Research Highlights (2020)14 September 2020|IQP SchmelcherParametrically excited star-shaped patterns at the interface of binary Bose-Einstein condensatesPhoto: AG SchmelcherLiquid drops being weakly affixed to a vertically oscillating surface can display star-shaped patterns. This symmetry breaking mechanism of both the...11 September 2020|ILP SchmelcherPump-Probe Spectroscopy of Ultracold Bose PolaronsPhoto: AG SchmelcherResearchers in the University of Hamburg and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology have devised and employed a novel pump-probe spectroscopy...23 June 2020|IQP SchmelcherPlaying billiards with excitons – a milestone towards quantum simulatorsPhoto: AG SchmelcherSemiconductors play an important role in electronics, optoelectronics or photovoltaics. But like other solids they are quantum many-particle systems...