Johannes Hecker Denschlag

a. Univ. - Prof. Dr. Johannes Hecker Denschlag

Staff Scientist

Technikerstrasse 25

A-6020 Innsbruck Austria, Europe

Tel: +43 512 507 - 6340

Fax: +43 512 507 - 2921

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Short CV

  • 03 / 2006-
 Außerordentlicher Universitäts-Professor
  • 09 / 2005
 Habilitation
  • 2000 -
Universitätsassistent, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck
  • 1998 - 2000
 Postdoc as Feodor-Lynen fellow: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA.
Group of Prof. William D. Phillips; Experiments with Bose-Einstein Condensates
  • 1995 - 98
 Dissertation at the Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Österreich,
with Prof. Anton Zeilinger and Jörg Schmiedmayer: "Cold atoms in singular potentials". Experiments with cold atoms in the vicinity of electrically charged and current carrying wires.
  • 1993 - 94
 Diploma thesis at the Institut für Kernphysik, Universität Mainz,
with Prof. Dieter Drechsel: "Eta-Meson production at the energy threshold", (theory).

 

Awards / Fellowships

Research interests

Research projects:
    1) Rubidium project,
    2) Lithium project,
    3) Ion in an ultracold sea project

 

Lectures

  1. Photonics
  2. Laser cooling and atom trapping
  3. Atom optics and interferometry
  4. Selected chapters in atom optics
  5. Physik 2

 

Selected Publications

Tiefer gelegt und echt cool: Moleküle aus der Retorte
J. Hecker Denschlag
Physik Journal 7, 22 (2008)

Dark state experiments with ultracold, deeply bound triplet molecules
Florian Lang, Christoph Strauss, Klaus Winkler, Tetsu Takekoshi,
Rudolf Grimm, Johannes Hecker Denschlag
To be published in Faraday Discussions
arXiv:0810.5744


Ultracold Triplet Molecules in the Rovibrational Ground State
F. Lang, K. Winkler, C. Strauss, R. Grimm, J. Hecker Denschlag
Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 133005 (2008), arXiv:0809.0061

 

Collective oscillations of a Fermi gas in the unitary limit:
Temperature effects and the role of pair correlations
S. Riedl, E. R. Sanchez Guajardo, C. Kohstall,  A. Altmeyer, M.J. Wright,
J. Hecker Denschlag, R. Grimm, G. M. Bruun, H. Smith,
Phys. Rev. A (2008),  arXiv:0809.1814

 

Cruising through molecular bound state manifolds with radio frequency
F. Lang, P.v.d. Straten, B. Brandstätter, G. Thalhammer, K. Winkler,
P. S. Julienne, R. Grimm, J. Hecker Denschlag
Nature Physics 4, 223 (2008) arXiv:0809.1814

 

Quantum computing:  Powered by Symmetry
J. Hecker Denschlag
Nature 448, 422 (2007)

 

Finite-temperature collective dynamics of a Fermi gas in the BEC-BCS crossover
M. J. Wright, S. Riedl, A. Altmeyer, C. Kohstall, E. R. Sanchez-Guajardo,
J. Hecker Denschlag, R. Grimm,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 150403 (2007), arXiv:0707.3593

 

Dynamics of a strongly interacting Fermi gas: the radial quadrupole mode
A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, M.J. Wright, C. Kohstall, J. Hecker Denschlag, R. Grimm,
Phys Rev. A 76, 033610 (2007), arXiv:0704.3366

 

Coherent optical transfer of Feshbach molecules to a lower vibrational state
K. Winkler, F. Lang, G. Thalhammer,  P. v.d. Straten, R. Grimm,  J. Hecker Denschlag
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 043201 (2007),  cond-mat/0611222

 

Precision measurements of collective modes in the BEC-BCS crossover
A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, C. Kohstall, M. Wright, R. Geursen, M. Bartenstein, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, R. Grimm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 040401 (2007),  cond-mat/0609390

 

Note on "Collecitive Excitations of a Degenerate gas at the BEC-BCs Crossover",
Phys. Rev.  Lett. 92, 203201 (2004)
A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, C. Kohstall, M.J. Wright, J. Hecker Denschlag, R. Grimm
cond-mat/0611285


Exotic atom pairs: Repulsively bound states in an optical lattice
J. Hecker Denschlag, A. J. Daley, 
Proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi",
Course CLXIV on Ultra-Cold Fermi Gases.
cond-mat/0610393

 

Repulsively bound atom pairs: Overview, Simulations and Links
A. J.Daley, A. Kantian, H.P. Büchler, and P. Zoller,
K. Winkler, G. Thalhammer, F. Lang, R. Grimm, and J. Hecker Denschlag,
Proceedings ICAP-2006 (Innsbruck), cond-mat/0608721


Long-Distance Transport of Ultracold Atoms using a 1D optical lattice
S. Schmid, G. Thalhammer, K. Winkler, F. Lang, and J. Hecker Denschlag
New. J. Phys. 8, 159 (2006), cond-mat/0605736
(This paper was awarded into the IOP select collection )


Repulsively bound atom pairs in an optical lattice
K. Winkler, G. Thalhammer, F. Lang, R. Grimm, and J. Hecker Denschlag,
A. J.Daley, A. Kantian, H.P. Büchler, and P. Zoller
Nature 441, 853-856, (15 June 2006),, doi:10.1038/nature04918, cond-mat/0605196

Long-lived Feshbach molecules in a 3D optical lattice
G. Thalhammer, K. Winkler, F. Lang, S. Schmid, R. Grimm, and J. Hecker Denschlag
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 050402 (2006), cond-mat/0510755

 

