Short CV

• 2020: Habilitation à diriger des recherches (accreditation to direct research), Quantum-enhanced sensing and topological matter with ultracold dysprosium atoms (.pdf), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Paris
• From 2011: assistant professor at Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
  Researcher at laboratoire Kastler Brossel, group Bose-Einstein condensates, Collège de France, Paris
  
• 2010-2011: post-doctorat fellow at Max Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, Garching, Germany (group of I. Bloch)
• 2006-2010: PhD under the supervision of C. Salomon and F. Chevy, Thermodynamics of ultracold Fermi gases (.pdf), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Paris

Research

Main topic: ultracold quantum gases

Ongoing projects :

• Ultracold Dysprosium gases (Dysprosium experiment)
• Two-dimensional Bose gases (Rubidium experiment)

Teaching

Teaching ressources can be accessed here.

Publications

1. Aurélien Fabre, Jean-Baptiste Bouhiron, Tanish Satoor, Raphael Lopes, Sylvain Nascimbene
   Laughlin’s topological charge pump in an atomic Hall cylinder
   arXiv:2110.12971 (2021)
2. Aurélien Fabre, Jean-Baptiste Bouhiron, Tanish Satoor, Raphael Lopes, Sylvain Nascimbene
   Simulating two-dimensional dynamics within a large-size atomic spin
   Phys. Rev. A 105, 013301 (2021) .pdf
   
