Laboratory
Laboratoire Charles Fabry
UMR 8501
2 av. A. Fresnel, Palaiseau
Team Leader
Thomas BOURDEL
Permanant members
Thomas BOURDEL
Scientific activity
We especially study gases in reduce dimensions (1D, 2D), where quantum and thermal fluctuations are most important. Importantly, we work with potassium 39, a bosonic element having nice magnetically tunable Feshbach resonances, thus permitting the control of the interatomic interaction. Recently, we are working with coherently coupled Bose-Einstein condensates in different spin-states. It enables the control of the interaction in a new way and permits to induce three-body interactions in quantum gases.