Setting up an optical dipole trap and a non destructive in situ imaging system for a BEC experiment

Master 2 internship (4 months) / Download report

Master 2 internship (4 months) / Download report
We report on the realization of quantum magnetism using a degenerate dipolar gas in an optical lattice. Our system implements a lattice model resembling the celebrated ๐กโ๐ฝ model.
arXiv:1306.2754 (2013) / Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 185305 (2013)
Exploring quantum magnetism in a chromium Bose-Einstein condensate
Quantum magnetism with a dipolar BEC
New science with ultracold molecules
Spin-phenomena: From model systems to complex matter
Benjamin Pasquiou (PhD thesis in 2011) receives the Michelin price from the French Physical Society
We study dipolar relaxation of a chromium Bose-Einstein condensate loaded into a three-dimensional (3D) optical lattice.
arXiv:1212.5469 (2012) / Phys. Rev. A 87, 051609(R) (2013)
Dipolar chromium BECs, and magnetism
Dipolar chromium BECs, and magnetism