The preparation of large, low-entropy, highly coherent ensembles of identical quantum
systems is fundamental for many studies in quantum metrology, simulation and information …

Scientific and technological progress in the last decades has proven that miniaturization and
integration are important steps towards the robust application of fundamental physics, be it …

We present a detailed analysis and design of a neutral atom quantum logic device based on
atoms in optical traps interacting via dipole-dipole coupling of Rydberg states. The dominant …

We present a detailed experimental study of the physics involved in transferring atoms from
a magneto-optical trap (MOT) to an optical dipole trap. The loading is a dynamical process …

We achieve degeneracy in a mixture of the two lowest hyperfine states of 6 Li by direct
evaporation in a CO 2 laser trap, yielding the first all optically produced degenerate Fermi …

Despite almost a century's worth of study, it is still unclear how general relativity (GR) and
quantum theory (QT) should be unified into a consistent theory. The conventional approach …

Since the beginning of measurement of pressure in the 17th century, the unit of pressure has
been defined by the relationship of force per unit area. The present state of optical …

We theoretically investigate the use of red-detuned Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) laser beams of
varying azimuthal mode index for producing toroidal optical dipole traps in two-dimensional …

The loading dynamics of an alkali-metal-atom magneto-optical trap can be used as a
reliable measure of vacuum pressure, with loading time τ indicating a pressure less than or …

We show that ballistic transport of optically excited atoms in an atomic vapor provides a
nonlocal nonlinearity which stabilizes the propagation of vortex beams and higher order …