Attività primaria: I am an experimental physicist specialized on the basic research of dilute quantum gases and quantum phases. I am part of a team working with the novel Fermi-Fermi mixture of Li6-Cr53 in the ultra-low temperature regime. We have thoroughly characterized the inter-species properties of the mixture and we can produce a double-degenerate mixture with T/TF=0.3 and about 10^5 atoms per species. We currently optimize the production of hetero-nuclear (Feshbach) molecules and investigate their properties. Our system has the potential to observe the BEC-BCS crossover with mass-imbalance, to investigate strongly repulsive (Stoner) Ferromagnetism, Polaron physics, p-wave pairing and stable exotic (non-Evimovian) trimer states. I am also involved in a new experiment for the generation of ultracold molecules and I am part of a consortium with industry to build the first quantum computer in Italy. Additional interest is the development of new technologies needed for such experiments. I have developed a low-cost and versatile FPGA-based control system which is now used in several experiments.

Principali competenze acquisite: Basic experimental research on degenerate fermions (Li6, Cr53 and K40) and bosons (Cr52, K39), and Fermi-Fermi mixtures (Li6-K40 and Li6-Cr53). Design, setting up and development of new technologies for such experiments: analog/digital/RF/low-noise electronics, FPGA hardware and software development, ultrahigh-vaccum systems, laser technologies, frequency doubling, optics, imaging technologies, measurement and analysis, control systems hardware/software, programming of Linux device driver.

Gruppi di Ricerca:
Fermi-Fermi mixtures

Altri progetti a cui partecipa:
New generation of high sensitivity atom interferometers
Superfluid and normal phases of unequal mass fermions with two- and three-body resonant interactions

Pubblicazioni, risultati di ricerca attualmente presenti nel database INO: 13
  –   Articoli su Rivista JCR/ISI: 13
  –   Libri o Capitoli: 0
  –   Articoli su Riviste non JCR/ISI: 0
  –   Atti di conferenze: 1
  –   Abstract: 0

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