Our group conducts experiments on the following topics: thermodynamics of light, as Bose-Einstein condensation of photons in microcavities, and the statistics and dynamics of photons in tailored potentials. We also investigate topology and quantum simulation with ultracold atomic gases.
We are always looking for Bachelor, Master, PhD students, and postdocs. For more information, see here.
Dr. Julian Schmitt of the Institute for Applied Physics of the University of Bonn is awarded the Rudolf-Kaiser-Prize 2023 - one of the most renowned German prizes for young researchers in physics.
An important step towards the realization of a VUV photon condensate has been achieved.
Our paper “Quantum Rabi dynamics of trapped atoms far in the deep strong coupling regime“ has been published in the journal Nature Communications. We report on a study of ultrastrong coupling between two mechanical modes of trapped cold atoms in the quantum Rabi regime. Using a novel experimental scheme, we achieve a Rabi coupling of 6.5 times the field mode frequency, so that the coupling term clearly dominates over all other energy scales for the first time.