Publications
2023
Dipolar shielding
P. Barral, M. Cantara, L. Du, W. Lunden, J. de Hond, A.O.Jamison, and W. Ketterle:
Suppressing dipolar relaxation in thin layers of dysprosium atoms
Nature Communications, arxiv
J.J. Park, H. Son, Y.-K. Lu, T. Karman, M. Gronowski, M. Tomza, A.O. Jamison, and W. Ketterle:
Spectrum of Feshbach resonances in NaLi + Na collisions.
PRX, arxiv
T. Karman, M. Gronowski, M. Tomza, J.J. Park, H. Son, Y.-K. Lu, A.O. Jamison, and W. Ketterle:
Ab initio calculation of the spectrum of Feshbach resonances in NaLi + Na collisions.
PRA, arxiv
Atomic physics on a 50 nm scale
L. Du, P. Barral, M. Cantara, J. de Hond, Y.-K. Lu, and W. Ketterle:
Atomic physics on a 50 nm scale: Realization of a bilayer system of dipolar atoms.
Science, arxiv
I. Dimitrova, S. Flannigan, Y.K. Lee, H. Lin, J. Amato-Grill, N. Jepsen, I. Cepaite, A.J. Daley, and W. Ketterle:
Many-body spin rotation by adiabatic passage in spin-1/2 XXZ chains of ultracold atoms.
Quantum Science and Technology, accepted; preprint, https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.00218
Magnetic trapping of molecules
J.J. Park, Y.-K. Lu, A.O. Jamison, and W. Ketterle:
Magnetic trapping of ultracold molecules at high density.
Submitted to Nature Physics, preprint, https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.11120
K.T. Geier, G.I. Martone, P. Hauke, W. Ketterle, and S. Stringari:
Dynamics of Stripe Patterns in Supersolid Spin-Orbit-Coupled Bose Gases.
Phys. Rev. Lett., accepted; preprint, https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.10064
Lattice induced Feshbach resonances
Y.K. Lee, H. Lin, and W. Ketterle:
Spin dynamics dominated by superexchange via virtual molecules.
Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett., preprint, https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.06054
First molecular Feshbach resonance
J.J. Park, Y.-K. Lu, A.O. Jamison, T. Tscherbul, and W. Ketterle:
A Feshbach resonance in collisions between triplet ground state molecules.
Nature 614, 54–58 (2023),https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05635-8
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Steering chemical reactions by magnetic fields
H. Son, J.J. Park, Y.-K. Lu, A.O. Jamison, T. Karman, and W. Ketterle:
Control of reactive collisions by quantum interference.
Science 375 , 1006–1010 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abl7257
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Bosonic stimulation in light scattering
Y.-K. Lu, Y. Margalit, and W. Ketterle:
Bosonic stimulation of atom–light scattering in an ultracold gas.
Nat. Phys. 19 , 210–214 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01846-y
Catching the Bethe phantom
P.N. Jepsen, Y.K. Lee, H. Lin, I. Dimitrova, Y. Margalit, W.W. Ho, and W. Ketterle:
Long-lived phantom helix states in Heisenberg quantum magnets.
Nature Physics 18 , 899–904 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01651-7
The Spin Mott State
J. de Hond, J. Xiang, W.C. Chung, E. Cruz-Colón, W. Chen, W.C. Burton, C.J. Kennedy, and W. Ketterle:
Preparation of the spin-Mott state: A spinful Mott insulator of repulsively bound pairs.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 128 , 093401 (2022), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.093401
2021
Fermions become “invisible” at low tempearture
Y. Margalit, Y.-K. Lu, F.C. Top, and W. Ketterle:
Pauli blocking of light scattering in degenerate fermions
Science 374 , 976–979 (2021), https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi6153pdf
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Chosen by Physics World as one of the top10 Breakthroughs of the Year 2021
N. Jepsen, W.W. Ho, J. Amato-Grill, I .Dimitrova, E. Demler, and W. Ketterle:
Transverse spin dynamics in the anisotropic Heisenberg model realized with ultracold atoms.
Phys. Rev. X 11 , 041054 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.041054
W.C. Chung, J. de Hond, J. Xiang, E. Cruz-Colón, and W. Ketterle:
Tunable Single-Ion Anisotropy in Spin-1 Models Realized with Ultracold Atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126 , 163203 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.163203
F.C. Top, Y. Margalit, and W: Ketterle:
Spin-polarized fermions with p-wave interactions.
Phys. Rev. A 104 , 043311 (2021), https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.104.043311
2020
Studying the anisotropic Heisenberg model
P.N. Jepsen, J. Amato-Grill, I .Dimitrova, W.W. Ho, E. Demler, and W. Ketterle:
Spin transport in a tunable Heisenberg model realized with ultracold atoms.
Nature 588 , 403–407 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-3033-y
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First realization of colisional cooling of ultacold molecules
H. Son, J.J. Park, W. Ketterle, and A.O. Jamison:
Collisional Cooling of Ultracold Molecules.
