Optical lattices have emerged as ideal simulators for Hubbard models of strongly correlated
materials, such as the high-temperature superconducting cuprates. In optical lattice …

We demonstrate 3D microwave projection sideband cooling of trapped, neutral atoms. The
technique employs state-dependent potentials that enable microwave photons to drive …

Abstract The Fermi-Hubbard model is one of the key models of condensed matter physics,
which holds a potential for explaining the mystery of high-temperature superconductivity …

This thesis reports on the design, construction, and performance of a new ultracold atoms
apparatus with the capability of resolving individual fermionic potassium atoms trapped in an …

We present a simple and efficient scheme to reduce atom-number fluctuations in optical
lattices. The interaction-energy difference for atoms in different vibrational states is used to …

We use a momentum-space hole-burning technique implemented via stimulated Raman
transitions to measure the momentum relaxation time for a gas of bosonic atoms trapped in …

NON-EQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS OF ULTRACOLD ATOMS IN OPTICAL LATTICES BY DAVID
CHEN DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of t Page 1 NON-EQUILIBRIUM …

Abstract Systems with competing orders are of great interest in condensed matter physics.
When two phases have comparable energies, novel interplay effects such can be induced …

Mesoscopic systems with multi-partite entanglement have applications in quantum
computing, quantum communication, quantum cryptography, and quantum enhanced …

We observed the Efimov effect the existence of a series of bound three body states related to
one another by a universal geometric scaling factor in a three-component Fermi gas. Our …