“Dance your PhD 2025” contest by Science and AAAS

“Dance your PhD 2025” contest by Science and AAAS

Congratulations to our PhD student Arfor, who turned our research topics into a dazzling music video!

Our group studies dipolar quantum gases made of  Erbium (Er) and Dysprosium (Dy) atoms. These extraordinarily magnetic species are a powerful new resource for reaching quantum simulation with strong connectivity, in which each atom is coupled to the other over long distances, and exploring exotic phases of matter that have no classical counterpart.

We have three labs: the ERBIUM LAB, where Er was Bose condensed for the first time ever, the Er-Dy LAB which studies quantum dipolar mixtures under a quantum-gas microscope, and the T-REQs LAB, where we trap Er atoms in arrays of optical tweezers for Rydberg physics. Recently, we have established a Theory Group aimed at studying and predicting dipolar phenomena in dipolar quantum gases and mixtures.

The group, led by Francesca Ferlaino, is jointly located at the  Institute for Experimental Physics (IExP) of the University of Innsbruck and at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and it is part of  the Innsbruck Center for Ultracold Atoms and Quantum Gases

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News from the labs

Our review on the quantum many-body physics in ultracold magnetic lanthanides is now published in Nature Physics!
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In a new pre-print, we investigate the extent that angular oscillations of a dipolar supersolid can tell us about the superfluidity of the system. Extending previous studies of linear droplet arrays, to crystals of two-dimensional structure.
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We have produced our first ultracold atomic cloud of erbium atoms in our new T-REQS lab!
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Group news

Alex Patscheider, who finished his PhD with us last year, just received one of this year's Hypo Tirol Prizes for his dissertation!
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LFUI Guest Professorship granted! Luca Barbiero, currently Asssistent Professor at Politecnico di Torino, will work with us on new ideas on quantum simulation of strongly dipolar Hubbard systems during his 2-month visit.
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Welcome to Sarah Embacher, who has joined the erbium team for her Masters' thesis.
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Welcome and goodbye

Welcome to Laura Uiberreiter, who is joining the administration team.
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Goodbye to Juan Recoaro, who is leaving the T-Reqs lab after his Masters' internship.
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Farewell to Alex Patscheider who has been with us since nearly the beginning of the Erbium and Er-Dy labs! Best of luck for the new adventures in Canada!
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