Nature 580 , 197 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2141-z
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A. Venegas-Gomez, J. Schachenmayer, A.S. Buyskikh, W. Ketterle, M.L. Chiofalo, and A. J. Daley:
Adiabatic preparation of entangled, magnetically ordered states with cold bosons in optical lattices.
Quantum Sci. Technol. 5, 045013 (2020), https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/abb004
A. Venegas-Gomez, A.S Buyskikh, J. Schachenmayer, W. Ketterle, and A.J. Daley:
Dynamics of rotated spin states and magnetic ordering with two-component bosonic atoms in optical lattices.
Phys. Rev. A 102 , 023321 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.102.023321
W. Lunden, L. Du, M. Cantara, P. Barral, A.O. Jamison, and W. Ketterle:
Enhancing the capture velocity of a Dy magneto-optical trap with two-stage slowing.
Phys. Rev. A 101 , 063403 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.101.063403
T. Secker, J. Amato-Grill, W. Ketterle, and S. Kokkelmans:
High-precision analysis of Feshbach resonances in a Mott insulator.
Phys. Rev. A 101 , 04270 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.101.042703
F. Scazza, G. Valtolina, A. Amico,P. E. S. Tavares, M. Inguscio, W. Ketterle,G. Roati,and M. Zaccanti:
Exploring emergent heterogeneous phases in strongly repulsive Fermi gases.
Phys. Rev. A 101 , 013603 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.101.013603
I. Dimitrova, N. Jepsen, A. Buyskikh, A. Venegas-Gomez, J. Amato-Grill, A. Daley, and W. Ketterle:
Enhanced Superexchange in a Tilted Mott Insulator.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 124 , 043204 (2020), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.043204
W. Ketterle and A. Jamison:
An atomic physics perspective on the kilogram’s new definition.
Physics Today 73 , 5, 32 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.4472 pdf
2019
Floquet Heating
J.-R. Li, B. Shteynas, and W. Ketterle:
Floquet Heating in Interacting Atomic Gases with an Oscillating Force.
Phys. Rev. A 100 , 033406 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.100.033406
Interactions of Li-7 in an optical lattice
J. Amato-Grill, N. Jepsen, I. Dimitrova, W. Lunden, and W. Ketterle:
Interaction Spectroscopy of a Two-component Mott Insulator.
Phys. Rev. A 99 , 033612 (2019), Editors’ suggestion, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.99.033612
Paper
Recoil dressed RF photon
B. Shteynas, J. Lee, F.C. Top, J.-R. Li, A.O. Jamison, G. Juzeliunas,
and W. Ketterle:
How to dress radio-frequency photons with tunable momentum.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 033203 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.033203
2018
Finding the pathway for STIRAP to the triplet ground state
T.M. Rvachov, H. Son, J.J. Park, S. Ebadi, M.W. Zwierlein, W. Ketterle,
and A.O. Jamison:
Two-Photon Spectroscopy of the $^{23}$Na$^6$Li Triplet Ground State.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, Advance Article, preprint, arXiv:1712.06776, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CP08481A
Paper
NaLi photoassociation
T.M. Rvachov, H. Son, J.J. Park, P.M. Notz, T.T. Wang, M.W. Zwierlein, W. Ketterle, and A.O. Jamison:
Photoassociation of Ultracold $^{23}$Na$^6$Li.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2018, Advance Article, p reprint, arXiv:1712.06772, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7CP08480C
Paper
2017
Superradiance with symmetric pump
I. Dimitrova, W. Lunden, J. Amato-Grill, N. Jepsen, Y. Yu, M. Messer,
T. Rigaldo, G. Puentes, D. Weld, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of two-beam collective scattering phenomena in a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Phys. Rev. A 96 , 051603(R) (2017), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.96.051603
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Ultracold triplet molecules
T.M. Rvachov, H. Son, A.T. Sommer, S. Ebadi, J.J. Park, M.W. Zwierlein,
W. Ketterle, and A.O. Jamison:
Long-Lived Ultracold Molecules with Electric and Magnetic Dipole Moments.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 143001 (2017), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.143001pdf
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Observation of a supersolid phase
J. Li, J. Lee, W. Huang, S. Burchesky, B. Shteynas, F.C. Top, A.O. Jamison,
and W. Ketterle:
A stripe phase with supersolid properties in spin–orbit-coupled Bose–Einstein condensates.
Nature 543. 91 (2017), doi:10.1038/nature21431 pdf
preprint arXiv: 1610.08194 (2016), https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.08194 pdf
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Surpises in resserach on Bose-Einstein condensation
W. Ketterle:
Twenty years of Atomic Quantum Gases: 1995-2015.
in: “Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation”, Cambridge University Press, editors: David Snoke, Nick Proukakis, Peter Littlewood (to be published in 2017), ISBN 1107085691, http://www.ebook.de/de/product/28003365/n_p_proukakis_universal_themes_of_bose_einstein_condensation.html
Paper
2016
Spin-Orbit Coupling of Orbital Pseudospins
J. Li, W. Huang, B. Shteynas, S. Burchesky, F.C. Top, E. Su,
J. Lee, A.O. Jamison, and W. Ketterle:
Spin-Orbit Coupling and Spin Textures in Optical Superlattices .
