Ultracold quantum gases provide ideal platforms to simulate and study intractable problems that are difficult to handle in other systems. One of the main branches of the quantum gas field is the study of condensed matter physics, such as emergent quantum many-body phenomena, using the interactions of atoms and light. The recent advancement of arbitrarily controlling optical potentials on quantum gases heralds a new era of atomic quantum simulators. Our laboratory addresses intriguing open questions on superfluid physics.

양자 기체 플랫폼은 기체를 포획 및 냉각하여 밀도가 매우 낮은 기체가 양자물성을 띌 수 있도록 구현하는 시스템입니다. 첫 단계로 레이저 냉각 (laser cooling) 기술을 이용하여 기체를 포획 및 냉각하게 되며 나아가서 증발 냉각 (evaporation cooling)을 하여 quantum degenerate gas를 만들게 됩니다. 이렇게 구현한 기체의 양자 다체 물성을 빛과 자기장을 활용하여 다양한 실험을 수행할 수 있습니다.

Our group will investigate

• Strongly correlated Fermi superfluids
• Quantum transport
• Quantum vortex matter
• Control of elementary excitations in atomic superfluid

* We are hiring postdocs and graduate students! Join our ultracold atom team to construct a state-of-the-art new quantum gas machine. Moreover, there is an opportunity for you to spend most of your graduate studies at the University of Milan (Italy). Do not hesitate to contact me. (woojinkwon@unist.ac.kr)