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!
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Lab news
Now published in Quantum! Together with collaborators at ICFO, Barcelona, we investigate Hubbard- Thouless pumps when including dipolar interactions. While on-site repulsion destroys the mechanism, adding non-local interactions can recover the Thouless pump mechanism …
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Now published in PRL! Read our article to find out what happens when an dipolar quantum gas is excited!
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Welcome to Unai Trujols González, who is joining Eribum lab for his Masters' internship.
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Together with collaborators at ICFO, Barcelona, we investigate Hubbard- Thouless pumps when including dipolar interactions. While on-site repulsion destroys the mechanism, adding non-local interactions can recover the Thouless pump mechanism …
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What happens when an dipolar quantum gas is excited? Read our pre-print to find out!
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Louis Lafforgue joined the group of Prof. Dr. Francesca Ferlaino at the end of 2022 for his PhD studies and on August, 1st 2023 he joined the FWF Doctoral Programme Atoms, Light, and Molecules (DK-ALM).
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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
Ferdinand Claude, Dr.
Post-Doc
Arfor Houwman, MSc.
PhD Student (ERBIUM)
Louis Lafforgue, MSc.
PhD Student (ERBIUM)
Sarah Embacher, BSc.
Master Student (ERBIUM)