Joseph H Thywissen | CV | Publications

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K. G. Jackson, C. J. Dale, J. Maki, K. G. S. Xie, B. A. Olsen, D. J. M. Ahmed-Braun, Shizhong Zhang, J. H. Thywissen
Emergent s-wave interactions between identical fermions in quasi-one-dimensional geometries
Physical Review X 13, 201013 (2023)
[doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.13.021013][arXiv:2206.10415]
V. Venu, P. Xu, M. Mamaev, F. Corapi, T. Bilitewski, J. P. D'Incao, C. J. Fujiwara, A. M. Rey, J. H. Thywissen
Unitary p-wave interactions between fermions in an optical lattice
Nature, 613, 262-267 (2023)
[doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05405-6][full-text readcube link][arXiv:2205.13506][pdf]
["UofT experimental physicists dip their toes into the quantum ocean" by Chris Sasaki] [JILA press release][Physics new story]
D. Clement, P. Grangier, J. H. Thywissen
Quantum Optics of Light and Matter: Honouring Alain Aspect
The European Physical Journal D 77, 2 (2023)
[doi: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-022-00578-1][full-text readcube link][pdf]
Lead editorial for a Topical Issue celebrating Alain Aspect's 75th birthday [Springer news story]
M. Mamaev, P. He, T. Bilitewski, V. Venu, J. H. Thywissen, A. M. Rey
Collective p-wave orbital dynamics of ultracold fermions
Physical Review Letters 127, 127 (2021) [doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.143401][arXiv:2104.06480]
D. J. M. Ahmed-Braun, K. G. Jackson, S. Smale, C. J. Dale, B. A. Olsen, S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans, P. S. Julienne, J. H. Thywissen
Probing open- and closed-channel p-wave resonances
Physical Review Research 3, 033269 (2021) [doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033269] [arXiv:2101.02700]
M. Mamaev, J. H. Thywissen, A. M. Rey
Quantum computation toolbox for decoherence-free qubits using multi-band alkali atoms
Advanced Quantum Technologies 3, 201900132 (2020) [doi: 10.1002/qute.201900132][arXiv:1911.01949]
S. Smale, P. He, B. A. Olsen, K. G. Jackson, H. Sharum, S. Trotzky, J. Marino, A. M. Rey, J. H. Thywissen
Observation of a transition between dynamical phases in a quantum degenerate Fermi gas
Science Advances 5, eaax1568 (2019) [doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax1568][arXiv:1806.11044]
R. Anderson, F. Wang, P. Xu, V. Venu, S. Trotzky, F. Chevy, J. H. Thywissen
Conductivity Spectrum of Ultracold Atoms in an Optical Lattice
Physical Review Letters 122, 153602 (2019) [doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.153602][arXiv:1712.09965]
C. Luciuk, S. Smale, F. Boettcher, H. Sharum, B. A. Olsen, S. Trotzky, T. Enss, J. H. Thywissen
Observation of Quantum-Limited Spin Transport in Strongly Interacting 2D Fermi Gases
Physical Review Letters 118, 130405 (2017) [doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.130405] [arXiv:1612.00815]
C. Luciuk, S. Trotzky, S. Smale, Zhenhua Yu, Shizhong Zhang, J. H. Thywissen
Evidence for universal relations describing a gas with p-wave interactions
Nature Physics 12, 530 (2016) [doi:10.1038/nphys3670] [arXiv:1505.08151]
See also "Fermi gases: Anisotropic universality" by M. Ueda [Nature Physics News & Views]
G. J. A. Edge, R. Anderson, D. Jervis, D. C. McKay, R. Day, S. Trotzky, J. H. Thywissen
Imaging and addressing of individual fermionic atoms in an optical lattice
Physical Review A 92, 063406 (2015) as ''Editors' Suggestion''
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.92.063406][journal link][arXiv:1510.04744]
Fermi gas microscopes chosen by Physics World as one of the ''top ten breakthroughs of 2015''.
G. S. Thekkadath, Liang Jiang, J. H. Thywissen
Spin correlations and entanglement in partially magnetised ensembles of fermions
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 49, 214002 (2016).
