Chapman Research Labs

Ultracold Atomic Physics and Quantum Optics

 

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Our research in the news:

First cover figure in 103 year history of The Physical Review

"Coldest place in Georgia"

"Cold, Quickly," in the Economist

"Condensates Made Easy," Physics World

"Magnetic forces need not apply," Physics Today

"Stopping atoms extremely cold"

“Georgia Tech Builds Worlds Smallest Atom Storage Ring,” CERN Courier

“Tiny Ring May Improve Guidance Systems,” USA Today

"Quantum queerness gets quick, compact," Science News

“Science Briefs: Nevatron,” Boston Globe

“A Storage Ring for Neutral Atoms,” Physics Today

"A step towards atom fiber optics," Research Horizons

"All-Optical BEC," Physics News Update

“Atomic Merry-Go-Round,” Discover Magazine

"Lasers Replace Magnet Trap for Condensates," Photonics Spectra

“Atom Ring May Guide Aircraft,” Financial Times

All-Optical Trap Nets Bose-Einstein Condensates, Laser Focus World

"All-Optical Method Yields Bose-Einstein Condensates," OE Magazine,

"Zeroing in on Absolute Zero," The Tampa Tribune

“Un Anillo Para Almacenarlos a Todos," Mechanica Popular

“Circular Waveguide Could Advance Inertial Guidance Systems,” Sensors Magazine

“Magnetic Ring Stores Cold Atoms,” Photonics Spectra

“Pocket Particle Accelerator Built,” Nature Science Update

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the webpage of Prof. Michael Chapman's research group at the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, Georgia.

Our research is focused on investigating the quantum behavior of atoms and photons, often at the single particle level. We employ lasers to confine and cool atoms to nano-Kelvin temperatures, which are used for studies including fundamental atom-photon interactions, atom optics and interferometry, and quantum computing and communication.

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Recent achievements include the first all-optical Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC), the first storage ring for neutral atoms, and cavity QED with optically transported ultracold atoms.

News:

3/2007: Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Fortier for successfully defending his thesis.

New papers submitted by ion and cavity QED groups.

Photoionization and Photoelectric Loading of Barium Ion Traps

Deterministic loading of individual atoms to a high-finesse optical cavity


7/2006: Updated webpage
New publications, project pages updated


5/2006: Congratulations to Dr. Ming-Shien Chang for defeding his thesis

11/2004:  Post-doc and graduate student positions available

8/2004:  Congratulations to Dr. Jake Sauer for defending his thesis

5/2004: Ultracold atoms transported to optical cavity with an optical conveyor

4/2004: Dynamics of multi-component spinor Bose-Einstein condensates revealed

4/2004: Entanglement distribution strategy devised with single atoms and cavities

2/2002: Dr. Murray Barrett completes his Ph.D. thesis "Quest for All-Optical BEC."  Congratulations!

12/2001: Nevatron: the worlds first storage ring for neutral atoms demonstrated

7/2001: All-optical Bose-Einstein condensate created for first time!

9/2000:  Spin-spin interaction proposed for quantum information processing

7/1999: First optically trapped atoms in our laboratory

8/1998: First laser cooled atoms in our laboratory

6/1998: New laboratory completed

9/1997:  Prof. Chapman begins at Georgia Tech

 


 
Funding for this research is provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the Army Research Office (ARO), and the Advanced Research and Development Agency (ARDA)

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