3. T. Satoor, A. Fabre, J.-B. Bouhiron, A. Evrard, R. Lopes, S. Nascimbene
   Partitioning dysprosium’s electronic spin to reveal entanglement in non-classical states
   Phys. Rev. Research 3, 043001 (2021) .pdf
4. B. Bakkali-Hassani, C. Maury, Y.-Q. Zou, É. Le Cerf, R. Saint-Jalm, P. C. M. Castilho , S. Nascimbene , J. Dalibard, J. Beugnon
   Realization of a Townes Soliton in a Two-Component Planar Bose Gas
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023603 (2021) .pdf
5. Y.-Q. Zou, É. Le Cerf, B. Bakkali-Hassani, C. Maury, G. Chauveau, P.C.M. Castilho, R. Saint-Jalm, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, J. Beugnon
   Optical control of the density and spin spatial profiles of a planar Bose gas
   J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 54 08LT01 (2021) .pdf
6. Y.-Q. Zou, B. Bakkali-Hassani, C. Maury, É. Le Cerf, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, J. Beugnon
   Tan’s two-body contact across the superfluid transition of a planar Bose gas
   Nature Commun. 12, 760 (2021) .pdf
7. Y.-Q. Zou, B. Bakkali-Hassani, C. Maury, É. Le Cerf, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, J. Beugnon
   Magnetic dipolar interaction between hyperfine clock states in a planar alkali Bose gas
   Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 233604 (2020) .pdf
8. T. Chalopin, T. Satoor, A. Evrard, V. Makhalov, J. Dalibard, R. Lopes, S. Nascimbene
   Probing chiral edge dynamics and bulk topology of a synthetic Hall system
   Nature Phys. 16, 1017 (2020) .pdf
9. L. Barbiero, L. Chomaz, S. Nascimbene, N. Goldman
   Bose-Hubbard physics in synthetic dimensions from interaction Trotterization
   Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043340 (2020) .pdf
10. V. Makhalov, T. Satoor, A. Evrard, T. Chalopin, R. Lopes, S. Nascimbene
    Probing quantum criticality and symmetry breaking at the microscopic level
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 120601 (2019) .pdf
11. R. Saint-Jalm, P.C. M. Castilho, É. Le Cerf, B. Bakkali-Hassani, J.-L. Ville, S. Nascimbene, J. Beugnon, J. Dalibard
    Dynamical symmetry and breathers in a two-dimensional Bose gas
    Phys. Rev. X 9, 021035 (2019) .pdf
12. A. Evrard, V. Makhalov, T. Chalopin, L.A. Sidorenkov, J. Dalibard, R. Lopes, S. Nascimbene
    Enhanced magnetic sensitivity with non-gaussian quantum fluctuations
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 173601 (2019) .pdf
13. T. Chalopin, C. Bouazza, A. Evrard, V. Makhalov, D. Dreon, J. Dalibard, L.A. Sidorenkov, S. Nascimbene
    Quantum-enhanced sensing using non-classical spin states of a highly magnetic atom
    Nat. Commun. 9, 4955 (2018) .pdf
14. T. Chalopin, V. Makhalov, C. Bouazza, A. Evrard, A. Barker, M. Lepers, J.-F. Wyart, O. Dulieu, J. Dalibard, R. Lopes, S. Nascimbene
    Anisotropic light-shift and magic-polarization of the intercombination line of Dysprosium atoms in a far-detuned dipole trap
    Phys. Rev. A 98, 040502(R) (2018) .pdf
15. J.-L. Ville, R. Saint-Jalm, É. Le Cerf, M. Aidelsburger, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, J. Beugnon
    Sound propagation in a uniform superfluid two-dimensional Bose gas
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 145301 (2018) .pdf
16. R. Saint-Jalm, M. Aidelsburger, J.L. Ville, L. Corman, Z. Hadzibabic, D. Delande, S. Nascimbene, N. Cherroret, J. Dalibard, J. Beugnon
    Resonant-light diffusion in a disordered atomic layer
    Phys. Rev. A 97, 061801 (2018) .pdf
17. M. Aidelsburger, S. Nascimbene, N. Goldman
    Artificial gauge fields in materials and engineered systems
    C. R. Physique 19, 394 (2018) .pdf
18. Laura Corman, Jean-Loup Ville, Raphaël Saint-Jalm, Monika Aidelsburger, Tom Bienaimé, Sylvain Nascimbene, Jean Dalibard, Jérôme Beugnon
    Transmission of near-resonant light through a dense slab of cold atoms
    Phys. Rev. A 96, 053629 (2017) .pdf
19. M. Aidelsburger, J. L. Ville, R. Saint-Jalm, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, J. Beugnon
    Relaxation dynamics in the merging of N independent condensates
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 190403 (2017) .pdf
20. J.L. Ville, T. Bienaimé, R. Saint-Jalm, L. Corman, M. Aidelsburger, L. Chomaz, K. Kleinlein, D. Perconte, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, J. Beugnon
    Loading and compression of a single two-dimensional Bose gas in an optical accordion
    Phys. Rev. A 95, 013632 (2017) .pdf
21. H. Li, J.-F. Wyart, O. Dulieu, S. Nascimbene, M. Lepers
