Simon Fölling
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik)
2/24/16, 2:30 PM
Invited talk
Using both internal degrees of freedeom of ytterbium, the nuclear spin as well as the electronic spin quantum number, allows to implement novel many-body systems in optical lattices. The interaction properties of yetterbium-173 have proven to be particularly intriguing, with a Feshbach resonance between the singlet and triplet states of the electronic degree of freedom, which we characterize...
Dr
Nicola Poli
(Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia & LENS - Univ. Firenze)
2/24/16, 3:00 PM
Invited talk
In this talk I'll present the most recent results on a large
momentum transfer (LMT) Mach-Zehnder atom interferometer with
ultra-cold strontium atoms [Mazzoni2015].
LMT Bragg diffraction pulses (up to eight photon recoils) are
applied to atoms in free fall, launched upward with an accelerated lattice. We then use the strontium interferometer as a gravimeter, demonstrating best...
Jason Hogan
(Stanford University)
2/24/16, 3:30 PM
Invited talk
The advent of gravitational wave astronomy promises to provide a new window into the universe. Low frequency gravitational waves below 10 Hz are expected to offer rich science opportunities both in astrophysics and cosmology, complementary to signals in LIGO’s band. Detector designs based on atom interferometry have a number of advantages over traditional approaches in this band, including...
