Group News11 May 2023|ilp SengstockCreation and optimization of SLM generated optical tweezersPhoto: Jonas Rauchfuss / UHHUsing an LCoS spatial light modulator and a high resolution diffraction limited imaging system we have created and optimzed arrays of optical tweezers...10 February 2023|ilp SengstockOur new glass has safely arrivedPhoto: Christoph Becker / UHHThe new glass cell has finally arrived in Hamburg after travelling around the world for almost a year!11 July 2022|ilp SengstockMulti-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|ilp SengstockFormation 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...8 April 2022|ilp SengstockA new sorting algorithm for cold atoms in optical tweezer arraysPhoto: Henning Mollenhauer / UHHWe have developed a new sorting algorithm based on the well-known compression algorithm that minimizes exception handling and leads to a faster and...24 February 2022|ilp SengstockSuccessful test of our high-NA microscope objectivesPhoto: Jan Philip Deppe / UHHOur custom-made high NA microscope objectives neccessary for trapping and manipulation of neutral Yb atoms at various different wavelengths have been...14 October 2021|ilp SengstockGerchberg-Saxton algorithm for homogenous optical tweezer arraysPhoto: Timo Eikelmann / UHHWe have successfully implemented a modified Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm for fast high-fidelity optimization and homogenization of optical tweezer...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|ilp SengstockTopologische 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...21 April 2021|ilp SengstockQuantum gas magnifier for sub-lattice-resolved imaging of three-dimensional quantum systemsPhoto: Adapted from Asteria et al., Nature 599, 571 (2021)Imaging is central for gaining microscopic insight into physical systems, but direct imaging of ultracold atoms in optical lattices as modern quantum...Show all news