Group News18 October 2022|AG WeitenbergSearching for scalar field dark matter with hyperfine transitions in alkali atomsPhoto: adapted from PRD 107, 015008 (2023)The nature of dark matter is one of the largest unsolved problems in modern physics and precision measurements with cold atoms might be able to detect...19 September 2022|AG WeitenbergInternational Conference on Machine Learning in Natural Sciences in HamburgPhoto: Christof Weitenberg, UHHMachine learning is emerging as a vital tool in the natural sciences enabling new breakthroughs, e.g. in protein folding, material discovery, or...11 July 2022|AG WeitenbergMulti-frequency optical lattice for dynamic lattice-geometry controlPhoto: UHHWe have developed a new scheme for tunable optical lattices that can switch, ramp or modulate between a honeycomb, boron-nitride and triangular...19 April 2022|AG WeitenbergFormation of Spontaneous Density-Wave Patterns in dc Driven LatticesPhoto: adapted fromPhys. Rev. X 12, 021014 (2022)In a collaboration with the theory group of Ludwig Mathey, we have observed and explained surprising density-wave patterns, which form in BECs in...24 November 2021|AG WeitenbergQuantum gas magnifier for sub-lattice-resolved imaging of three-dimensional quantum systemsPhoto: UHH/Felix HerbortWe have developed a new microscopy technique for quantum gases, which relies on the magnification of the density distribution via matter-wave optics...12 August 2021|AG WeitenbergFloquet engineering of quantum gasesPhoto: UHH/Weitenberg, SimonetIn a new review article in Nature Physics, Christof Weitenberg and Juliette Simonet from the ILP give a current overview and a basic introduction to...12 July 2021|popular outreachTopologische Materie - ultrakalt. Ultrakalte Atome liefern neue Einblicke in topologische QuantenmateriePhoto: Monika AidelsburgerIn einem aktuellen Überblicksartikel im Physik Journal geben Monika Aidelsburger (LMU München) und Christof Weitenberg (ILP, UHH) eine...12 July 2021|AG WeitenbergTopologische Materie - ultrakalt. Ultrakalte Atome liefern neue Einblicke in topologische QuantenmateriePhoto: Monika AidelsburgerIn einem aktuellen Überblicksartikel im Physik Journal geben Monika Aidelsburger (LMU München) und Christof Weitenberg (ILP, UHH) eine...18 September 2020|AG WeitenbergPreparation of the 1/2-Laughlin state with atoms in a rotating trapPhoto: Adapted from PRA 103, 063325 (2021)Fractional quantum Hall systems are among the most exciting strongly correlated systems. Accessing them microscopically via quantum simulations with...27 July 2018|AG WeitenbergERC starting grant "Engineering and probing anyonic quantum gases" for ChristofPhoto: Christof WeitenbergUsing the quantum gas microscope, we will study fractional quantum Hall states in rotating microtraps and the anyonic quasiparticles that emerge in...23 June 2018|AG WeitenbergQuantum point spread function for imaging trapped few-body systems with a quantum gas microscopePhoto: M. Pyzh, taken from New J. Phys. 21, 053013 (2019)In collaboration with Maxim Pyzh, Sven Krönke and Peter Schmelcher, we have worked out a protocol for the imaging of trapped few-body systems with a...25 April 2018|AG WeitenbergThe high-resolution objective is installedPhoto: AG WeitenbergThe high-resolution objective is installed underneath the glass cell. It was previously tested separately and found to reach the resolution of 800 nm...Show all news