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 , 185301 (2016), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.185301
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Superfluid shielding of an atom interferometer
W.C. Burton, C.J. Kennedy, W.C. Chung, S. Vadia, W. Chen, and W. Ketterle:
Coherence Times of Bose-Einstein Condensates beyond the Shot-Noise Limit via Superfluid Shielding.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 117 , 275301 (2016), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.275301
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Teaching atomic physics at MIT
I. Chuang and W. Ketterle:
A Transformative Teaching Experience in Atomic Physics at MIT.
Physics@MIT Journal 2016, p. 55, http://web.mit.edu/physics/news/physicsatmit/fall2016.html
Paper
2015
Realization of the Ground State of the
Harper Hofstadter Hamiltonian
C.J. Kennedy, W.C. Burton, W.C. Chung, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Strong Synthetic Magnetic Field.
Nature Physics 11 , 859-864 (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys3421
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Quantum Magnetism with Bosons
J. Schachenmayer, D.M. Weld, H. Miyake, G.A. Siviloglou, A.J. Daley, and W. Ketterle:
Adiabatic cooling of bosons in lattices to magnetic ordering.
Phys. Rev. A 92 , 041602(R) (2015), http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.92.041602
Paper
How to realize the Weyl Hamiltonian with Cold Atoms
T. Dubcek, C.J. Kennedy, L. Lu, W. Ketterle, M. Soljacic, and H. Buljan:
Weyl points in three-dimensional optical lattices: synthetic magnetic monopoles in momentum space.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114 , 225301 (2015).
Paper
Commentary on the Quantum Hall Effect
W. Ketterle:
Inside the quantum Hall effect.
Nature Physics 11 , 90 (2015).
Paper
Encyclopedic Definition of Bose-Einstein Condensation
W. Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein condensation.
in: Discoveries in Modern Science: Exploration, Invention, Technology. Ed. James Trefil. Vol. 1. Farmington Hills, MI: Macmillan Reference USA, 2015, pp. 99-102.
Paper
20 years of Bose-Einstein Condensation
W. Ketterle:
Happy birthday BEC.
Nature Physics 11 , 982 (2015), http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys3589
Paper
2014
Gross-Pitaevskii Equation for finite range interactions
H. Veksler, S. Fishman, and W. Ketterle:
A simple model for interactions and corrections to the Gross-Pitaevskii Equation.
Phys. Rev. A 90 , 023620 (2014).
Paper
2013
New approach towards spin-orbit coupling and the spin Hall effect
C.J. Kennedy, G.A. Siviloglou, H. Miyake, W.C. Burton, and W. Ketterle:
Spin-orbit coupling and spin Hall effect for neutral atoms without spin-flips.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 , 225301 (2013).
Paper
Lattice for large synthetic magnetic fields
H. Miyake, G.A. Siviloglou, C.J. Kennedy, W.C. Burton, and W. Ketterle:
Realizing the Harper Hamiltonian with Laser-Assisted Tunneling in Optical Lattices.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111 , 185302 (2013).
Paper Supplemental information Press ( Nature Physics Viewpoint PhysicsWorld)
Non-universal ultracold collisions
T.T. Wang, M.-S. Heo, T.M. Rvachov, D.A. Cotta, and W. Ketterle:
Deviation from Universality in Collisions of Ultracold ^{6}Li _2 Molecules.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 110 , 173203 (2013).
Paper
Paramagnetism in the ideal Fermi gas
Y.R. Lee, T.T. Wang, T.M. Rvachov, J.H. Choi, W. Ketterle, and M.-S. Heo:
Pauli paramagnetism of an ideal Fermi gas.
Phys. Rev. A 87 , 043629 (2013).
Paper
Computer control system
A. Keshet and W. Ketterle:
A distributed, graphical user interface based, computer control system
for atomic physics experiments.
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 84 , 015105 (2013).
Paper
Conference Proceedings
W. Ketterle:
Ultracold fermions with repulsive interactions.
Proceedings of ICAP 2012, Palaiseau, France, July 23-27, EPJ Web of Conferences, in print (2013).
Preprint
W. Ketterle:
From strongly interacting atomic systems to optical lattices.
Proceedings of the 25th Solvay Conference on Physics, Brussels,
October 19-22, 2011, in print (2013).
Preprint
2012
NaLi Feshbach molecules
M.-S. Heo, T.T. Wang, C.A. Christensen, T.M. Rvachov, D.A. Cotta, J.H. Choi,
Y.R. Lee, and W. Ketterle:
Formation of Ultracold Fermionic NaLi Feshbach Molecules.
Phys. Rev. A 86 , 021602 (2012).
Paper
Absence of ferromagnetism in a repulsive Fermi gas
C. Sanner, E.J. Su, W. Huang, A. Keshet, J. Gillen, and W. Ketterle:
Correlations and Pair Formation in a Repulsively Interacting Fermi Gas.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 108 , 240404 (2012).
Paper
2011
Bragg scattering of atoms
H. Miyake, G.A. Siviloglou, G. Puentes, D.E. Pritchard, W. Ketterle,
and D.M. Weld:
Bragg Scattering as a Probe of Atomic Wavefunctions and Quantum Phase Transitions in Optical Lattices
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 , 175302 (2011).
