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Exploring exotic matter through the quantum manipulation of dipolar atoms

Benjamin Lev, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

(Session 2 : Friday from 10:15-10:45)

Abstract. Highly magnetic atoms such as dysprosium offer the ability to create strongly correlated matter in both atomic physics and quantum optics settings. In addition, these atoms will form the key ingredient in novel devices possessing unsurpassed sensitivity and resolution for the microscopy of condensed matter materials. Our group aims to develop technology to perform laser cooling---and subsequent trapping in atom chips and optical lattices---of dysprosium. This will lead to three research projects: the investigation of quantum liquid crystal physics in 2D fermoinic dipolar lattices; the exploration of non-equilibrium quantum phase transitions in many body cavity QED; and the development of atom chip microscopy at the 10^-10 magnetic flux quantum level.