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TWO LKB MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE IUF

TWO LKB MEMBERS APPOINTED TO THE IUF

L’Institut Universitaire de France has named two members of the LKB for the class of 2022. They are Sylvain Nascimbene, associate professor (École Normale Supérieure), appointed junior member, and Julien Laurat, professor (Sorbonne University), appointed senior...

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A mosaic made of spins

A mosaic made of spins

     During the past decades, scientists have tried solving problems that take a long time with conventional computers. Recently, it has been demonstrated that quite a few of these problems can be written as a variation of what is called an Ising spin...

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Jean Dalibard receives the 2021 CNRS gold medal

Jean Dalibard receives the 2021 CNRS gold medal

Les recherches de Jean Dalibard se situent au cœur de la physique quantique : il est internationalement reconnu comme l’un des chefs de file du domaine des gaz quantiques, notamment des condensats de Bose-Einstein, un état particulier de la matière à très basse température.

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Bringing quantum revolutions to the classroom

Bringing quantum revolutions to the classroom

Media and even politics regularly talk about quantum technologies as one of the big upcoming innovations. It is even said that we are going through a quantum revolution. But did you know that most modern technologies that we use on a daily basis already rely on...

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Connecting the quantum internet

Connecting the quantum internet

Researchers at the Kastler Brossel Laboratory in Paris have succeeded in implementing a novel “hybrid” entanglement swapping protocol, bringing within reach the connection of disparate platforms in a future, heterogeneously-structured, quantum internet.

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Laser light traps giant atoms

Laser light traps giant atoms

For the first time, physicists of Kastler Brossel Laboratory have been able to use light to trap giant atoms, so-called circular Rydberg atoms.

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Valentina Parigi awarded by a CNRS Bronze Medal

Valentina Parigi awarded by a CNRS Bronze Medal

Valentina Parigi, teacher-researcher in the Quantum Optics team of the Kastler Brossel Laboratory in Jussieu (Sorbonne University/CNRS/ENS-PSL/Collège de France), has just been awarded with a bronze medal of the CNRS. This award honours the early work of researchers...

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Anomalous decay of coherence in a dissipative many-body system

Anomalous decay of coherence in a dissipative many-body system

 Bose-Einstein condensates team of our lab study the loss of spatial coherence of bosonic atoms in an optical lattice when subjected to a controlled amount of spontaneous emission. Ytterbium atoms are promoted to an excited state by a near-resonant laser and decay...

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Nanofibre and cold atoms: a new quantum platform

Nanofibre and cold atoms: a new quantum platform

The integration of cold atoms with nanoscopic waveguides has sparked considerable interest in recent years, giving rise to a rapidly expanding field of research: quantum electrodynamics in waveguides. Such platforms should allow easier integration and better...

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Sylvain Gigan receives the 2019 Jerphagnon Award

Sylvain Gigan receives the 2019 Jerphagnon Award

On May 15, 2019, during the Rendez-vous optique photonique, the Jean Jerphagnon prize was awarded to Sylvain Gigan, Professor at Sorbonne University and head of the Optical Imaging and Applications to complex and Biological media team at LKB. This prize is intended to...

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Christophe Salomon is elected member of Sciences academy

Christophe Salomon is elected member of Sciences academy

  Christophe Salomon, director of research at CNRS, was elected in December 2017 member of Sciences academy (Paris, France), in the physics section. He is a member of the Kastler Brossel Laboratory, head of the Ultracold Fermi Gases team. Christophe Salomon...

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After the proton, now the deuteron

After the proton, now the deuteron

Again, the “deuteron radius” is smaller than expected anfd in good agreement with the “proton radius” deduced from muonic hydrogen spectroscopy, thus reinforcing the “proton radius puzzle”.

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Schrödinger cat states

Schrödinger cat states

Des physiciens viennent de réaliser un électromètre ultrasensible qui repose sur l’utilisation d’atomes excités portés dans une superposition d’états de type “chat de Schrödinger.”

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