Paper
Adiabatic demagnetization cooling
P. Medley, D.M. Weld, H. Miyake, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Spin gradient demagnetization cooling of ultracold atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 , 195301 (2011).
Paper
Fluctuations in an interacting Fermi gas
C. Sanner, E.J. Su, A. Keshet, W. Huang, J. Gillen, R. Gommers, and W. Ketterle:
Speckle Imaging of Spin Fluctuations in a Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 , 010402 (2011).
Paper
Comment on superradiance
W. Ketterle:
Comment on ”Electromagnetic Wave Dynamics in Matter-Wave
Superradiant Scattering”.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 , 118901 (2011).
Paper
Conference proceedings
D.M. Weld and W. Ketterle:
Towards quantum magnetism with ultracold atoms.
Proceedings of ICAP 2010, Cairns, Australia, July 25-30, 2010,
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 264, 012017 (2011).
Paper
2010
Spin gradient thermometry and cooling
D.M. Weld, H. Miyake, P. Medley, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Thermometry and Refrigeration in a Two-Component Mott Insulator
of Ultracold Atoms.
Phys. Rev. A 82 , 051603 (2010).
Paper
Density fluctuations in an ideal Fermi gas
C. Sanner, E.J. Su, A. Keshet, R. Gommers, Y. Shin, W. Huang, and W. Ketterle:
Suppression of Density Fluctuations in a Quantum Degenerate Fermi Gas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 , 040402 (2010).
Paper Supplement Press
Review paper
W. Ketterle, Y. Shin, A. Schirotzek, and C. H. Schunk:
Superfluidity in a gas of strongly interacting fermions.
in: BCS: 50 Years , eds. L.N. Cooper, D. Feldman (World Scientific,
Singapore 2010).
Paper
2009
Itinerant Ferromagnetism
G.B. Jo, Y.R. Lee, J.H. Choi, C.A. Christensen, T.H. Kim, J.H. Thywissen,
D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Itinerant ferromagnetism in a Fermi gas of ultracold atoms.
Science 325 , 1521-1524 (2009).
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Conference Proceedings
Y. Shin, A. Schirotzek, C.H. Schunk, and W. Ketterle:
Mapping the phase diagram of a two-component Fermi gas with strong interactions.
in: Pushing the Frontiers of Atomic Physics , Proceedings of the XXI International Conference on Atomic Physics 2008, eds. R. Côté, P.L. Gould, M.G. Rozman, and W.W. Smith (World Scientific, Singapore , 2009) pp. 230-239.
Paper
W. Ketterle, Y. Shin, A. Schirotzek, and C.H. Schunk.
Superfluidity in a gas of strongly interacting fermions.
J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 , 164206(2009).
Paper
2008
Gap spectroscopy
A. Schirotzek, Y. Shin, C.H. Schunck, and W. Ketterle:
Determination of the Superfluid Gap in Atomic Fermi Gases by Quasiparticle Spectroscopy.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 , 140403 (2008).
Paper Supplemental Information
Trapping ina hollow-core fiber
C.A. Christensen, S. Will, M. Saba, G.-B. Jo, Y.Shin, W. Ketterle,
and D.E. Pritchard:
Trapping of Ultracold Atoms in a Hollow-core Photonic Crystal Fiber.
Phys. Rev. A 78 , 033429 (2008).
Paper
Bose-Fermi mixture
Y. Shin, A. Schirotzek, C.H. Schunck, and W. Ketterle:
Realization of a strongly interacting Bose-Fermi mixture from
a two-component Fermi gas.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101 , 070404 (2008).
PaperFig: 3D Phase diagram
The size of superfluid fermion pairs
C.H. Schunck, Y. Shin, A. Schirotzek, and W. Ketterle:
Determination of the fermion pair size in a resonantly interacting superfluid.
Nature 454 , 739-743 (2008).
Paper Supplemental Information
Equation of state of polarized Fermi gas
Y. Shin:
Determination of the equation of state of a polarized Fermi gas at unitarity.
Phys. Rev. A 77, 041603(R) (2008).
Paper
Phase diagram for imbalanced fermionic superfluids
Y. Shin, C.H. Schunck, A. Schirotzek, and W. Ketterle:
Phase diagram of a two-component Fermi gas with resonant interactions.
Nature 451 , 689-693 (2008).
Paper Press Fig: Phase diag. Fig: 3D Phase diagram
Further publications
Comprehensive review paper on fermions
W. Ketterle and M. W. Zwierlein:
Making, probing and understanding ultracold Fermi gases.
in Ultracold Fermi Gases , Proceedings of the International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi”, Course CLXIV, Varenna, 20 – 30 June 2006, edited by M. Inguscio, W. Ketterle, and C. Salomon (IOS Press, Amsterdam) 2008, pp. 95-287; e-print, arXiv: 0801.2500; Rivista del Nuovo Cimento 31 , 247-422 (2008).
