March 29, 1994 - March 29, 2027
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Date:22ThursdayNovember 2018Colloquia
Manipulating atoms with light: laser cooling to Bose-Einstein condensation and 51 atomic qubits
More information Time 11:15 - 12:30Location Edna and K.B. Weissman Building of Physical Sciences
AuditoriumLecturer Prof. Vladan Vuletic
Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USAOrganizer Faculty of PhysicsContact Details Show full text description of 11:00 Coffee, Tea and more...» 11:00 Coffee, Tea and moreAbstract Show full text abstract about Since the first demonstration of laser cooling and trapping ...» Since the first demonstration of laser cooling and trapping three decades ago, our abilities to manipulate atomic ensembles and individual atoms with light have been substantially extended. Among those novel capabilities, I will discuss a new method how to directly optically cool an atomic gas to form a Bose-Einstein condensate, without any evaporation. I will also discuss the deterministic preparation of a large array of individual atoms with controlled optically induced long-range Ising type interactions for quantum simulation, and potentially, quantum computing.