Research
We use laser cooling and trapping techniques to produce ultracold gases of lithium atoms. These gases can be used to study exotic phases of matter and spin systems far from equilibrium.
Lab Space and Equipment
Our facilities and tools
Lithium Spectroscopy
We use a vapor cell containing heated lithium metal and a small amount of inert buffer gas. Using saturated absorption spectroscopy, we stabilize the wavelength of the laser to one of the resonance features, giving the laser system long-term stability.
To avoid magnetic fields created by current in the heater wires, we use a counter-wrapped pattern (pictured below) outside a mu-metal shield around the vacuum chamber.
Laser Cooling & Trapping
The basics of making laser-cooled atomic gases
Exotic Quantum Phases
Quantum Simulation, Many-body states
Spin Dynamics
Fermion systems far from equilibrium