Paper
2007
Interferometry with phase-fluctuating BECs
G.B. Jo, J.H. Choi, C.A. Christensen, Y.R. Lee, T.A. Pasquini, W. Ketterle,
and D.E. Pritchard:
Matter-Wave Interferometry with Phase Fluctuating Bose-Einstein Condensates.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 , 240406 (2007).
Paper
Tomographic RF spectroscopy
Y. Shin, C.H. Schunck, A. Schirotzek, and W. Ketterle:
Tomographic RF Spectroscopy of a Trapped Fermi Gas at Unitarity.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 , 090403 (2007).
Paper
Spin exchange collisions
J.G.E. Harris, S.V. Nguyen , S.C. Doret, W. Ketterle, and J.M. Doyle:
Spin-Exchange Collisions of Submerged Shell Atoms Below 1 Kelvin.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 , 223201-4 (2007).
Paper
Phase sensitive merging of two BECs
G.-B. Jo, J.-H. Choi , C.A. Christensen, T.A. Pasquini, Y.-R. Lee, W. Ketterle,
and D.E. Pritchard:
Phase Sensitive Recombination of Two Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 , 180401 (2007).
Paper
Transition from superfluid to dissipative transport in a moving lattice
J. Mun, P. Medley, G.K. Campbell, L.G. Marcassa, D.E. Pritchard,
and W. Ketterle:
Phase diagram for a Bose-Einstein condensate moving in an optical lattice.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 , 150604 (2007).
Paper
Pairing without superfluidity
C. H. Schunck, Y. Shin, A. Schirotzek, M. W. Zwierlein,and W. Ketterle:
Pairing Without Superfluidity: The Ground State of an Imbalanced Fermi Mixture.
Science 316 , 867-870 (2007).
Paper Supplemental InformationErratumPress
Thin magnetic film trapping
M. Boyd, E.W. Streed, P. Medley, G.K. Campbell, J. Mun, W, Ketterle,
and D.E. Pritchard:
Atom trapping with a thin magnetic film.
Physical Review A (Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics) 76 , 043624-5 (2007).
Paper
Number squeezed atom interferometer
G.-B. Jo, Y. Shin, S. Will, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, W. Ketterle , D. E. Pritchard,
M. Vengalattore, and M. Prentiss,:
Long Phase Coherence Time and Number Squeezing of two Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 , 030407 (2007).
Paper
Expansion of superfluid fermions
C.H. Schunck, M.W. Zwierlein, A. Schirotzek, and W. Ketterle:
Superfluid Expansion of a Rotating Fermi Gas.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 , 050404 (2007).
Paper
Further publications
Popular update on Fermi gases
W. Ketterle and Y. Shin:
Fermi gases go with the superfluid flow
Physics World, June 2007, pp. 39-43.
Paper
2006
Superfluidity of Polarized Fermi Gases
M.W. Zwierlein and W. Ketterle :
Comment on “Pairing and Phase Separation in a Polarized Fermi Gas”
Science, 314 , 54a (2006).
Paper
Quantum Zeno Effect in a BEC
E.W. Streed, J. Mun, M. Boyd, G.K. Campbell, P. Medley, W. Ketterle,
D.E. Pritchard:
Continuous and Pulsed Quantum Zeno Effect.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 , 260402 (2006).
Paper
Interaction effects in quantum reflection of BECs
T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, G. Jo, Y. Shin, W. Ketterle, D. E. Pritchard,
T. A. Savas, N. Mulders:
Low velocity quantum reflection of Bose-Einstein condensates.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 , 260402 (2006).
Paper
Direct observation of the phase transition for fermions
M.W. Zwierlein, C.H. Schunck, A. Schirotzek, W. Ketterle:
Direct Observation of the Superfluid Phase Transition in Ultracold Fermi Gases.
Nature 442, 54-58 (2006).
Paper Supplemental Material
Strong quantum depletion
K. Xu, Y. Liu, D.E. Miller, J.K. Chin, W. Setiawan, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of Strong Quantum Depletion in a Gaseous Bose-Einstein Condensate.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 180405 (2006).
Paper
Superfluidity with Imbalanced Spin Populations
MW. Zwierlein, A. Schirotzek, C.H. Schunck, and W, Ketterle:
Fermionic Superfluidity with Imbalanced Spin Populations.
Science 311, 492-496 (2006); published online on Dec. 22, 2005.
Paper Supplemental Material Science link
Parametric amplification
G.K. Campbell, J. Mun, M. Boyd, E.W. Streed, W. Ketterle, and D.E. Pritchard:
Parametric Amplification of Atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 020406 (2006).
Paper
Experimental setup for BEC Experiment
E.W Streed, A.P Chikkatur, T.L Gustavson, M. Boyd, Y. Torii, D. Schneble, G.K. Campbell, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Large atom number Bose-Einstein Condensate machines.
Rev. Sci. IInstrum. 77, 023106 (2006).
Paper
Further publications
Talk on quantum statistics and BEC
Wolfgang Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein Condensation: Identity Crisis for Indistinguishable Particles.
in “Quantum Mechanics at the Crossroads”, eds. James Evans and Alan S. Thorndike, Springer, Berlin , 2006), pp. 159-183.
