Research Highlights (2021)13 August 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsOverview of Floquet engineering of quantum gasesPhoto: UHH/Weitenberg, SimonetHow can we control a system and induce new properties at will? One important technique is periodic driving of the system, also known as Floquet...12 August 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsUltracold atoms spontaneously set into superfluid rotationPhoto: AG HemmerichUltracold bosonic atoms filled into the second Bloch band of a hexagonal optical lattice made of three interfering laser beams can form intriguing...5 August 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsAstonishing diversity: Semiconductor nanoparticles form numerous structuresPhoto: UHH, Stefan WernerThe structure adopted by lead sulphide nanoparticles changes surprisingly often as they assemble to form ordered superlattices. This is revealed by an...28 July 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTrapped photons make strontium titanate ferroelectricPhoto: S. Latini / U. de GiovanniniPhotons trapped in a cavity can cause a crystal known as strontium titanate (SrTiO3) to become ferroelectric, according to a new study by the MPSD’s...20 July 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA time crystal stabilized by dissipationPhoto: AG HemmerichScientists at Universität Hamburg have for the first time realized a time crystal phase stabilized by controlled dissipation. The researchers used an...20 July 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsX-ray view of self-organisation nanostructuresPhoto: Nature Communications, Grote/Zito/Frank et al. [Source see below] CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/For many applications, materials can be made a great deal more efficient by giving them a specific nanoscale structure. Materials that organise...15 July 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsShaking up fermions into higher Bloch bands shapes new generation of quantum simulatorsPhoto: AG HemmerichFor the first time, researchers at Universität Hamburg have loaded a fermionic quantum gas of neutral atoms into selected higher Bloch bands of an...15 June 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsWhite Paper of the Centre for Molecular Water Science publishedPhoto: CMWSMore than 45 institutions from Europe and across the globe have joined in an initiative for a new research centre at DESY, unveiling the many secrets...8 June 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsTeam hunts down elusive phonoriton with light trapped in a cavityPhoto: U. de Giovannini / S. Latini / J. Harms, MPSDScientists at the MPSD and the MIT have come up with a prediction that trapped light can be used to create a new kind of particle in a solid...20 May 2021|Advanced Imaging HighlightsA perfect gap in Majorana’s worldPhoto: UHH/MIN/SchneiderResearchers from the Department of Physics and the Cluster of Excellence “CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter” have revealed how electronic bands form...Previous articlesMore articles
