Center for Ultracold Atoms and Quantum Gases, IExP and IQOQI, Innsbruck
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Congratulations to our Masters student, Sarah Embacher, who defended her thesis today! 🥳 Sarah worked in the ERBIUM lab where she implemented a scanning optical dipole trap and also carried out simulations of how q-plates can be used to create optical potentials. ⚛️🔦
After a short break, Sarah will be returning to the ERBIUM lab as a PhD student. Well done on your defense, and we look forward to having you back soon, Sarah!
Quanta Magazine has declared our research on the ‘Observation of vortices in a dipolar supersolid‘ one of 2024’s Biggest Breakthrough in Physics!
Moving from the largest stage to the very smallest one, physicists who manipulate atoms, molecules and crystals in the lab have also spent 2024 in the throes of discovery, having achieved astonishing levels of precision and control over their quantum quarries. A team in Innsbruck created a long-predicted exotic state of matter called a supersolid, and even imaged the hallmark “quantum tornadoes” that formed when they stirred an otherwise rigid crystal of dysprosium atoms. Astrophysicists suspect that this supersolid phase might arise inside incredibly dense, fast-spinning stars called pulsars.
Read the rest of 2024’s Biggest Breakthroug here: The Year in Physics
Watch the Quanta video, featuring Francesca and PhD student Elena Poli, here: Youtube Explainer
Read the feature by Quanta Magazine here: Physicists spot quantum tornadoes twirling in a supersolid
See the article in Nature here: Observation of vortices in a dipolar supersolid
Read the pre-print here: arXiv:2403.18510.
Congratulations to Senior Scientist, Dr. Manfred Mark on officially receiving his habilitation at UIBK!
The Ferlaino group headed down south to Florence from October 29th to the 31st for the Ultracold Florence-Innsbruck Joint Meeting hosted at the beautiful National Institute of Optics (Istituto Nazionale di Ottica, CNR-INO). We had a great time sharing our latest research with presentations by Elena and Eva (Theory and Er-Dy), Louis (ERBIUM) and Daniel (T-REQS)!
Die Presse – the Austrian newspaper of record – has awarded Francesca the title of ‘Austrian of the Year 2024’ in the research category! The six winners of this prestigious award were honored at the Austria 24 Gala in Vienna’s Sofiensäle on Wednesday, the 23rd of October 2024. The Austrians of the year were chosen in six categories:
You can read more about the award and see the other 2024 winners of Austrians of the year here: https://www.diepresse.com/18999955/die-oesterreicherinnen-des-jahres-2024-stehen-fest
Die Presse – the Austrian newspaper of record – has nominated Francesca for Austria 24, the Austrians of the year in the research category! This prestigious award is given to personalities who have achieved excellence in their field, and are honored in six categories:
On Saturday the 26th of October 2024, at 17:25 ORF will broadcast the “Austrians of the year” awards ceremony, where Francesca is one of the 3 finalists in the category of research.
You can watch the program here:
https://tv.orf.at/program/orf2/austria-di108.html