Paper (20 MB)
2005
Optical lattice with sodium
K. Xu, Y. Liu, J.R. Abo-Shaeer, T. Mukaiyama, J.K. Chin, D.E. Miller, W. Ketterle, K.M. Jones, and E. Tiesinga:
Sodium Bose-Einstein Condensates in an Optical Lattice.
Phys. Rev. A 72 , 043604 (2005).
Paper (pdf, 270 kB)
Optical weak link
Y. Shin , G.-B. Jo , M. Saba , T.A. Pasquini , W. Ketterle , and D.E. Pritchard :
Optical Weak Link between Two Spatially Separate Bose-Einstein Condensates.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95 , 170402 (2005).
Paper (pdf, 540 kB)
Atom chip interferometry
Y. Shin, C. Sanner, G.-B. Jo, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, W. Ketterle, D. E. Pritchard, M. Vengalattore and M. Prentiss:
Interference of Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip.
Phys. Rev. A 72 , 021604(R) (2005).
Paper (pdf, 340 kB)
Observation of High-T_c Superfluidity
M.W. Zwierlein, J.R. Abo-Shaeer, A. Schirotzek, C.H. Schunck, and W. Ketterle:
Vortices and Superfluidity in a Strongly Interacting Fermi Gas.
Nature 435 , 1047-1051 (2005).
Paper (pdf, 290 kB) more information
Lithium-sodium oven
C. A. Stan and W. Ketterle:
Multiple species atom source for laser-cooling experiments.
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 063113 (2005).
Paper (pdf, 96 kB)
Interference of thermal atoms
D.E. Miller, J.R. Anglin, J.R. Abo-Shaeer, K. Xu, J.K. Chin and W. Ketterle:
High-Contrast Interference in a Thermal Cloud of Atoms .
Phys Rev. A 71, 043615 (2005).
Paper (pdf, 343 kB)
Formation Dynamics of a Fermion Pair Condensate
M.W. Zwierlein, C.H. Schunck, C.A. Stan, S.M.F. Raupach, and W. Ketterle:
Formation Dynamics of a Fermion Pair Condensate.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 180401 (2005).
Paper (pdf, 199 kB)
Coherent molecule optics
J.R. Abo-Shaeer, D.E. Miller, J.K. Chin, K. Xu, T. Mukaiyama, and W. Ketterle:
Coherent Molecular Optics using Sodium Dimers.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 040405 (2005).
Paper (pdf, 125 kB)
Lithium Feshbach Resonances
C.H. Schunck, M.W. Zwierlein, C.A. Stan, S.M.F. Raupach, W. Ketterle, A. Simoni, E. Tiesinga, C.J. Williams, and P.S. Julienne:
Feshbach Resonances in Fermionic ^6Li.
Phys. Rev. A 71, 045601 (2005).
Paper (pdf, 41 kB)
2004
Doubly quantized vortices
Y. Shin, M. Saba, M. Vengalattore, T. A. Pasquini, C. Sanner, A. E. Leanhardt, M. Prentiss, D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Dynamical Instability of a Doubly Quantized Vortex in a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 , 160406 (2004). Paper (pdf, 183 kB
Interspecies Feshbach Resonances
C.A. Stan, M.W. Zwierlein, C.H. Schunck, S.M.F. Raupach, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of Feshbach resonances between two different atomic species.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 , 143001 (2004).
Paper (pdf, 147 kB)
Quantum reflection
T.A. Pasquini, Y. Shin, C. Sanner, M. Saba, A. Schirotzek, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Quantum reflection of atoms from a solid surface at normal incidence.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 , 223201 (2004).
Paper (pdf, 249 kB)
Condensation of Fermionic Atom Pairs
Near a Feshbach Resonance
M.W. Zwierlein, C.A. Stan, C.H. Schunck, S.M.F. Raupach, A.J. Kerman, and W. Ketterle.
Condensation of Pairs of Fermionic Atoms Near a Feshbach Resonance.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120403 (2004).
Paper (pdf, 483 kB) Figure_2 ISI Fast breaking comment
Further publications
About ultralow temperatures
W. Ketterle:
How are temperatures close to absolute zero achieved and measured?
Scientific American.com, Ask the Experts, January 19, 2004.
Scientific American, May 2004, p. 120.
Paper
2003
Bose-Einstein condensation of molecules
M.W. Zwierlein, C.A. Stan, C.H. Schunck, S.M.F. Raupach, S. Gupta, Z. Hadzibabic, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of Bose-Einstein Condensation of Molecules.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 250401 (2003).
Summary (pdf)Paper (pdf, 120 kB) MIT Press Release
Sub-nanokelvin temperatures
A. E. Leanhardt, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, A. Schirotzek, Y. Shin, D. Kielpinski,
D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Adiabatic and Evaporative Cooling of Bose-Einstein condensates
below 500 Picokelvin.
Science 301, 1513-1515 (2003).
