Dr. Henning Moritz

ETH Zurich
Institute for Quantum Electronics
HPF D25
CH-8093 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel.: ++41 / 44 / 63-33954
Fax: ++41 / 44 / 63-31254
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Postdoc

Research interests

• strongly correlated atomic gases, quantum phase transitions
• interacting fermions in optical lattices
• low dimensional systems
• nonequilibrium phenomena, transport
• mesoscopic physics, atomic gases in nanostructures

Short CV

• 1995-1997: Undergraduate Studies of Phyics at the University of Heidelberg
• 1997-1998: Year abroad as a Rotary Scholar at the University of Cambridge
• 1998-2001: Graduate Studies at Heidelberg
• 2001-2005: Phd student at the ETH Zürich
• since 2005: Postdoc at the ETH Zürich
• since 2007: Oberassistent at the ETH Zürich

Awards

• Prize for General Physics of the Swiss Physical Society (2005).
• Otto-Haxel Prize of the Physics Department of the University of Heidelberg (2002).
• Ambassadorial Scholarship of the Rotary Foundation (1997).

Invited talks at international conferences

• General assembly of the French physical society, Paris, 2009.
  
• March meeting of the American physical society, Pittsburgh, 2009.
  
• International Conference on “Scalable Quantum Computing with Light and Atoms”, Cortina, Italien, 2009.
  
• Workshop on “Strong correlations in multiflavor ultracold quantum gases”, München, 2008.
  
• Conference on “Concepts in electron correlation”, Hvar, Kroatien, 2008.
  
• Atomic and Molecular Physics Seminar, Cambridge (August 18 2008).
  
• Workshop on condensed matter theories, Loughborough, 2008.
  
• Workshop on Strongly Correlated Materials and Atom traps, 2008.
  
• School on Novel Phases and Non-equilibrium Phenomena in Cold Atomic Gases, Trieste, 2007.
  
• Conference on "Correlated States in Degenerate Atomic Gases", Santa Barbara (April 26 2007).
  Interacting Fermions in Optical Lattices
• March meeting of the American physical society, Denver, 2007.
  
• International Symposium on Quantum Fluids and Solids, Kyoto, 2006.
  
• Condensed Matter Colloquium, PSI, Villingen (May 19 2006).
  
• CIAR Workshop on ultracold matter, Banff, 2006.
  

Publications

1. N. Strohmaier, D. Greif, R. Jördens, L. Tarruell, H. Moritz, T. Esslinger, R. Sensarma, D. Pekker, E. Altman, E. Demler
   Observation of elastic doublon decay in the Fermi-Hubbard model
   arXiv:0905.2963 (2009).
   
   
2. H. Moritz, T. Esslinger
   A new phase for ytterbium atoms
   Physics 2, 31 (2009).
   
   
3. R. Jördens, N. Strohmaier, K. Günter, H. Moritz, T. Esslinger
   A Mott insulator of fermionic atoms in an optical lattice
   Nature 455, 204 (2008).
   
   
4. N. Strohmaier, Y. Takasu, K. Günter, R. Jördens, M. Köhl, H. Moritz, T. Esslinger
   Interaction-Controlled Transport of an Ultracold Fermi Gas
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 220601 (2007).
   
   
5. H. Moritz, T. Stöferle, K. G¨nter, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger
   A lab in a trap: Fermionic quantum gases, Bose-Fermi mixtures and molecules in optical lattices
   Proceedings of the International School on Physics Enrico Fermi 2006
   Ultracold Fermi Gases (eds Inguscio, M., Ketterle, W. & Salomon, C.) 477-533 (IOS Press, Amsterdam, (2007).



6. Anatoly Kuklov and Henning Moritz
   Detecting multiatomic composite states in optical lattices
   Phys. Rev. A 75, 013616 (2007).
   
   
7. K. Günter, T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
   Bose-Fermi mixtures in a three-dimensional optical lattice
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 180402 (2006).
   
   
8. M. Köhl, K. Günter, T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, T. Esslinger:
   Strongly interacting atoms and molecules in a 3D optical lattice
   J. Phys. B 39, 47 (2006).
   
   
9. T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, K. Günter, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
   Molecules of Fermionic Atoms in Optical Lattices
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 030401 (2006).
   
   
10. K. Günter, T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
    p-Wave Interactions in Low-Dimensional Fermionic Gases
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 230401 (2005).
    
    

11. T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, C. Schori, K. Günter, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger
    Fermionic atoms with tunable interactions in a 3D optical lattice
    Proceedings of the XVII International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, World Scientific Publishing, 2005, p. 283; arXiv cond-mat/0601045..

12. H. Moritz, T. Stöferle, K. Günter, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
    Confinement Induced Molecules in a 1D Fermi Gas
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 210401 (2005).
    
Further reading:
• Confined to One Dimension, Science, Editors Choice, 308 (2005)
• Molecular suprise in one dimension, PhysicsWeb.org, 9. June 2005.


13. M. Köhl, H. Moritz, T. Stöferle, K. Günter, T. Esslinger:
    Fermionic Atoms in a Three-Dimensional Optical Lattice: Observing Fermi Surfaces, Dynamics and Interactions
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 080403 (2005).
    
Further reading:

• Condensed-matter physics: Lab in a trap, Nature 434, 448 (2005)
• Degenerate Gas Stuck in Optical Lattice, AIP Physics News Update


14. M. Köhl, H. Moritz, T. Stöferle, C. Schori, T. Esslinger:
    Superfluid to Mott insulator transition in one, two, and three dimensions
    Journal of Low Temperature Physics 138, 635 (2005).
    
    
15. C. Schori, T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
    Excitations of a Superfluid in a 3D Optical Lattice
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 240402 (2004).
    
    
16. M. Köhl, T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, C. Schori, T. Esslinger:
    1D Bose Gases in an Optical Lattice
    Applied Physics B 79, 1009 (2004).
    
    
17. T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, C. Schori, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
    Transition from a strongly interacting 1D superfluid to a Mott insulator
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 130403 (2004).
    
Further reading:

• Atomic beads on strings of light, Nature 429, 251 - 253 (20 May 2004).
• Atome in dünnen Röhren aus Licht (german), Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 26.5.2004.


18. H. Moritz, T. Stöferle, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
    Exciting collective oscillations in a trapped 1D gas
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 250402 (2003).
    
Further reading:

• A True One-Dimensional Atomic System, AIP Physics News Update.


19. A. Mosk, S. Jochim, H. Moritz, Th. Elsässer, M. Weidemüller, R. Grimm:
    Resonator-Enhanced Optical Dipole Trap for Fermionic Lithium Atoms
    Optics Letters, Vol. 26 Issue 23 Page 1837 (2001).

Theses

• One-dimensional atomic gases
  PhD thesis, ETH Zürich, Switzerland (2005).
• Fermionisches Lithium in einer optischen Resonatordipolfalle
  Diploma thesis, University of Heidelberg, Germany (2001).