Recent Publications

Breakdown of quantisation in a Hubbard-Thouless pump
Anne-Sophie Walter; Zijie Zhu; Marius Gächter; Joaquín Minguzzi; Stephan Roschinski; Kilian Sandholzer; Konrad Viebahn; Tilman Esslinger
Arxiv preprint 2204.06561 (2022)
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Topological pumping in a Floquet-Bloch band
Joaquín Minguzzi; Zijie Zhu; Kilian Sandholzer; Anne-Sophie Walter; Konrad Viebahn; Tilman Esslinger
Arxiv preprint 2112.12788 (2021)
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Self-oscillating geometric pump in a dissipative atom-cavity system
Davide Dreon; Alexander Baumgärtner; Xiangliang Li; Simon Hertlein; Tilman Esslinger; Tobias Donner
Arxiv preprint 2112.11502 (2021)
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Floquet engineering of individual band gaps in an optical lattice using a two-tone drive
Kilian Sandholzer; Anne-Sophie Walter; Joaquín Minguzzi; Zijie Zhu; Konrad Viebahn; Tilman Esslinger
Arxiv preprint 2110.08251 (2021)
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Long-range interacting quantum systems
Nicolò Defenu; Tobias Donner; Tommaso Macrì; Guido Pagano; Stefano Ruffo; Andrea Trombettoni
Arxiv preprint 2109.01063 (2021)
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Welcome to
Prof. Tilman Esslinger's
Quantum Optics Group





In our research we use ultracold atoms to synthetically create key models in quantum many-body physics.

The properties of the trapped quantum gases are governed by the interplay between atomic motion and a well characterized interaction between the particles. This conceptual simplicity is unique in experimental physics and provides a direct link between the experiment and the model describing the system. It enables us to shine new light on a wide range of fundamental phenomena and address open challenges.

We explore the physics of quantum phase transitions and crossovers, low-dimensional systems and non-equilibrium dynamics, and thereby establish the basis for quantum simulation of many-body Hamiltonians.

For example, by loading a quantum degenerate gas of potassium atoms into the periodic potential of an optical lattice we realize Hubbard models with atoms and access superfluid, metallic and Mott-insulating phases. A many-body system with infinitely long-range interactions is formed by trapping a Bose-Einstein condensate inside an optical cavity, which has allowed us to observe the Dicke quantum phase transition from a normal to a superradiant phase. We also work on extending the concepts of quantum simulations to device-like structures connected to atomic reservoirs, using a combination of high-resolution microscopy and transport measurements.


We acknowledge funding from SNF and ETH Zürich, NCCR QSIT, SBFI QUIC and the European Union (ERC TransQ, ERC Marie Curie TopSpiD, ETN ColOpt).

Funding

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News

28 September 2022
Samuel Jele starts his master's project in the Lattice team.
Welcome!
26 August 2022
Joaquín Minguzzi successfully defended his PhD thesis.
Felicidades !
23 August 2022
"Self-oscillating pump in a topological dissipative atom–cavity system"
The Impact Team published in Nature about a pump without a crank. Here you can read the press release.
03 July 2022
Welcome Panagiotis
Mr. Panagiotis Christodoulou has started as a Postdoc in the Cavity team. καλή αρχή !
24 June 2022
Tilman has been awarded an Honorary Degree from Heriot-Watt University!
The Honorary Degree has been awarded to Tilman “for his pioneering experiments relating to ultracold atoms and optical lattices, which are helping pave the way for the implementation of quantum tech- nology in a variety of sectors in- cluding highly sensitive measurement methods and secure communi- cations”. Congratulations!

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