Summary (pdf)Paper (pdf, 231 kB) MIT Press ReleasePhotos
How to achieve and measure ultralow temperatures
Press Report 1Press Report 2Guiness Book (pdf, 509 kB)
RF spectroscopy of fermions
S. Gupta, Z. Hadzibabic, M.W. Zwierlein, C.A. Stan, K. Dieckmann, C.H. Schunck, E.G.M. van Kempen, B.J. Verhaar, and W. Ketterle:
RF Spectroscopy of Ultracold Fermions.
Science 300, 1723-1726 (2003); published online in Science Express
on May 8, 2003.
Summary (pdf)Paper (pdf, 194kB) Press report 1 (pdf, 92 kB)
Press report 2 (pdf, 84 kB)
Press report 3Press report 4
Superradiance in the short-pulse regime
Dominik Schneble, Yoshio Torii, Micah Boyd, Erik W. Streed,
David E. Pritchard, and Wolfgang Ketterle:
The Onset of Matter-Wave Amplification in a Superradiant
Bose-Einstein Condensate.
Science 300, 475-478 (2003); published online in Science Express
on March 27, 2003.
Summary (pdf)Paper (pdf, 153 kB) Press report (jpg, 109 kB)
2002
Continuous BEC
A. P. Chikkatur, Y. Shin, A. E. Leanhardt, D. Kielpinski, E. Tsikata, T. L. Gustavson, D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
A Continuous Source of Bose-Einstein Condensed Atoms.
Science 296, 2193-2195 (2002); published online in Science Express
on May 16, 2002
AbstractSummary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 199 kB) Press report (pdf, 83 kB)
Contrast interferometry
S. Gupta, K. Dieckmann, Z. Hadzibabic and D. E. Pritchard:
Contrast Interferometry using Bose-Einstein Condensates to Measure
h/m and \alpha.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 140401 (2002).
Abstract Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 177 kB) Press report (pdf, 147 kB)
Quantum degenerate fermion-boson mixture
Z. Hadzibabic, C.A. Stan, K. Dieckmann, S. Gupta, M.W. Zwierlein, A. Görlitz, and W. Ketterle:
Two species mixture of quantum degenerate Bose and Fermi gases.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 160401(2002).
AbstractSummary (pdf)Paper (pdf, 112 kB)Press report (pdf, 224 kB)
BEC Tweezers
T.L.Gustavson, A.P.Chikkatur, A.E.Leanhardt, A.Görlitz, S.Gupta, D.E.Pritchard, and W.Ketterle: Transport of Bose-Einstein Condensates with Optical Tweezers.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 020401 (2002).
AbstractSummary (pdf)Paper (pdf, 185 kB) Images Press report_1 (jpg, 1.0 MB)
Press report_2 (jpg, 0.5 MB)
Further publications
Nature Insight Review
J.R. Anglin and W. Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein condensation of atomic gases.
Nature 416, 211-218 (2002).
Paper (pdf, 1.6 MB)
Nobel Lecture
W. Ketterle:
When atoms behave as waves: Bose-Einstein condensation and the atom laser.
in: Les Prix Nobel 2001 (The Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, 2002),
pp. 118–154.Paper (pdf, 1.0 MB)
reprinted in: ChemPhysChem 3, 736-753 (2002).Paper (pdf, 577 kB)
Rev. Mod. Phys. 74, 1131-1151 (2002).Paper (pdf, 1.55 MB)ISI Interview
Nobel autobiograhyPaper (pdf, 1.3 MB)
Some autobiographical notes
W. Ketterle:
Im Zickzack-Kurs zum Nobelpreis (in German).
Jahresbericht 2001, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes.Paper (pdf, 571 kB)
2001
BEC in lower dimensions
A. Görlitz, J.M. Vogels, A.E. Leanhardt, C. Raman, T.L. Gustavson, J.R. Abo-Shaeer, A.P. Chikkatur, S. G upta, S. Inouye, T.P. Rosenband, and W. Ketterle:
Realization of Bose-Einstein condensates in lower dimensions.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 130402 (2001).
Abstract Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 131 kB)Press report (pdf,67 kB)
Vortex interference
S. Inouye, S. Gupta, T. Rosenband, A.P. Chikkatur, A. Görlitz, T.L. Gustavson, A.E. Leanhardt, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of vortex phase singularities in Bose-Einstein condensates.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 080402 (2001).
Abstract Summary (pdf)Paper (pdf, 184 kB)Images
Matter wave amplification for fermions
W. Ketterle and S. Inouye:
Does matter wave amplification work for fermions?
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 4203-4206 (2001).
Abstract Summary (pdf Paper (pdf, 82 kB)Press report (pdf,262 kB)
Further publications
Les Houches lecture notes
D.M. Stamper-Kurn and W. Ketterle:
Spinor Condensates and Light Scattering from Bose-Einstein Condensates.
in: Coherent Atomic Matter Waves, Les Houches Summer School Session LXXII in 1999, edited by R. Kaiser, C. Westbrook, and F. David (Springer, NewYork, 2001), pp. 137-217; e-print cond-mat/0005001.
AbstractPreprint (pdf, 876 kB)
Matter and light wave amplification (popular article, in German)
A. Görlitz and T. Pfau:
Ein Verstärker für Materie- und Lichtwellen.
