A next-generation Bose-Einstein condensate apparatus being built at Monash University will allow bigger Bose-Einstein condensates to be created, and allow even higher resolution imaging of them. Researchers will also have better optical access to be able to manipulate the atoms within the condensate more precisely.
The equipment will allow researchers to study non-equilibrium dynamics and quantum turbulence.
Philip Starkey and Seb Tempone-Wiltshire building next-generation Bose-Einstein condensate apparatus at Monash University (click for high-res)
FLEET Chief Investigator Kristian Helmerson leads Research Theme 3, Dynamically Controlled Dissipationless Systems.
The Helmerson Lab at Monash University uses ultracold atoms in an optical lattice as a model system to investigate dissipation and equilibration in driven Floquet systems and the creation of topological states in multi-dimensional extensions of the kicked quantum rotor.