Midwest Cold Atom Workshop 2023

Program

MCAW will take place on the 4th of November and we will hear about the latest research in the midwest in talks and at a poster session. On the 3rd of November in the evening there will be an optional reception.

Friday, November 3 (GCIS Atrium)

3:40 pm

Checking in

4:00-4:45 pm

Tutorial 1: Charles Clark (UMaryland)
Quantum Resistance and the Internet of Things       

4:45-5:30 pm

Tutorial 2: Chen-Lung Hung (Purdue)
Probing Dynamics in Ultracold Gases

6:00 pm

Dinner @ Atrium

7:00 pm

Lab tour 1, 2, 3

Saturday, November 4 (KPTC 106)

8:30am am

Checking In and Continental Breakfast

Session 1 (session chair: Chen-Lung Hung )

8:55 am

Welcome

9:00-9:30 am

Jacob Scott (Saffman group, UW Madison)
“Towards an optical clock based on magic trapping of Cs atoms

9:30-10:00 am

Gloria Jia (Covey group, UIUC)
“Optical atomic clocks and the ‘omg’ architecture for ytterbium atom arrays”

10:00-10:30 am

Zoe Yan (UChicago)
“Quantum correlations in a many-body system of polar molecules”

10:30 am

Coffee break (KPTC 106)

Session 2 (session chair: Zoe Yan)

10:45-11:15 am 

Xing Wu (Michigan State)
“Advancing EDM searches with ultracold radioactive molecules at FRIB

11:15-11:45 am

Botao Du (Ma group, Purdue)
“Driven-dissipative dynamics in superconducting circuit lattice coupled to tunable baths”

11:45-12:15 pm

Chenxi Huang (Gadway group, UIUC)
Synthetic gauge field for Rydberg atoms”

12:15 pm

Lunch + Poster session 1 (ERC Atrium) + Lab tour 4, 5, 6

Session 3 (session chair: Xing Wu)

1:45-2:15 pm

Xinchao Zhou (Hung Group, Purdue)
Nanophotonic cavity QED with cold atoms

2:15-2:45 pm

Alisher Duspayev (Raithel group, UMichigan)
“Electric field sensing with cold and hot Rydberg atoms”

2:45-3:15 pm 

Imran Mirza (Miami Univ)
“Chirality-assisted entanglement enhancement in multi-emitter waveguide quantum electrodynamics”

3:15 pm

 Coffee break (KPTC106)

Session 4 (session chair: Imran Mirza )

3:30-4:00 pm

Alex Burgers (UMichigan)
“Long-wavelength Transitions in Yb Atom Arrays for
Quantum Science

4:00-4:30 pm

Wenhui Xu (Zhou Group, Purdue)
multipolar condensates and multipolar Josephson effects

4:30-5:00 pm

Jaideep Singh (Michigan State)
“The Search for Time-Reversal Violation Using Pear-Shaped Nuclei in the FRIB-Era”

5:00-6:00 pm

Poster session 2 (ERC Atrium) + Lab tour 7, 8, 9, 10

6:00 pm

Departure

Friday, November 3 (GCIS Atrium)

3:40 pm
Checking in

4:00pm-4:45 pm
Tutorial 1: Charles Clark (UMaryland)
Quantum Resistance and the Internet of Things

4:45-5:30 pm
Tutorial 2: Chen-Lung Hung (Purdue)
Probing Dynamics in Ultracold Gases

6:00 pm
Dinner @ Atrium

7:00 pm
Lab tour 1, 2, 3

Saturday, November 4 (KPTC 106)

8:30 am 
Checking In and Continental Breakfast

Session 1 (session chair: Chen-Lung Hung )

8:55 am
Welcome

9:00-9:30 am
Jacob Scott (Saffman group, UW Madison)
“Towards an optical clock based on magic trapping of Cs atoms

9:30-10:00 am
Gloria Jia (Covey group, UIUC)
“Optical atomic clocks and the ‘omg’ architecture for ytterbium atom arrays”

10:00-10:30 am
Zoe Yan (UChicago)
Quantum correlations in a many-body system of polar molecules

10:30 am
Coffee break (KPTC106)

Session 2 (session chair: Zoe Yan)

10:45-11:15 am
Xing Wu (Michigan State)
“Advancing EDM searches with ultracold radioactive molecules at FRIB

11:15-11:45 am
Botao Du (Ma group, Purdue)
“Driven-dissipative dynamics in superconducting circuit lattice coupled to tunable baths”

11:45-12:15 pm
Chenxi Huang (Gadway group, UIUC)
Synthetic gauge field for Rydberg atoms”

12:15 pm
Lunch + Poster session 1 (ERC Atrium) + Lab tour 4, 5, 6

Session 3 (session chair: Xing Wu)

1:45-2:15 pm
Xinchao Zhou (Hung Group, Purdue)
Nanophotonic cavity QED with cold atoms

2:15-2:45 pm
Alisher Duspayev (Raithel group, UMichigan)
“Electric field sensing with cold and hot Rydberg atoms”

2:45-3:15 pm
Imran Mirza (Miami Univ)
“Chirality-assisted entanglement enhancement in multi-emitter waveguide quantum electrodynamics”

3:15 pm
Coffee break (KPTC106)

Session 4 (session chair: Imran Mirza)

3:30-4:00 pm
Alex Burgers (UMichigan)
“Long-wavelength Transitions in Yb Atom Arrays for Quantum Science

4:00-4:30 pm
Wenhui Xu (Zhou Group, Purdue)
multipolar condensates and multipolar Josephson effects

4:30-5:00 pm
Jaideep Singh (Michigan State)
“The Search for Time-Reversal Violation Using Pear-Shaped Nuclei in the FRIB-Era”

5:00-6:00 pm
Poster session 2 (ERC Atrium) + Lab tour 7, 8, 9, 10

6:00 pm
Departure

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