Potassium BEC

• 2D Bose-Einstein condensate of Potassium-39
• Tunable interactions, local control, configurable potentials and initial states
• Quantum simulation and non-equilibrium dynamics

The BECK experiment is a 2D Bose-Einstein condensate of potassium-39. Our experiment features tunable interactions between atoms, as well as dynamically configurable light fields, enabling potential shaping, local control and a variety of intital states. The control over experimental parameters enables us to study many-body quantum dynamics far from equilibrium, such as the dynamics of meta-stable states of driven systems. Additionally, we use the setup as an analogue quantum field simulator for physical systems that are difficult to investigate experimentally, such as the dynamics of the early universe.

Want to join the team?

If you are interested in

• working on an experimental platform to implement quantum-mechanical effects 
• all sorts of optics and lasers 
• designing and constructing control electronics and mechanical assemblies 
• hands-on data evaluation from devising the measurement idea to final analysis 
• implementing analog quantum simulations experimentally 
• working at the interface between theory and experiment

No prior lab experience is necessary!

We are always looking for motivated bachelors, masters, PhD students, and PostDocs! If you are interested in applying, please send your CV, a transcript, and topics of interest to application@matterwave.de.

The Team

Jelte Jan Luca Duchene
Phone: +49 6221 54 5177
Room: 02.321 
jelte.duchene@kip.uni-heidelberg.de

Petra Hübler
Phone: +49 6221 54 5171
Room: 02.104 
petra.huebler@kip.uni-heidelberg.de

Hanyi Jang
Phone: +49 6221 54 5177
Room: 02.321 
hanyi.jang@kip.uni-heidelberg.de

Christiane Jäger
Phone: +49 6221 54 5172
Room: 02.104 
christiane.jaeger@kip.uni-heidelberg.de

Konstantin Leonard Kalla
konstantin_leonard.kalla@kip.uni-heidelberg.de

Elinor Kath
Phone: +49 6221 54 5177
Room: 02.321 
elinor.kath@kip.uni-heidelberg.de

Nikolas Liebster
Phone: +49 6221 54 5177
Room: 02.321 
nikolas.liebster@kip.uni-heidelberg.de

Prof. Dr. Markus Oberthaler
Phone: +49 6221 54 5170
Room: 02.102 
markus.oberthaler@kip.uni-heidelberg.de

Dr. Helmut Strobel
Phone: +49 6221 54 9276
Room: 02.312 
helmut.strobel@kip.uni-heidelberg.de

Publications