Atom-molecule dark states in a Bose-Einstein condensate
 K. Winkler, G. Thalhammer, M. Theis, H. Ritsch, R. Grimm, and J. Hecker Denschlag
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 063202 (2005), cond-mat/0505732

 

Inducing an optical Feshbach resonance via stimulated Raman coupling
G. Thalhammer, M. Theis, K. Winkler, R. Grimm, and J. Hecker Denschlag
Phys. Rev. A 71, 033403 (2005). cond-mat/0409552

 

Precise determination of 6Li cold collision parameters by radio-frequency spectroscopy on weakly bound molecules
M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, R. Geursen, S. Jochim, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, R. Grimm, A. Simoni, E. Tiesinga, C. J. Williams, P. S. Julienne
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 103201 (2005).  cond-mat/0408673

 

Exploring the BEC-BCS crossover with an ultracold gas of  6Li atoms
M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, S. Jochim, R. Geursen, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Proceedings of ICAP-2004.  cond-mat/041271

 

Observation of the pairing gap in a strongly interacting Fermi gas
C. Chin, M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, S. Jochim, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Science 305, 1128 (2004); published online 22 July 2004 (10.1126/science.1100818). cond-mat/0405632

 

Tuning the scattering length with an optically induced Feshbach resonance
M. Theis, G. Thalhammer, K. Winkler, M. Hellwig, G. Ruff, R. Grimm, and J. Hecker Denschlag
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 123001 (2004). cond-mat/0404514

 

Collective excitations of a degenerate gas at the BEC-BCS crossover
M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, S. Jochim, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 203201 (2004).  cond-mat/0403716

 

Moleküle am absoluten Nullpunkt: Ultrakalte Moleküle erobern die Welt der Quantgase [in German]
J. Hecker Denschlag, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Physik Journal 3, 33 (2004).

 

Crossover from a molecular Bose-Einstein condensate to a degenerate Fermi gas
M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, S. Riedl, S. Jochim, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120401 (2004). cond-mat/0401109

 

Bose-Einstein condensation of molecules
S. Jochim, M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, G. Hendl, S. Riedl, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Science 302, 2101 (2003); published online 13 Nov 2003 (10.1126/science.1093280)

 

Pure gas of optically trapped molecules created from fermionic atoms
S. Jochim, M. Bartenstein, A. Altmeyer, G. Hendl, C. Chin, J. Hecker Denschlag, and R. Grimm
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 240402 (2003). cond-mat/0308095

 

Magnetic field control of elastic scattering in a cold gas of fermionic lithium atoms
S. Jochim, M. Bartenstein, G. Hendl, J. Hecker Denschlag, R. Grimm, A. Mosk, M. Weidemüller
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 273202 (2002). physics/0207098

 

C. McKenzie, J. Hecker Denschlag, H. Häffner, A. Browaeys , Luis E.E. de Araujo, F.K. Fatemi, K.M. Jones, J.E. Simsarian, D. Cho, A. Simoni, E. Tiesinga, P.S. Julienne, K. Helmerson, P.D. Lett, S.L. Rolston, W.D. Phillips, "Photoassociation of Sodium in a Bose-Einstein Condensate".
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 120403 (2002)

 

J. Hecker Denschlag, J.E. Simsarian, H. Häffner, C. McKenzie, A. Browaeys, D. Cho, K. Helmerson, S.L. Rolston, and W.D. Phillips, "A Bose-Einstein Condensate in an optical lattice",
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 35 (2002) 3095-3110

 

R. Folman, P. Krüger, J. Schmiedmayer, J. Denschlag, C. Henkel, "Microscopic atom optics: from wires to an atom chip.",
Advances in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 48, 263-352, (2002)  (25 MByte!),
Eds. Walther and Bederson, Elsevier Science, ISBN 0-12-003848-X/ISSN 1049-250X/02 $35.00.

 

J.E. Simsarian, J. Denschlag, C.W. Clark, L. Deng, M.A. Edwards, E.W. Hagley, K. Helmerson, S.L. Rolston, W.D. Phillips, "Imaging the Phase of an evolving Bose-Einstein Condensate wavefunction",
Phys. Rev. Lett 85, 2040 (2000).

 

J. Denschlag, J.E. Simsarian, D.L. Feder, C.W. Clark, L.A. Collins, J. Cubizolles, L. Deng, E.W. Hagley, K. Helmerson, W.P. Reinhardt, S.L. Rolston, B.I. Schneider, W.D. Phillips "Generating Solitons by Phase-Engineering a Bose-Einstein condensate ",
Science 287, 97-101 (2000).

 

L. Deng, E.W. Hagley, J. Denschlag , J.E. Simsarian, C.W. Clark, M.A. Edwards, K. Helmerson, S.L. Rolston, W.D. Phillips "Temporal, Matter-Wave Dispersion Talbot Effect ",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 5407- 5411 (1999).

 

J. Denschlag , D. Cassettari, A. Chenet, S. Schneider, J. Schmiedmayer
"A Neutral Atom and a Wire: Towards Mesoscopic Atom Optics"
Appl. Phys. B, 69, 291- 301 (1999), special issue, Lasers and Optics.

 

J. Denschlag, D. Cassettari, J. Schmiedmayer
"Guiding Neutral Atom with a Wire",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 2014-2017 (1999).

 

J. Denschlag, G. Umshaus, J. Schmiedmayer
"Probing a singular potential with cold atoms: A neutral atom and a charged wire",
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 737-741 (1998).

 

J. Denschlag, L. Tiator, D. Drechsel
"Analysis of eta production using a generalized Lee model",
Eur. Phys. J. A 3, 171-181 (1998).

 

J. Denschlag, J. Schmiedmayer
"Scattering a neutral atom from a charged wire",
Europhys. Lett., 38 (6), 405-410 (1997).