University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext 32215
Fax: (519) 746-8115
Dr. Jamison's group uses lasers to cool atoms to within a few billionths of a degree of absolute zero, making the coldest systems in the known universe. At these temperatures, atoms can be made to mimic interesting quantum systems from condensed matter, nuclear, and high-energy particle physics. We can also use light to drive chemical reactions that form molecules at similarly low temperatures. These ultracold molecules are a great resource for studying quantum chemistry and quantum information.
Contact information
Office: QNC 4114
Phone: 519-888-4567 ext. 39060
Email: alanj@uwaterloo.ca
Website: Alan Jamison Lab (uwaterloo.ca)
The most compelling questions in quantum physics involve interacting systems of many particles. Quantum many-body physics embraces attempts to build quantum computers, understand exotic new materials, and fundamental questions such as measurement and thermalization in quantum mechanics. Ultracold atoms and molecules provide pristine systems in which to study quantum many-body physics, free from the defects and impurities of bulk materials and completely isolated from the outside world. We use the exquisite control available in ultracold systems to tackle some of the deepest questions of how our universe is put together and how it evolves with time.
Collisional Cooling of Ultracold Molecules Hyungmok Son, Juliana J. Park, Wolfgang Ketterle, Alan O. Jamison
accepted to Nature
arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.09630
Long-Lived Ultracold Molecules with Electric and Magnetic Dipole Moments Timur M. Rvachov, Hyungmok Son, Ariel T. Sommer, Sepehr Ebadi, Juliana J. Park, Martin W. Zwierlein, Wolfgang Ketterle, Alan O. Jamison
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 143001 (2017)
arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.03925 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.143001
A stripe phase with supersolid properties in spin–orbit-coupled Bose–Einstein condensates Jun-Ru Li, Jeongwon Lee, Wujie Huang, Sean Burchesky, Boris Shteynas, Furkan Çağrı Top, Alan O. Jamison, Wolfgang Ketterle
Nature, 543, 91-94 (2017)
arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.03514 DOI: 10.1038/nature21431
Advances in precision contrast interferometry with Yb Bose-Einstein condensates Alan O. Jamison, Benjamin Plotkin-Swing, Subhadeep Gupta
Phys. Rev. A, 90, 063606 (2014)
arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1404.6028 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.90.063606
Effects of gravitational confinement on bosonic asymmetric dark matter in stars Alan O. Jamison
Phys. Rev. D 88, 035004 (2013)
arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1304.3773 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.88.035004
2014 Ph.D. in Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
2008 M.S. in Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
2007 B.S. in Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.