosen as favourite Phys. Rev. X paper
Our 2019 paper is chosen as one of PRX's favourite papers from the last 10 years!
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Innizer Prize for Francesca Ferlaino
Francesca has been awarded the Cardinal Innitzer Prize for Natural Sciences 2021 last weekend in Vienna for her outstanding achievements in the field of ultracold quantum gases. Her pioneering work with lathanoid atoms has been internationally groundbreaking in this field.
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Lab Team
Francesca Ferlaino

Francesca Ferlaino, Univ.-Prof. Dr.

Group Leader / PI

Manfred Mark

Manfred Mark, Dr.

Senior Scientist/Research Assistant

Andrea Di Carli

Andrea Di Carli, Dr.

Academy Scientist/Research Assistant

Ferdinand Claude

Ferdinand Claude, Dr.

Post-Doc

Arfor Houwman

Arfor Houwman, MSc.

PhD Student (ERBIUM)

Louis Lafforgue

Louis Lafforgue, MSc.

PhD Student (ERBIUM)

Sarah Embacher

Sarah Embacher, BSc.

Master Student (ERBIUM)