T-Reqs Team 2023

T-Reqs Team 2023

Atoms in Tweezers

Atoms in Tweezers

In the T-REQS lab we have now loaded atoms in our optical tweezers.

Our Erbium MOT

Our Erbium MOT

we created our first MOT of Erbium atoms

Setting up the experiment

Setting up the experiment

View through the experiment into the atomic beam source

The team and the lab

The team and the lab

The team enjoying our new lab space

Optical tables in new lab

Optical tables in new lab

Our optical tables arrived an the new lab space

New lab space

New lab space

our empty new lab space before insertion of optical tables

T-REQS LAB

We are currently designing and building a new experimental apparatus to study Rydberg states of multi-valence electrons.

Using our strong experience from the ERBIUM and the RARE experiments, we will set up a similar apparatus exploiting a transversal cooling chamber, Zeeman-slower, and a main chamber with a 5-beam MOT. The main chamber will also feature a versatile electric-field control to provide precise control over the Rydberg atoms.

Rydberg states in multi-electron atoms

Rydberg atoms are well-known for their exaggerated properties, especially their strong long-range interaction due to their extremely large dipole moment. In recent years, tremendous progress has been made, in both experimental as well as theoretical work, in studying their properties and first applications for quantum simulation. However, most of these studies concentrate on single- or two-electron systems like alkali, alkaline-earth or alkaline-earth-like atomic species. We will extend the studies to a new class of atomic complexity by investigating the multi-electron atom erbium.

A full list of the T-REQS Lab Publications can be found here.

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Lab news
Now published in the journal “Physical Review Letters”, and featured in Physics Magazine as an Editors' Suggestion! The T-REQS Lab presents the first successful trapping of single erbium atoms in an array of optical tweezers, marking a significant milestone in the use of erbium for quantum simulation.
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We said goodbye to Academy Scientist Andrea Di Carli at the end of October 2024!
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Felix Borchers joins us in the T-REQS lab for 5 months as a Masters Intern! Welcome to the group, Felix!
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At the beginning of October, Arina Tashchilina joined our team as a Post-Doc in the T-REQS lab. Welcome to Innsbruck, Arina!
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We said goodbye to Antonio Ortu at the end of July 2024. Dr. Ortu joined the T-REQS lab as a Post-doc in May 2022, and has now moved to Copenhagen for a scientific staff position. Good luck at your new position, Antonio!
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Welcome to Riccardo Donofrio, who has joined the T-REQS lab as a PhD student. Riccardo joins us from the University of Pisa, Italy where he worked with Professor Oliver Morsch for his Master thesis.
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Lab Team

Francesca Ferlaino, Univ.-Prof. Dr.

Group Leader / PI

Manfred Mark, Dr.

Senior Scientist /    Research Assistant

Arina Tashchilina, Dr.

Post-Doc 

Daniel Schneider Grün

PhD Student (T-Reqs)

Riccardo Donofrio

PhD Student (T-Reqs)

Felix Borchers, BSc.

Masters Intern (T-Reqs)