Phys. Blätt. 57, 55 (2001).
AbstractPaper (pdf, 614 kB)
Popular summary on atom amplification and vortex generation in Bose-Einstein condensates
W. Ketterle
The Magic of Matter Waves
physics@MIT, Departmental Newsletter 2001
Paper (pdf, 285 kB)
Cargese lecture notes
W. Ketterle and S. Inouye:
Collective enhancement and suppression in Bose-Einstein condensates.
Compte rendus de l’académie des sciences, Série IV – Physique Astrophysique, vol. 2, pp. 339-380 (2001); e-print cond- mat/0101424.
AbstractPaper (pdf, 1.0 MB)
2000
1999
Matter wave amplification
S. Inouye, T. Pfau, S. Gupta, A.P. Chikkatur, A. Görlitz, D.E. Pritchard,
and W. Ketterle:
Observation of phase-coherent amplification of atomic matter waves.
Nature 402, 641-644 (1999).
Summary (pdf) Preprint (pdf, 131 kB) ImagePress report (pdf,123 kB)
Further publications
Bragg and Rayleigh scattering review
J. Stenger, S. Inouye, D.M. Stamper-Kurn, A.P. Chikkatur,
D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle:
Bragg spectroscopy and superradiant Rayleigh scattering
in a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Appl. Phys. B 69, 347-352 (1999)
Paper (pdf, 188 kB)
Varenna lecture notes
W. Ketterle, D.S. Durfee, and D.M. Stamper-Kurn:
Making, probing and understanding Bose-Einstein condensates.
In Bose-Einstein condensation in atomic gases, Proceedings of the International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi”, Course CXL, edited by M. Inguscio, S. Stringari and C.E. Wieman (IOS Press, Amsterdam, 1999)
pp. 67-176.
Preprint (pdf, 1.07 MB) Fig. 10 Fig. 28
1998
Finite temperature collective excitations
D.M. Stamper-Kurn, H.-J. Miesner, S. Inouye, M.R. Andrews, and W. Ketterle:
Collisionless and hydrodynamic excitations of a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 500-503 (1998).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 476kB) Animation (570 kB) Further images and text
Further publications
Short review of the state of the field
H.-J. Miesner and W. Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute atomic gases.
Proceedings of the Symposium on “The Advancing Frontiers of Condensed Matter Science”, Philadelphia, Oct. 13-14, 1997. Solid State Comm.
107, 629-637 (1998).
Preprint (pdf, 237 kB)
Illustrated introduction and early experiments
D.S. Durfee and W. Ketterle:
Experimental studies of Bose-Einstein condensation.
Optics Express 2, 299-313 (1998).
Paper (pdf, 1023 kB)
1997
Sound propagation
M.R. Andrews, D.M. Kurn, H.-J. Miesner, D.S. Durfee,
C.G. Townsend, S. Inouye, and W. Ketterle:
Propagation of sound in a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 549-552 (1997); Erratum: Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2967 (1998).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 152 kB Erratum (pdf, 62 kB) Images
BEC interference
M.R. Andrews, C.G. Townsend, H.-J. Miesner, D.S. Durfee,
D.M. Kurn, and W. Ketterle:
Observation of interference between two Bose condensates.
Science 275, 637-641 (1997).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 582 kB)
Animation (361 kB) Images The atom laser @ MIT
Output coupler
M.-O. Mewes, M.R. Andrews, D.M. Kurn, D.S. Durfee,
C.G. Townsend, and W. Ketterle:
Output coupler for Bose-Einstein condensed atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 582-585 (1997).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 119 kB)
Animation 1 (514 kB) Animation 2 (1.72 MB) The atom laser @ MIT
1996
BEC in DC magnetic trap
M.-O. Mewes, M.R. Andrews, N.J. van Druten,
D.M. Kurn, D.S. Durfee, and W. Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein condensation in a tightly confining dc magnetic trap.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 416-419 (1996).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 129 kB Animation 1 (772 kB)
Animation 2 (374 kB) The cloverleaf trap Ballistic expansion
Further publications
W. Ketterle and N.J. van Druten:
Evaporative cooling of atoms.
Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, edited by B. Bederson and H. Walther, Vol. 37, 181-236 (1996).
Paper (pdf, 5.6 MB)
Early review paper on the first experiments
W. Ketterle, M.R. Andrews, K.B. Davis, D.S. Durfee, D.M. Kurn, M.-O. Mewes,
and N.J. van Druten:
Bose-Einstein condensation of ultracold atomic gases.
Proceedings of the 15th General Conference of the Condensed Matter Division of the European Physical Society, Baveno-Stresa, April 1996.
Physica Scripta T66, 31-37 (1996).
Preprint (pdf, 205 kB)
1995
BEC of sodium
K.B. Davis, M.-O. Mewes, M.R. Andrews, N.J. van Druten,
D.S. Durfee, D.M. Kurn, and W. Ketterle:
Bose-Einstein condensation in a gas of sodium atoms.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 3969-3973 (1995).
Summary (pdf) Paper (pdf, 133 kB) Animation (1.57 MB)
Three peaks gallery The optically plugged trap