ETHZ Quantum Optics Group - Prof. Tilman Esslinger

Prof. Tilman Esslinger

ETH Zurich
Institute for Quantum Electronics
HPF D4
CH-8093 Zurich
Switzerland
Tel.: ++41 / 44 / 63-32340
Fax: ++41 / 44 / 63-31254
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Professor

Research interests

quantum gases, optical lattices, quantum phase transitions, low-dimensional systems
atom lasers, cavity-QED

Short CV

1986-1991: undergraduate studies at University of Munich and Heriott-Watt University

1991-1995: University of Munich and Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics,Garching

PhD thesis in the group of Prof. T.W. Hänsch

Major scientific accomplishments: first demonstration of subrecoil laser cooling of rubidium atoms, pioneering work on laser cooling and atom optics in near-resonant optical lattices, demonstration of a mirror for neutral atoms exploiting a surface plasmon resonance.

1995-2001: Research scientist at the University of Munich

Major scientific accomplishments: demonstration of the quantum phase transition between a superfluid and a Mott-insulating state, measurement of the long-range order in a Bose-Einstein condensate, pioneering work on atom lasers.

Since 2001: Full professor at ETH Zurich, Department of Physics

Major scientific accomplishments: first realizations of one-dimensional atomic quantum gases, creation of one-dimensional molecules, pioneering work on fermionic atomic quantum gases in optical lattices, molecule formation in optical lattices, creation of Bose-Fermi mixtures in optical lattices, measurement of higher-order correlations and the counting statistics of an atom laser.

Publications

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).
H. Moritz, T. Esslinger
A new phase for ytterbium atoms
Physics 2, 31 (2009).
F. Brennecke*, S. Ritter*, T. Donner, T. Esslinger:
Cavity Opto-Mechanics with a Bose-Einstein Condensate
Science 322, 235 (2008).
Free access to this article via our homepage
R. Jördens, N. Strohmaier, K. Günter, H. Moritz, T. Esslinger
A Mott insulator of fermionic atoms in an optical lattice
Nature 455, 204 (2008).
M. Köhl, T. Donner, S. Ritter, T. Bourdel, A. Öttl, F. Brennecke, T. Esslinger:
Criticality and Correlations in Cold Atomic Gases
Advances in Solid State Physics 47,79 (2008).
F. Brennecke, T. Donner, S. Ritter, T. Bourdel, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
Cavity QED with a Bose-Einstein condensate
Nature 450, 268 (2007).
T. Donner, S. Ritter, T. Bourdel, A. Öttl, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
Critical Behavior of a Trapped Interacting Bose Gas
Science 315, 1556 (2007).
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S. Ritter, A. Öttl, T. Donner, T. Bourdel, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
Observing the Formation of Long-Range Order during Bose-Einstein Condensation
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 090402 (2007).
M. Köhl, A. Öttl, S. Ritter, T. Donner, T. Bourdel, T. Esslinger:
Time interval distributions of atoms in atomic beams
Appl. Phys. B (2006).
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).
A. Öttl, S. Ritter, M. Köhl, and T. Esslinger:
A Hybrid Apparatus for BEC and Cavity QED: Single Atom Detection in Quantum Degenerate Gases
Rev. Sci. Instr. 77, 063118 (2006).
M. Köhl, K. Günter, T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, T. Esslinger:
Strongly interacting atoms and molecules in a 3D optical lattice
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 39, S47 (2006).
M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
Fermionic atoms in an optical lattice: a new synthetic material
Europhysics News 37/2, 18 (2006).
T. Bourdel, T. Donner, A. Öttl, S. Ritter, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
Cavity QED detection of interfering matter waves
Phys. Rev. A 73, 043602 (2006).
T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, K. Günter, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
Molecules of Fermionic Atoms in Optical Lattices
