Ultracold Quantum Gases
Prof. Dr. Leticia Tarruell
- Activities:
We use ultracold atomic gases as model systems to experimentally explore fundamental phenomena in quantum many-body physics. By exploiting atom-light interactions, we engineer highly controllable artificial quantum materials and probe their properties. Our goal is to employ these systems as quantum simulators for studying open problems in condensed-matter physics, and to realize novel phases without counterpart in the solid-state context. Our research therefore lies at the crossing between quantum optics and condensed-matter physics.
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Ultracold Quantum Gases
Prof. Dr. Leticia Tarruell
- Group Leader
- Prof. Dr. Leticia Tarruell
- Postdoctoral Researchers
- Dr. Vasiliy Makhalov
- Dr. Elettra Neri
- Dr. Ramón Ramos
- PhD Students
- Sandra Buob
- Craig Chisholm
- Anika Frölian
- Jonatan Höschele
- Former Group Members
- César Cabrera, PhD student
- Pierrick Cheiney, Postdoctoral researcher
- Bruno Naylor, Postdoctoral researcher
- Julio Sanz Sánchez, PhD student
- Luca Tanzi, Postdoctoral researcher
Ultracold Quantum Gases
Prof. Dr. Leticia Tarruell
- Regular Papers
- Interacting bosonic flux ladders with a synthetic dimension: Ground-state phases and quantum quench dynamics Phys. Rev. A 102, 053314 (2020)
- Simulating twistronics without a twist Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 030504 (2020)
- Feshbach resonances in potassium Bose-Bose mixtures Phys. Rev. A 98, 062712 (2018)
- Quantum simulation of the Hubbard model with ultracold fermions in optical lattices Comptes Rendus Physique 19, 365-393 (2018)
- Three-dimensional droplets of swirling superfluids Phys. Rev. A 98, 013612 (2018)
- Bright soliton to quantum droplet transition in a mixture of Bose-Einstein condensates Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 135301 (2018)
- Many-body interferometry of magnetic polaron dynamics Phys. Rev. B 97, 060302 (2018)
- Quantum liquid droplets in a mixture of Bose-Einstein condensates Science 359, 301-304 (2018)
- Measuring Chern numbers in Hofstadter strips SciPost Phys. 3, 012 (2017)
- Synthetic Unruh effect in cold atoms Phys. Rev. A 95, 013627 (2017)
- Proximity effects in cold atom artificial graphene 2D Mater. 4, 015039 (2017)
- Probing the edge with cold atoms Science 349, 1450-1451 (2015)
- Thermodynamics and magnetic properties of the anisotropic 3D hubbard model Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 115301 (2014)
- Proceedings & Book Chapter
- Spectroscopic tools for experiments with ultracold fermions in optical lattices Quantum Gas Experiments - Exploring Many-Body States Eds. P. Törmä and K. Sengstock, Imperial College Press, London (2014)
- Articles in Magazines
- Los gases cuánticos de fermiones ultrafríos como sistemas modelo de física de la materia condensada Rev. Esp. Fis. 31, 35 (2017)
Ultracold Quantum Gases
Prof. Dr. Leticia Tarruell
- 2020-12-09 Three ERC Consolidator Grants for ICFO Professors Darrick Chang, Gerasimos Konstantatos and Leticia Tarruell granted ERC Consolidator Grants for mid-career research leaders
- 2020-10-20 QuantumCAT: Accelerating the application of quantum technologies A consortium of research institutes, led by ICFO, and industry partners in Catalonia join forces to develop the Quantum Technologies Hub.
- 2020-10-07 Kick-off of DAALI An international team of researchers from ICFO, CNRS, Sorbonne University, MuQuans, Humboldt University and Weizmann Institute of Science come together to work on new protocols and platforms for quantum atom-light interfaces.
- 2020-07-20 Twistless simulation of twistronics A study by ICFO, UAM, and UAB researchers reports on a novel approach by using an atomic quantum simulator of twisted bilayers without actually twisting the layers.
- 2020-02-10 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD graduate Dr. Julio Sanz graduated with a thesis entitled “Two-Component Bose-Einstein Condensates with Competing Interactions”
- 2020-01-02 2018 ICFO PhD Thesis Award 3 ICFO PhD graduates awarded for creative and ambitious research progress
- 2019-03-01 Graphene and Quantum Technologies team up at the Mobile World Congress 2019 The Graphene and Quantum Flagships exhibit technologies and present the initiatives at the world’s largest telecommunication event.
- 2018-10-10 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD graduate
Dr. César Cabrera graduated with a thesis on “Quantum Liquid Droplets in a mixture of Bose-Einstein Condensates”
- 2018-03-26 Hat trick of research highlights in Nature Physics Ultracold Quantum Gases group features 3 papers in last issue of Nature Physics
- 2017-12-14 Quantum Liquid Droplets The experiments, published in Science, exploit a fascinating quantum effect to produce droplets of this exotic phase of matter.
- 2016-12-30 Cold atoms in artificial graphene A study published in 2D materials reports on the use of a cloud of cold atoms that can behave in the same way as graphene does.
- 2016-05-19 RSEF Awards Ceremony Prof. Leticia Tarruell honored with the RSEF prize for Young Experimental Physicists.
- 2016-01-28 Royal Spanish Society of Physics Awards Prof. Leticia Tarruell honored with the RSEF prize for Young Experimental Physicists.
- 2015-12-09 2015 Best Poster Award ICONS sponsors Best Poster Prize for the PhD Student Poster Session
- 2015-09-25 Exploring edges with synthetic dimensions ICFO research fellow A.Celi and ICFO Professor L.Tarruell comment in Science on the experimental visualization of edge currents using cold atoms trapped in synthetic lattices.
- 2014-11-27 L’ORÉAL-UNESCO For Women in Science Leticia Tarruell receives a prize for her project “Artificial materials with cold atoms”
- 2014-10-28 BBVA Foundation assists Researchers, Innovators & Cultural Creators Prof. Leticia Tarruell receives highly competitive grant.
- 2013-06-03 New Junior Group Leader ICFO is happy to announce the arrival of new Nest Fellow, Dr. Leticia Tarruell
