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LAST-MODIFIED:20170127T153132Z
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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/1717
SUMMARY:Synthesizing\, controlling\, and probing quantum states through mic
	roscopy
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Adam Kaufman\, Harvard University\n\nPart of the Biop
	hysics/Condensed Matter Seminar Series.\n\nI will describe two experimental
	 platforms --- optical tweezer trapping\nof single atoms and quantum gas mi
	croscopy --- and how we have used them\nto realize experiments with low-ent
	ropy systems of neutral atoms.  While\nthese platforms share a common goal 
	of creating and microscopically\nmanipulating quantum states of neutral ato
	ms\, they employ opposite\nstrategies. The optical tweezer approach aims to
	 assemble quantum\nsystems from single atoms in a bottom-up fashion; quantu
	m gas\nmicroscopes employ a top-down strategy\, where smaller many-body sys
	tems\nare distilled from larger samples. In describing these ideas\, I will
	\nfocus on two experiments we performed that utilize the capabilities of\nt
	hese platforms. In one experiment with optical tweezers\, we realized\natom
	ic Hong-Ou-Mandel interference with independently prepared atoms. In\na sec
	ond experiment with a quantum gas microscope\, we performed studies\nof qua
	ntum thermalization\, which leverage this atomic Hong-Ou-Mandel\ninterferen
	ce to probe the role of entanglement in thermalization of\nclosed systems. 
	Lastly\, I will discuss future avenues that draw on the\ncapabilities of th
	ese platforms and build on these experimental studies.
LOCATION:SCI 352\, 590 Commonwealth Avenue\, 02215
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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