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Collège de France
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Sylvain Nascimbene
Associate professor at Ecole Normale Supérieure
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
- 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) - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - L. Barbiero, L. Chomaz, S. Nascimbene, N. Goldman
Bose-Hubbard physics in synthetic dimensions from interaction Trotterization
Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043340 (2020) .pdf - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - M. Aidelsburger, S. Nascimbene, N. Goldman
Artificial gauge fields in materials and engineered systems
C. R. Physique 19, 394 (2018) .pdf - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - S. Nascimbene
Realizing one-dimensional topological superfluids with ultracold atomic gases
Journal of Physics B 46, 134005 (2013) .pdf - 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 - I. Bloch, J. Dalibard, S. Nascimbene
Quantum simulation with ultracold quantum gases
Nature Physics 8, 267 (2012) .pdf - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - S. Nascimbene, N. Navon, K. Jiang, F. Chevy, C. Salomon
Exploring the Thermodynamics of a Universal Fermi Gas
Nature 463, 1059 (2010) .pdf - 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 - 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