This line of research is dedicated to new concepts of inertial sensing and gravity with matter waves. Ultracold Bose-Einstein condensed atoms are charged in a standing wave of vertical light, where they perform Bloch oscillations whose periodicity is strictly proportional to the gravitational acceleration. Simultaneously, the atoms interact with the two counterpropagating modes of an annular optical cavity. This interaction generates a continuous and non destructive proof of the oscillatory trajectory of the matter wave, allowing for the first time the continuous monitoring of Blochs oscillations. More details can be found at http://www.ifsc.usp.br/~strontium/ .

A equipe

Philippe Wilhelm Courteille
Romain Bachelard                    (Young Researcher)
Rodrigo Shiozaki                        (Pos-Doctoral)
Raul Celistrino Teixeira            (Pos-Doctoral)
Michal Hemmerling                    (Pos-Doctoral)
Paulo Hisao Moriya                    (PhD Student)
Carlos Eduardo Maximo                  (PhD Student)
Tiago Santiago do Espirito Santo      (MSc Student)
Florent André Julien Cottier      (PhD Student)
Leticia Lopes Dami                    (Undergraduate)
Fagner Rodrigues Todão                (Undergraduate)
Augusto Piovezana Massucato       (Undergraduate)
Leonardo Clemente Franklin     (Undergraduate)
Nilson Abadias                           (Undergraduate)
Where do you find us?

IFSC – office 45 / lab 29