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German physicist
Tilman Esslinger is a German
experimental physicist . He is
Professor at
ETH Zurich ,
Switzerland , and works in the field of
ultracold quantum gases and
optical lattices .
Biography
Tilman Esslinger received his PhD in physics from the
University of Munich and the
Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics , Germany, in 1995. In his doctoral research he worked under the supervision of
Theodor Hänsch on subrecoil
laser cooling and
optical lattices . He then build up his own group in Hänsch’s lab and conducted pioneering work on
atom lasers ,
[1] observed long-range phase coherence in a
Bose–Einstein condensate ,
[2] and realized the superfluid to
Mott-insulator transition with a
Bose gas in an optical lattice.
[3]
[4] Following his
habilitation , Esslinger was in October 2001 appointed full professor at
ETH Zurich , Switzerland, where he pioneered one-dimensional atomic quantum gases,
[5] Fermi–Hubbard models with atoms,
[6] a quantum-gas analogue of the topological Haldane model
[7] and the merger of quantum gas experiments with
cavity quantum electrodynamics .
[8]
Research
The work of Esslinger and his group has stimulated an interdisciplinary exchange between the
condensed-matter and quantum-gas communities. Recent notable results include the development of a
quantum simulator for
graphene ,
[9] setting up of a
cavity-optomechanical system in which the Dicke
quantum phase transition to a
superradiant state has been observed for the first time,
[10] as well as creation of a cold-atom analogue of mesoscopic conductors
[11] and observation of the onset of
superfluidity in that system.
[12] Esslinger received a Phillip Morris Research Prize (shared with
Theodor Hänsch and
Immanuel Bloch ) in 2000 and currently holds an
ERC advanced grant. He is an author on more than 80 peer-reviewed journal articles, which have been cited more than 8000 times (as of March 2013).
References
^ Bloch, Immanuel; Hänsch, Theodor W.; Esslinger, Tilman (1999-04-12). "Atom Laser with a cw Output Coupler". Physical Review Letters . 82 (15). American Physical Society (APS): 3008–3011.
arXiv :
cond-mat/9812258 .
Bibcode :
1999PhRvL..82.3008B .
doi :
10.1103/physrevlett.82.3008 .
ISSN
0031-9007 .
S2CID
119408594 .
^ Bloch, I.; Hänsch, T. W.; Esslinger, T. (2000). "Measurement of the spatial coherence of a trapped Bose gas at the phase transition". Nature . 403 (6766). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 166–170.
Bibcode :
2000Natur.403..166B .
doi :
10.1038/35003132 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
10646595 .
S2CID
4427668 .
^ Greiner, Markus; Bloch, Immanuel; Mandel, Olaf; Hänsch, Theodor W.; Esslinger, Tilman (2001-10-01). "Exploring Phase Coherence in a 2D Lattice of Bose-Einstein Condensates". Physical Review Letters . 87 (16). American Physical Society (APS): 160405.
arXiv :
cond-mat/0105105 .
Bibcode :
2001PhRvL..87p0405G .
doi :
10.1103/physrevlett.87.160405 .
ISSN
0031-9007 .
PMID
11690192 .
S2CID
26265081 .
^ Greiner, Markus; Mandel, Olaf; Esslinger, Tilman; Hänsch, Theodor W.; Bloch, Immanuel (2002). "Quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator in a gas of ultracold atoms". Nature . 415 (6867). Springer Science and Business Media LLC: 39–44.
Bibcode :
2002Natur.415...39G .
doi :
10.1038/415039a .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
11780110 .
S2CID
4411344 .
^ Stöferle, Thilo; Moritz, Henning; Schori, Christian; Köhl, Michael; Esslinger, Tilman (2004-03-31). "Transition from a Strongly Interacting 1D Superfluid to a Mott Insulator". Physical Review Letters . 92 (13): 130403.
arXiv :
cond-mat/0312440 .
Bibcode :
2004PhRvL..92m0403S .
doi :
10.1103/physrevlett.92.130403 .
ISSN
0031-9007 .
PMID
15089587 .
S2CID
34141301 .
^ Esslinger, Tilman (2010-08-10). "Fermi-Hubbard Physics with Atoms in an Optical Lattice". Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics . 1 (1). Annual Reviews: 129–152.
arXiv :
1007.0012 .
Bibcode :
2010ARCMP...1..129E .
doi :
10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-070909-104059 .
ISSN
1947-5454 .
S2CID
119274107 .
^ Jotzu, Gregor; Messer, Michael; Desbuquois, Rémi; Lebrat, Martin; Uehlinger, Thomas; et al. (2014). "Experimental realization of the topological Haldane model with ultracold fermions". Nature . 515 (7526): 237–240.
arXiv :
1406.7874 .
Bibcode :
2014Natur.515..237J .
doi :
10.1038/nature13915 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
25391960 .
S2CID
204898338 .
^ Brennecke, Ferdinand; Donner, Tobias; Ritter, Stephan; Bourdel, Thomas; Köhl, Michael; Esslinger, Tilman (2007). "Cavity QED with a Bose–Einstein condensate". Nature . 450 (7167): 268–271.
arXiv :
0706.3411 .
Bibcode :
2007Natur.450..268B .
doi :
10.1038/nature06120 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
17994093 .
S2CID
4405139 .
^ Tarruell, Leticia; Greif, Daniel; Uehlinger, Thomas; Jotzu, Gregor; Esslinger, Tilman (2012). "Creating, moving and merging Dirac points with a Fermi gas in a tunable honeycomb lattice". Nature . 483 (7389): 302–305.
arXiv :
1111.5020 .
Bibcode :
2012Natur.483..302T .
doi :
10.1038/nature10871 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
22422263 .
S2CID
4368258 .
^ Baumann, Kristian; Guerlin, Christine; Brennecke, Ferdinand; Esslinger, Tilman (2010). "Dicke quantum phase transition with a superfluid gas in an optical cavity". Nature . 464 (7293): 1301–1306.
arXiv :
0912.3261 .
Bibcode :
2010Natur.464.1301B .
doi :
10.1038/nature09009 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
20428162 .
S2CID
205220396 .
^ Brantut, J.-P.; Meineke, J.; Stadler, D.; Krinner, S.; Esslinger, T. (2012-08-02). "Conduction of Ultracold Fermions Through a Mesoscopic Channel". Science . 337 (6098). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 1069–1071.
arXiv :
1203.1927 .
Bibcode :
2012Sci...337.1069B .
doi :
10.1126/science.1223175 .
ISSN
0036-8075 .
PMID
22859818 .
S2CID
143934 .
^ Stadler, David; Krinner, Sebastian; Meineke, Jakob; Brantut, Jean-Philippe; Esslinger, Tilman (2012). "Observing the drop of resistance in the flow of a superfluid Fermi gas". Nature . 491 (7426): 736–739.
arXiv :
1210.1426 .
Bibcode :
2012Natur.491..736S .
doi :
10.1038/nature11613 .
ISSN
0028-0836 .
PMID
23192151 .
S2CID
4391706 .
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