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 030401 (2006).
M. Köhl, T. Busch, Mølmer, T. W. Hänsch, T. Esslinger:
Observing the Profile of an Atom Laser Beam
Phys. Rev. A 72, 063618 (2005).
K. Günter, T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
p-Wave Interactions in Low-Dimensional Fermi gases
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 230401 (2005).
A. Öttl, S. Ritter, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
Correlations and Counting Statistics of an Atom Laser
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 090404 (2005).
H. Moritz, T. Stöferle, K. Günter, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
Confinement Induced Molecules in a 1D Fermi Gas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 210401 (2005).
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).
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).
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).
M. Köhl, T. Stöferle, H. Moritz, C. Schori, T. Esslinger:
1D Bose Gases in an Optical Lattice
Applied Physics B 79, 1009 (2004).
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).
H. Moritz, T. Stöferle, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger:
Exciting collective oscillations in a trapped 1D gas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 250402 (2003).
T. Esslinger and K. Mølmer,
Atoms and Molecules in Lattices: Bose-Einstein Condensates Built on a Shared Vacuum
Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 160406 (2003).
M. Köhl, T.W. Hänsch, T. Esslinger:
Linewidth of an atom laser (invited)
Applied Physics B 76, 109 (2003).
Th. Busch, M. Köhl, T. Esslinger, K. Mølmer:
Transverse mode of an atom laser
Phys. Rev. A 65, 043615 (2002); erratum: Phys. Rev. A 65, 069902(E) (2002).
M. Köhl, M. J. Davis, C. W. Gardiner, T. W. Hänsch, T. Esslinger:
Growth of Bose-Einstein Condensates from Thermal Vapor
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 080402 (2002).
M. Greiner, O. Mandel, T. Esslinger, T. W. Hänsch, and I. Bloch
Quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator in a gas of ultracold atoms
Nature 415, 39-44 (2002).
M. Köhl, T. W. Hänsch, T. Esslinger:
Continuous Detection of an Atom Laser Beam
Phys. Rev. A 65, 021606(R) (2002).
M. Greiner, I. Bloch, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch, T. Esslinger,
Bose-Einstein condensates in 1D- und 2D optical lattices
Applied Physics B - Lasers and Optics 47, 769 (2001).
M. Greiner, I. Bloch, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch, and T. Esslinger
Exploring phase coherence in a 2D lattice of Bose-Einstein condensates
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 160405 (2001).
M. Köhl, T. W. Hänsch, T. Esslinger:
Measuring the temporal coherence of an atom laser beam
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 160404 (2001).
I. Bloch, T. W. Hänsch und T. Esslinger
Atom lasers and phase coherence of atomic Bose gases
RIKEN Review on Coherent Science 33, 6 (2001).
I. Bloch, M. Greiner, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch und T. Esslinger
Sympathetic Cooling of ⁸⁷Rb and ⁸⁵Rb
Phys. Rev. A 64, 021402(R) (2001).
I. Bloch, M. Köhl, M. Greiner, T. W. Hänsch, T. Esslinger:
Optics with an Atom Laser Beam
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 030401 (2001).
M. Greiner, I. Bloch, T.W. Hänsch, and T. Esslinger
Magnetic transport of trapped cold atoms over a large distance
Phys. Rev. A 63, 031401(R) (2001).
T. Esslinger, I. Bloch, T.W. Hänsch
Probing first order spatial coherence of a Bose-Einstein condensate
Journal of Modern Optics 47, 2725 (2000).
I. Bloch, T.W. Hänsch, and T. Esslinger
Measurement of the spatial coherence of a trapped Bose gas at the phase transition
Nature 403, 166 (2000).
I. Bloch, T.W. Hänsch, and T. Esslinger
Atom Laser with a cw Output Coupler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3008 (1999).
T. Esslinger, I. Bloch, and T.W. Hänsch
Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Quadrupole-Ioffe-Configuration Trap
Phys. Rev. A 58, R2664 (1998).