    Optical trapping of ultracold dysprosium atoms: transition probabilities, dynamic dipole polarizabilities and van der Waals C6 coefficients
    J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 50, 014005 (2017) .pdf
22. D. Dreon, L. A. Sidorenkov, C. Bouazza, W. Maineult, J. Dalibard, S. Nascimbene
    Optical cooling and trapping of highly magnetic atoms: The benefits of a spontaneous spin polarization
    J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 50, 065005 (2017) .pdf
23. J. Zhang, J. Beugnon, S. Nascimbene
    Creating fractional quantum Hall states with atomic clusters using light-assisted insertion of angular momentum
    Phys. Rev. A 94, 043610 (2016) .pdf
24. S. Nascimbene, N. Goldman, N. R. Cooper, J. Dalibard
    Dynamic optical lattices of sub-wavelength spacing for ultracold atoms
    Physical Review Letters 115, 140401 (2015) .pdf
25. L. Chomaz, L. Corman, T. Bienaimé, R. Desbuquois, C.Weitenberg, S. Nascimbene, J. Beugnon, J. Dalibard
    Emergence of coherence via transverse condensation in a uniform quasi-two-dimensional Bose gas
    Nature Communications 6, 6162 (2015) .pdf
26. M. Aidelsburger, M. Lohse, C. Schweizer, M. Atala, J. T. Barreiro, S. Nascimbene, N. R. Cooper, I. Bloch, N. Goldman
    Measuring the Chern number of Hofstadter bands with ultracold bosonic atoms
    Nature Physics 11, 162 (2015) .pdf
27. L. Corman, L. Chomaz, T. Bienaimé, R. Desbuquois, C. Weitenberg, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, J. Beugnon
    Quench-induced supercurrents in an annular Bose gas
    Physical Review Letters 113, 135302 (2014) .pdf
28. R. Desbuquois, T. Yefsah, L. Chomaz, C. Weitenberg, L. Corman, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard
    Determination of Scale-Invariant Equations of State without Fitting Parameters: Application to the Two-Dimensional Bose Gas Across the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Transition
    Physical Review Letters 113, 020404 (2014) .pdf
29. N. Navon, S. Nascimbene, X. Leyronas, F. Chevy, C. Salomon
    Condensation energy of a spin-1/2 strongly interacting Fermi gas
    Phys. Rev. A 88, 063614 (2013) .pdf
30. M. Aidelsburger, M. Atala, S. Nascimbene, S. Trotzky, Y.-A. Chen, I. Bloch
    Experimental realization of strong effective magnetic fields in optical superlattice potentials
    Applied Physics B 113, 1 (2013) .pdf
31. S. Nascimbene
    Realizing one-dimensional topological superfluids with ultracold atomic gases
    Journal of Physics B 46, 134005 (2013) .pdf
32. S. Nascimbene, Y.-A. Chen, M. Atala, M. Aidelsburger, S. Trotzky, B. Paredes, I. Bloch
    Experimental realization of plaquette resonating valence bond states with ultracold atoms in optical superlattices
    Physical Review Letters 108, 255301 (2012) .pdf
33. I. Bloch, J. Dalibard, S. Nascimbene
    Quantum simulation with ultracold quantum gases
    Nature Physics 8, 267 (2012) .pdf
34. M. Aidelsburger, M. Atala, S. Nascimbene, S. Trotzky, Y.-A. Chen, I. Bloch
    Experimental realization of strong effective magnetic fields in an optical lattice
    Physical Review Letters 107, 255301 (2011) .pdf
35. Y.-A. Chen, S. Nascimbene, M. Aidelsburger, M. Atala, S. Trotzky, I. Bloch
    Controlling correlated tunneling and superexchange interactions with AC-driven optical lattices
    Physical Review Letters 107, 210405 (2011) .pdf
36. S. Nascimbene, N. Navon, S. Pilati, F. Chevy, S. Giorgini, A. Georges, C. Salomon
    Fermi-Liquid Behavior of the Normal Phase of a Strongly Interacting Gas of Cold Atoms
    Physical Review Letters 106, 215303 (2011) .pdf
37. S. Nascimbene, N. Navon, F. Chevy, C. Salomon
    The Equation of State of Bose and Fermi gases: a few examples
    New Journal of Physics 12, 103026 (2010) .pdf
38. N. Navon, S. Nascimbene, F. Chevy, C. Salomon
    The Equation of State of a Low-Temperature Fermi Gas with Tunable Interactions
    Science 328, 729 (2010) .pdf
39. S. Nascimbene, N. Navon, K. Jiang, F. Chevy, C. Salomon
    Exploring the Thermodynamics of a Universal Fermi Gas
    Nature 463, 1059 (2010) .pdf
40. S. Nascimbene, N. Navon, K. Jiang, L. Tarruell, M. Teichmann, J. McKeever, F. Chevy, C. Salomon
    Collective Oscillations of an Imbalanced Fermi Gas: Axial Compression Modes and Polaron Effective Mass
    Physical Review Letters 103, 170402 (2009) .pdf
41. F. Werner, G. Beaume, A. Hobeika, S. Nascimbène, C. Herrmann, F. Caupin, S. Balibar
    Liquid Helium up to 163 Bar
    Journal of Low Temperature Physics 136, 93 (2004) .pdf