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SUMMARY:Probing strongly correlated quantum systems with single-atome reso
 lution
DTSTART:20121203T161500
DTEND:20121203T171500
DTSTAMP:20260510T081831Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Stefan Kuhr\, University of Strathclyde\, Glasgow\, Unit
 ed Kingdom\nUltracold atoms in optical lattices are a versatile tool to in
 vestigate fundamental properties of quantum many body systems. In a series
  of experiments performed at the Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics i
 n Garching\, we demonstrated how the control of such systems can be extend
 ed down to the most fundamental level of single atomic spins at specific l
 attice sites. Using a high-resolution optical imaging system\, we were abl
 e to obtain fluorescence images of strongly interacting bosonic Mott insul
 ators with single-atom and single-site resolution and addressed the atomic
  spins with sub-diffraction-limited resolution. In addition\, we directly 
 monitored the tunneling quantum dynamics of single atoms in the lattice\, 
 and observed quantum-correlated particle-hole pairs spreading of correlati
 ons after a parameter quench\, and the quantum dynamics of spin-impurities
 . Our results open the path to a wide range of novel experiments from obse
 rvation of strongly correlated fermionic systems\, implementation of novel
  cooling schemes\, and engineering of quantum many-body phases to quantum 
 information processing.
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