Subject：From optical Airy beams to quantum gases of strontium

Speaker：Dr. Georgios Siviloglou（Institute of Physics – University of Amsterdam）

Emcee：Prof. Haibin Wu

Time：10:00am, 18^th Apr, 2018

Place：Science Building A814

Abstract：

Strontium as an alkaline-earth element has two electrons in its outer shell and consequently it possesses a number of very broad, very narrow, and ultra-narrow optical transitions.These transitions make it ideal for extremely efficient laser cooling and the atom of choice in the world’s most accurate clocks.

I will be presenting a new experiment in which we produce Bose-Einstein condensates and degenerate Fermi gases of strontium with the immediate goal to perform quantum simulation of strong magnetic fields and the prospect to realize a quantum gas microscope that can detect single-atoms with sub-micrometer resolution.

In addition, I will be discussing a few other experiments related with my work in optics and in atomic physics such as the observation of optical Airy beams and the first observation of the Hofstadter-Harper Hamiltonian in an ultracold bosonic gas.

About the Speaker:

Research experience

Postdoc, University of Amsterdam (Schreck group)May 2014 – Now

Postdoc, MIT (Ketterle group)August 2010 – April 2014

PhD, CREOL, UCF (Christodoulides group)August 2004 – July 2010

Education

Ph.D in Optics, CREOL, University of Central FloridaAugust 2010

M.Sc in Optics, CREOL, University of Central FloridaAugust 2007

B.S and M.Sc in Electrical Engineering, NTUA, GreeceOctober 2003