[doi: 10.1088/0953-4075/49/21/214002] [journal link][arXiv:1508.03570]
Special Issue of JPB on Addressing Quantum Many-body Problems with Cold Atoms and Molecules
Zhenhua Yu, J. H. Thywissen, Shizhong Zhang
Universal relations for a Fermi gas close to a p-wave interaction resonance
Physical Review Letters115, 135304 (2015); Erratum: PRL 117, 019901 (2016).
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.135304] [journal link][arXiv:1505.02526]
Note: arXiv version combines the original manuscript with the published Erratum.
S. Trotzky, S. Beattie, C. Luciuk, S. Smale, A. B. Bardon, T. Enss, E. Taylor, Shizhong Zhang, and J. H. Thywissen
Observation of the Leggett-Rice Effect in a Unitary Fermi Gas
Physical Review Letters 114, 015301 (2015) as "Editor's Suggestion"
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.015301] [journal link][pdf][supp. mat.][arXiv:1410.8517]
A. B. Bardon, S. Beattie, C. Luciuk, W. Cairncross, D. Fine, N. S. Cheng, G. J. A. Edge, E. Taylor, Shizhong Zhang, S. Trotzky, and J. H. Thywissen
Transverse Demagnetization Dynamics of a Unitary Fermi Gas
Science 344, 722 (2014)
[doi:10.1126/science.1247425] [journal link] [arXiv:1310.5140]
D. Jervis and J. H. Thywissen
Making an Ultracold Gas
Chapter 2 in Quantum Gas Experiments - Exploring Many-Body States, Torma & Sengstock, eds.
Cold Atoms 2, 5-32 (Imperial College Press, 2014)
[chapter: arxiv:1401.7659] [book: on Amazon]
D. M. Stamper-Kurn and J. H. Thywissen
Experimental Methods of Ultracold Atomic Physics
Chapter 1 in Ultracold Bose and Fermi Quantum Gases, Fetter, Levin, & Stamper-Kurn, eds.
Contemporary Concepts of Condensed Matter Science 5, 1-26 (Elsevier, 2012)
[doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-53857-4.00001-5][chapter: pdf][book: on Amazon]
D. C. McKay, D. Jervis, D. J. Fine, J. W. Simpson-Porco, G. J. A. Edge, and J. H. Thywissen
Low-temperature, high-density magneto-optical trapping of potassium using the open 4S-5P transition at 405 nm
Physical Review A 84, 063420 (2011)
[doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.063420] [journal link] [pdf]
featured as a Synopsis in Physics [journal link] [html]
J. H. Thywissen
Bragging Rights
Physics 4, 41 (2011) [doi: 10.1103/Physics.4.41] [journal link] [pdf] [blog praise]
J. H. Thywissen
Ultracold superfluids
Physics in Canada 67, 129 (2011) [journal link] [pdf]
L. J. LeBlanc, A. B. Bardon, J. McKeever, M. H. T. Extavour, D. Jervis, J. H. Thywissen, F. Piazza, and A. Smerzi
Dynamics of a tunable superfluid junction
Physical Review Letters 106, 025302 (2011)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.025302] [journal link][pdf][supp. mat.]
G-B Jo, Y-R Lee, J-H Choi, C. A. Christensen, T. H. Kim, J. H. Thywissen, D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle
Itinerant Ferromagnetism in a Fermi Gas of Ultracold Atoms
Science 325, 1521-1524 (2009)
[doi: 10.1126/science.1177112] [journal link][pdf][Perspectives]
Note: Subsequent work showed that the role of molecular formation mimicked the signatures of ferromagnetism in this work. See this article by Sanner, Ketterle, et al., which concludes "a Fermi gas with strong short-range repulsive interactions does not undergo a ferromagnetic phase transition".
