Dipolar physics: a review of experiments with magnetic quantum gases

L Chomaz, I Ferrier-Barbut, F Ferlaino… - Reports on Progress …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Since the achievement of quantum degeneracy in gases of chromium atoms in 2004, the
experimental investigation of ultracold gases made of highly magnetic atoms has …

Developments in atomic control using ultracold magnetic lanthanides

MA Norcia, F Ferlaino - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
Lanthanide atoms have an unusual electron configuration, with a partially filled shell of f
orbitals. This leads to a set of characteristic properties, including large numbers of optical …

Observation of quantum droplets in a strongly dipolar Bose gas

I Ferrier-Barbut, H Kadau, M Schmitt, M Wenzel, T Pfau - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
Quantum fluctuations are the origin of genuine quantum many-body effects, and can be
neglected in classical mean-field phenomena. Here, we report on the observation of stable …

Observing the Rosensweig instability of a quantum ferrofluid

H Kadau, M Schmitt, M Wenzel, C Wink, T Maier… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Ferrofluids exhibit unusual hydrodynamic effects owing to the magnetic nature of their
constituents. As magnetization increases, a classical ferrofluid undergoes a Rosensweig …

Transient supersolid properties in an array of dipolar quantum droplets

F Böttcher, JN Schmidt, M Wenzel, J Hertkorn, M Guo… - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
We study theoretically and experimentally the emergence of supersolid properties in a
dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate. The theory reveals a ground state phase diagram with …

Self-bound droplets of a dilute magnetic quantum liquid

M Schmitt, M Wenzel, F Böttcher, I Ferrier-Barbut… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Self-bound many-body systems are formed through a balance of attractive and repulsive
forces and occur in many physical scenarios. Liquid droplets are an example of a self-bound …

Observation of Feshbach resonances between a single ion and ultracold atoms

P Weckesser, F Thielemann, D Wiater… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The control of physical systems and their dynamics on the level of individual quanta
underpins both fundamental science and quantum technologies. Trapped atomic and …

Dipolar quantum mixtures of erbium and dysprosium atoms

A Trautmann, P Ilzhöfer, G Durastante, C Politi… - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
We report on the first realization of heteronuclear dipolar quantum mixtures of highly
magnetic erbium and dysprosium atoms. With a versatile experimental setup, we …

Dilute dipolar quantum droplets beyond the extended Gross-Pitaevskii equation

F Böttcher, M Wenzel, JN Schmidt, M Guo… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
Dipolar quantum droplets are exotic quantum objects that are self-bound due to the subtle
balance of attraction, repulsion, and quantum correlations. Here we present a systematic …

Roton excitations in an oblate dipolar quantum gas

JN Schmidt, J Hertkorn, M Guo, F Böttcher, M Schmidt… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We observe signatures of radial and angular roton excitations around a droplet
crystallization transition in dipolar Bose-Einstein condensates. In situ measurements are …