Center for Ultracold Atoms and Quantum Gases, IExP and IQOQI, Innsbruck
Pramodh Yapa 
Our latest research on the observation of vortices in a dipolar supersolid has been featured in NewScientist! You can read the article, ‘Quantum ‘supersolid’ matter stirred using magnets‘, here.
For a general overview of this paper and its connection to our previous research, see our writeup here.
For all the details, see the pre-print here: arXiv:2403.18510.
The application deadline for the 2024 Aurora Fellowship has been extended to April 14th! The Aurora excellence fellowship program for visiting Master and PhD students is an internship to enhance scientific collaboration and exchange in the fast-developing field of quantum science and technology between three of the nine universities that build up the Aurora European Universities Alliance. You can find more information about the program and the application here.
Contact information: AuroraQfellowship@uibk.ac.at
If you have been searching for a high-level overview of the dipolar supersolid phase, look no further than this open access article by Prof. Francesca Ferlaino and Dr. Manfred Mark! Newly published in the journal “Physik in unserer Zeit”, this German language primer lays out the historical background, newly discovered properties and open questions which remain about this paradoxical quantum phase. See the full article below:
Ferlaino, F. and Mark, M.J. (2024), Der Suprafestkörper. Phys. Unserer Zeit. https://doi.org/10.1002/piuz.202301692
Goodbye and congratulations to Simon Gschwendtner for defending his master thesis on the 5th of April 2024! Simon was a part of the Erbium lab and also did some theoretical work for his thesis, “Bloch oscillations in a dipolar quantum gas and setup of a 631nm laser system for spin manipulation of erbium atoms” supervised by Dr. Manfred Mark. Congratulations on officially being a Master of Science!
Welcome to Hai-My Gian, who has joined the administrative staff as an assistant!
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a profile on group leader Francesca Ferlaino, Univ.-Prof. Dr., about her research, career and commitment to gender equality in Science. This interview was conducted by Emeline Ogereau from the French Embassy in Austria . Read the full article on the website of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs here.