B. Shuve and J. H. Thywissen
Enhanced Pauli blocking of light scattering in a trapped Fermi gas
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 43, 015301 (2010)
[doi: 10.1088/0953-4075/43/1/015301] [journal link][pdf]
L. J. LeBlanc, J. H. Thywissen, A. Burkov, and A. Paramekanti
Repulsive Fermi gas in a harmonic trap: Ferromagnetism and spin textures
Physical Review A 80, 013607 (2009)
[10.1103/PhysRevA.84.063420][journal link][pdf]
reprinted in The Virtual Journal of Atomic Quantum Fluids 1 (August 2009) [VJaqf link]
M. H. T. Extavour, L. J. LeBlanc, J. McKeever, A. Bardon, S. Aubin, S. Myrskog, T. Schumm, and J. H. Thywissen
Fermions on atom chips
Chapter 12 in Atom Chips, J. Reichel, V. Vuletic, eds., pp. 365-394 (Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, Germany, 2011)
[doi: 10.1002/9783527633357.ch12][journal link][contents][pdf] ISBN 978-3-527-40755-2 [on Amazon]
L. J. LeBlanc and J. H. Thywissen
Species-specific optical lattices
Physical Review A 75, 053612 (2007)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.053612][journal link] [pdf]
M. H. T. Extavour, L. J. LeBlanc, T. Schumm, B. Cieslak, S. Myrskog, A. Stummer, S. Aubin, J. H. Thywissen
Dual-species quantum degeneracy of 40Kand 87Rb on an atom chip
Atomic Physics 20, 241-249 (2006) [pdf]
S. Aubin, S. Myrskog, M.H.T. Extavour, L. J. LeBlanc, D. McKay, A. Stummer, and J. H. Thywissen
Rapid sympathetic cooling to Fermi degeneracy on a chip
Nature Physics 2, 384-387 (2006)
[doi: 10.1038/nphys309][journal link] [pdf]
M. Hugbart, J. A. Retter, F. Gerbier, A. Varon, S. Richard, J. H. Thywissen, D. Clement, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect
Coherence length of an elongated condensate: a study by matter-wave interferometry
European Physical Journal D 35, 155 (2005). [pdf][EPJD link]
S. Aubin, M. H. T. Extavour, S. Myrskog, L. J. LeBlanc, J. Esteve, S. Singh, P. Scrutton, D. McKay, R. McKenzie, I. D. Leroux,
A. Stummer, and J. H. Thywissen
Trapping Fermionic 40K and Bosonic 87Rb on a Chip
J. Low Temp. Phys. 140, 377-396 (2005)
[doi: 10.1007/s10909-005-7322-5] [journal link] [pdf]
J. H. Thywissen and M. Prentiss
Demonstration of frequency encoding in neutral atom lithography
New J. Phys. 7, 47 (2005). [pdf][NJP link] [PhysicsWeb article]
M. Hugbart, J. A. Retter, F. Gerbier, S. Richard, J. H. Thywissen, A. Varon, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect
Longueur de coherence d'un condensat de Bose Einstein dans un piege tres anisotrope
J. Phys. IV 119, 193 (2004). [pdf][JP4 link]
P. Bouyer, J. H. Thywissen, F. Gerbier, M. Hugbart, S. Richard, J. Retter, and A. Aspect
One-dimensional behavior of elongated Bose-Einstein condensates
J. Phys. IV 116, 219-226 (2004) [pdf][JP4 link]
J. Reichel and J. H. Thywissen
Using chip traps to study Tonks-Girardeau quantum gases
J. Phys. IV France 116, 265-274 (2004) [pdf][JP4 link]
F. Gerbier, J. H. Thywissen, S. Richard, M. Hugbart, P. Bouyer, and A. Aspect
Experimental study of the thermodynamics of an interacting, trapped Bose-Einstein condensed gas
Physical Review A 70, 013607 (2004). [pdf][PRA link]
D. A. Lidar and J. H. Thywissen
Exponentially localized magnetic fields for quantum computation
Journal of Applied Physics 96, 754 (2004)
[doi: 10.1063/1.1753664][pdf][JAP link]
reprinted in:
Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 9 (June 28, 2004) [VJnano link]
F. Gerbier, J. H. Thywissen, S. Richard, M. Hugbart, P. Bouyer, and A. Aspect
Critical temperature of a trapped, weakly interacting Bose gas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 030405 (2004). [pdf] [PRL link]
A. Aspect, S. Richard, F. Gerbier, M. Hugbart, J. Retter, J. H. Thywissen, and P. Bouyer
Momentum Spectroscopy of Phase Fluctuations of an Elongated Bose-Einstein Condensate
Laser Spectroscopy: Proceedings of the XVI International Conference (World Scientific, 2004: ISBN 981-238-616-5),
Hannaford, Sidorov, Bachor, and Baldwin, eds. Pages 116-123. [pdf]
S. Richard, F. Gerbier, J. H. Thywissen, M. Hugbart, P. Bouyer, and A. Aspect
Momentum spectroscopy of 1D phase fluctuations in Bose-Einstein condensates
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 010405 (2003). [pdf][PRL link]
F. Gerbier, S. Richard, J. H. Thywissen, M. Hugbart, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect
Momentum distribution and correlation function of quasicondensates in elongated traps
Phys. Rev. A. 67, 051902(R) (2003). [pdf][PRA link]
M. Chabinyc, C. Love, J. H. Thywissen, F. Cervelli, M. Prentiss, G. M. Whitesides
Self-Assembled Monolayers Exposed to Metastable Argon Beams Undergo Thiol Exchange Reactions
Langmuir 19, 2201 (2003). [pdf] [Langmuir link]
F. Gerbier, J. H. Thywissen, S. Richard, M. Hugbart, P. Bouyer, and A. Aspect
Phase coherence length of a Bose-Einstein condensate
Interactions in ultracold gases, M. Weidemüller and C. Zimmermann, eds. (Wiley-VCH, 2003: ISBN: 3-527-40389-2), 407.[cond-mat/0210206]
