简介: |
Since the 1995 observation of Bose-Einstein condensation, the field of ultracold gases has advanced dramatically, driven to a large extent by rapid development of experimental techniques. Among them, the use of interfering laser beams to form periodic potentials, now widely known as optical lattices, has significantly impacted on the landscape of condensed matter research. In this talk, I will try to present some of the most exciting progresses in two different angles. One is the remarkable success in using optical lattices to model important problems in condensed matter physics. Another is the reach of conceptually new regimes of many-body physics by implementing novel lattice geometries (checkerboard, hexagonal, and double-well). The latter leads to the unprecedented control of population of atoms in the higher orbital bands and opens an avenue towards studying orbital-related topological or correlated phases of matter that have no prior analogues in electronic solids. Background and Perspectives: Nat. Phys. 7, 101 (2011); Nat. Phys. 8, 6770 (2012). Acknowledge support by ARO, AFOSR, and DARPA of the U.S. DOD, A. Mellon Foundation, and NSF of China.
个人简历：
EMPLOYMENT
Sep 2009– Associate Professor with tenure, University of Pittsburgh
Sep 2004-Aug 2009 Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Pittsburgh
Aug 2001- Aug 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Inst of Tech
(MIT)
Aug 1999-Aug 2001 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Condensed Matter Theory Group, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
HONORS, AWARDS, & MEMBERSHIPS
Member, National Advisory Board, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics China (KITPC), Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 06/2011 –
2007 “Outstanding Young Researcher Award”, Overseas Chinese Physics Association
“Best Dissertation in Physics” Award in the class of 1998-99, Department of Physics, University
of Texas at Austin
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