We study the spin dynamics and approach towards local thermal equilibrium of a macroscopic ensemble of S = 3 chromium atoms pinned in a three dimensional optical lattice and prepared in a pure coherent spin state, under the effect of magnetic dipole–dipole interactions.
arXiv:1803.02628 (2018) / Nat. Commun. 10, 1714 (2019)
While a number of experiments use heated sapphire windows to reduce strontium deposition and increase the viewport lifetime, here we study another possibility, consisting of sending the laser beam into the atomic flux by reflecting it off a mirror at 45 degree exposed to the strontium flux. We present our attempt to find a substrate that can be exposed to strontium and maintain high reflectivity.
arXiv:1802.08499 (2018)
Dipolar quantum gases
We study spin mixing dynamics in a chromium dipolar Bose-Einstein condensate, after tilting the atomic spins by an angle 𝜃 with respect to the magnetic field.
arXiv:1705.08358 (2017) / Phys. Rev. A 97, 023610 (2018)
Non equilibrium physics of many interacting large spins
We study the impact of spin-exchange collisions on the dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensation by rapidly cooling a chromium multicomponent Bose gas.
arXiv:1607.02406 (2016) / Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 185302 (2016)
Large spin magnetism
We analyze the spin dynamics of an out-of-equilibrium large spin dipolar atomic Bose gas in an optical lattice. We observe a smooth crossover from a complex oscillatory behavior to an exponential behavior throughout the Mott-to-superfluid transition.
arXiv:1507.04273 (2015) / Phys. Rev. A 93, 021603(R) (2016)
Magnetism with a dipolar condensate: spin dynamics and thermodynamics
We propose and experimentally demonstrate a new cooling mechanism leading to purification of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC).
arXiv:1505.05098 (2015) / Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 243002 (2015)