I. Bloch, T.W. Hänsch und T. Esslinger
Wenn Materie zur Welle wird
Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Juli 2000.
T. Esslinger, I. Bloch, M. Greiner, and T.W. Hänsch
Generating and Manipulating Atom Laser Beams
Proceedings of the International School of Quantum Electronics, 27^th Course, Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers (Edited by Martelucci, Chester, Aspect, Inguscio), 117 (2000).
T. Esslinger, I. Bloch, T.W. Hänsch
Atomlaser
Physikalische Blätter 56, Heft 2, 47 (2000).
T. Esslinger, I. Bloch, and T.W. Hänsch
From Novel Magnetic Traps to Atom Lasers
Proceedings of the 14^th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, World Scientific (Editors: Blatt et al.), 110 (1999).
I. Bloch, T.W. Hänsch, und T. Esslinger
Materiewellen im Gleichschritt
Physik in unserer Zeit, 30. Jahrgang, Nr. 3, 131 (1999).
T. Esslinger
Von der Bose-Einstein-Kondensation zum Atomlaser
Habilitationsschrift (1999).
I. Bloch, T.W. Hänsch, and T. Esslinger
Atom Laser with a cw Output Coupler
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 3008 (1999).
T. Esslinger, I. Bloch, and T.W. Hänsch
The QUIC-trap: A Simple Magnetic Trap for Bose-Einstein Condensation
Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi" on Bose-Einstein Condensation (July 1998).
T. Esslinger, F. Sander and T.W.Hänsch
Recurring Dark States in Ramsey-Type Subrecoil Cooling
Appl. Phys. B 65, 701 (1997).
F. Sander, T. Devolder, T. Esslinger and T.W. Hänsch
Ramsey-Type Subrecoil Cooling
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4023 (1997).
F. Sander, T. Esslinger, T.W. Hänsch, H. Stecher, H. Ritsch
Band Population Measurements in a Purely Optical Dark Lattice
OSA TOPS on Ultracold Atoms and BEC, p. 98, Vol. 7, K. Burnett (ed.) (1997).
H. Stecher, H. Ritsch, P. Zoller, F. Sander, T. Esslinger and T.W. Hänsch
All-optical Gray Lattice for Atoms
Phys. Rev. A 55, 545 (1997).
T. Esslinger, F. Sander, M. Weidemüller, A. Hemmerich, and T.W. Hänsch
A Purely Optical Dark Lattice
Opt. Lett. 21, 991 (1996).
T. Esslinger, F. Sander, M. Weidemüller, A. Hemmerich, and T.W. Hänsch
Subrecoil Cooling with Adiabatic Transfer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2432 (1996).
M. Weidemüller, A. Hemmerich, T. Esslinger, T.W. Hänsch
Bragg Scattering in Optical Lattices
Proceedings of the 12^th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, p. 47, World Scientific (1996).
A. Hemmerich, M. Weidemüller, T. Esslinger, T.W. Hänsch
Dark Optical Lattices
Proceedings of the 12^th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, p. 45, World Scientific (1996).
T. Esslinger, M. Weidemüller, F. Sander, A. Hemmerich, and T.W. Hänsch
VSCPT Cooling with Adiabatic Transfer into a Single Momentum State
Proceedings of the 12^th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, p. 24, World Scientific (1996).
M. Weidemüller, A. Hemmerich, A. Görlitz, T. Esslinger, and T.W. Hänsch
Bragg Diffraction in an Atomic Lattice Bound by Light
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 4583 (1995).
A. Hemmerich, M. Weidemüller, T. Esslinger, C. Zimmermann and T.W. Hänsch
Trapping Atoms in a Dark Optical Lattice
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 37 (1995).
Tilman Esslinger
Geschwindigkeitsselektive Dunkelzustände in Rubidium
PhD-Thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München (1995) and MPQ Report 201, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching (1995).
L. Ricci, M. Weidemüller, T. Esslinger, A. Hemmerich, C. Zimmermann, V. Vuletic
A Compact Grating-Stabilized Diode Laser System for Atomic Physics
W. König and T.W. Hänsch
Opt. Commun. 117, 541-549 (1995).
M. Weidemüller, T. Esslinger, M. Ol'shanii, A. Hemmerich and T.W. Hänsch
A Novel Scheme for Efficient Cooling Below the Photon Recoil Limit
Europhys. Lett. 27, 109 (1994).
T. Esslinger, M. Weidemüller, A. Hemmerich, and T.W. Hänsch
A Surface Plasmon Mirror for Atoms
Opt. Lett. 18, 450 (1993).
A. Hemmerich, M. Weidemüller, T. Esslinger and T.W. Hänsch
Collective Atomic Dynamics in a Magneto-Optical Trap
Europhys. Lett. 21, 445 (1993).
T. Esslinger, A. Hemmerich and T.W. Hänsch
Imaging an Atomic Beam in Two Dimensions
Opt. Commun. 93, 49 (1992).
A. Hemmerich, D. Schropp, T. Esslinger and T.W. Hänsch
Elastic Scattering of Rubidium Atoms by Two Crossed Standing Waves
Europhys. Lett. 18, 391 (1992).
A. Hemmerich, D. Schropp, T. Esslinger, and T.W. Hänsch
Dipole Forces in Two Crossed Standing Waves with Controlled Time-Phase Difference
Proceedings of the 10^th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, M. Ducloy, E. Giacobino and G. Camy, Eds., p. 27, World Scientific (1992).
T. Esslinger
Abbildender Detektor für einen Atomstrahl
Diploma-Thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich (1992).

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1986-1991:	undergraduate studies at University of Munich and Heriott-Watt University
1991-1995:	University of Munich and Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics,Garching
	PhD thesis in the group of Prof. T.W. Hänsch
	Major scientific accomplishments: first demonstration of subrecoil laser cooling of rubidium atoms, pioneering work on laser cooling and atom optics in near-resonant optical lattices, demonstration of a mirror for neutral atoms exploiting a surface plasmon resonance.
1995-2001:	Research scientist at the University of Munich
	Major scientific accomplishments: demonstration of the quantum phase transition between a superfluid and a Mott-insulating state, measurement of the long-range order in a Bose-Einstein condensate, pioneering work on atom lasers.
Since 2001:	Full professor at ETH Zurich, Department of Physics
	Major scientific accomplishments: first realizations of one-dimensional atomic quantum gases, creation of one-dimensional molecules, pioneering work on fermionic atomic quantum gases in optical lattices, molecule formation in optical lattices, creation of Bose-Fermi mixtures in optical lattices, measurement of higher-order correlations and the counting statistics of an atom laser.