Purdue Science

Welcome to the laboratory for ultracold atomic physics and quantum optics at Purdue University, where we are exploring facinating quantum phenomena in atomic, molecular, and optical systems with state-of-the-art quantum control and measurement techniques. Using ultracold gases cooled to their quantum ground states, we aim at building generic quantum machines that follow well-controlled actions and rules of quantum mechanics, and studying their quantum-/thermo-dynamics. We hope to provide new perspectives to research frontiers in few- and many-body physics.

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Recent Publications

Observation of self-oscillating supersonic flow across an acoustic horizon in two dimensions
Hikaru Tamura, Sergei Khlebnikov, Cheng-An Chen, Chen-Lung Hung, arXiv:2304.10667 (2023).

Nanophotonic cavity cooling of a single atom
Chenwei Lv, Ming Zhu, Sambit Banerjee, Chen-Lung Hung, arXiv:2304.04741 (2023).

Coupling single atoms to a nanophotonic whispering-gallery-mode resonator via optical guiding
Xinchao Zhou, Hikaru Tamura, Tzu-Han Chang, Chen-Lung Hung, arXiv:2111.01119; Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 103601 (2023).

Observation of self-patterned defect formation in atomic superfluids - from ring dark solitons to vortex dipole necklaces
Hikaru Tamura, Cheng-An Chen, and Chen-Lung Hung, arXiv:2211.08575 (2022).

Realization of efficient 3D tapered waveguide-to-fiber couplers on a nanophotonic circuit
Tzu-Han Chang, Xinchao Zhou, Hikaru Tamura, and Chen-Lung Hung, Opt. Express 30, 31643-31652 (2022).

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