Academic Research

Ultra-cold atomic quantum gases have become an exciting tool with numerous possible applications in quantum technology, ranging from ultra-precise clocks and quantum sensors to quantum simulation and digital quantum computation. The reasons are that being almost at rest, even neutral atoms can be trapped in optical micro-traps (tweezers) or optical lattices with very flexible geometry.
Furthermore, especially with the help of so-called magnetic Feshbach resonances, the effective inter-atomic interaction can be tuned from strongly attractive via non-interacting to strongly repulsive. Both effects together allow trapped ultra-cold atoms to be used as so-called analog quantum simulators in which the Hamiltonian for a system of interest (usually one difficult to access) can be emulated with ultra-cold atoms. This project explores possible quantum-simulation applications adopting numerical tools developed in our research group.

The student will be involved in an actual research project. After an introduction to the underlying physics, as well as the use of the corresponding computer codes developed in our research group, the student will pursue their own small research project.
Depending on qualifications and interest, the student may also, in the course of the internship, write a small new code or extend an existing code.

The student should