P. Bouyer, S. A. Rangwala, J. H. Thywissen, Y. Le Coq, F. Gerbier, S. Richard, G. Delannoy, and A. Aspect
Production of CW and mode-locked atom lasers
J. Phys. IV France 12, Pr5-115 (2002).
Y. Le Coq, J. H. Thywissen, S. A. Rangwala, F. Gerbier, S. Richard, G. Delannoy, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect
Atom Laser Divergence
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 170403 (2001). [pdf] [PRL link]
P. Bouyer, S. A. Rangwala, Y. Le Coq, F. Gerbier, S. Richard, G. Delannoy, J. H. Thywissen, A. Aspect
Experimental study of coupling Bose-Einstein condensates into weakly non-trapping and trapping states
C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Serie IV 2, 657 (2001). [Elsevier site]
A. J. Black, P. F. Nealy, J. H. Thywissen, M. Deshpande, N. El-Zein, G. N. Marcus, M. Prentiss, G. M. Whitesides
Microfabrication of Two Layer Structures of Electrically Isolated Wires Using Self-Assembly to Guide the Deposition of Insulating Organic Polymer
Sensors and Actuators A 86, 96 (2000). [pdf] [ejournal link]
N. H. Dekker, C. S. Lee, V. Lorent, J. H. Thywissen, M. Drndic, S. P. Smith, R. M. Westervelt, M. Prentiss
Guiding Neutral Atoms on a Chip
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 1124 (2000). [pdf] [PRL link]
J. H. Thywissen, R. M. Westervelt, M. Prentiss
Quantum point contacts for neutral atoms
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3762 (1999). [pdf] [PRL link]
M. Drndic', G. Zabow, C. S. Lee, J. H. Thywissen, K. S. Johnson, M. Prentiss, R. M. Westervelt, P. D. Featonby,
V. Savalli, L. Cognet, K. Helmerson, N. Westbrook, C. I. Westbrook, W. D. Phillips, and A. Aspect
Properties of Microelectromagnet Mirrors as Reflectors of Cold Rb Atoms
Phys. Rev. A 60, 4012 (1999). [pdf] [PRA link]
J. H. Thywissen, M. Olshanii, G. Zabow, M. Drndic', K. S. Johnson, R. M. Westervelt, and M. Prentiss
Microfabricated magnetic waveguides for neutral atoms
Eur. Phys. J. D 7, 361 (1999). [pdf] [EPJD link]
G. Zabow, M. Drndic', J. H. Thywissen, K. S. Johnson, R. M. Westervelt, and M. Prentiss
Improving the specularity of magnetic mirrors for atoms
Eur. Phys. J. D 7, 351 (1999). [pdf] [EPJD link]
J. H. Thywissen, K. S. Johnson, N. Dekker, A. P. Chu, M. Prentiss
Using neutral atoms and standing light waves to form a calibration artifact for length metrology
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 16B , 3841 (1998). [pdf] [Abstract at JVSTB]
K. S. Johnson, M. Drndic', J. H. Thywissen, G. Zabow, R. M. Westervelt, M. Prentiss
Atomic Deflection Using an Adaptive Microelectromagnet Mirror
Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 1137 (1998). [pdf] [PRL link]
M. Drndic', K. S. Johnson, J. H. Thywissen, M. Prentiss, and R. M. Westervelt
Micro-electromagnets for atom manipulation
App. Phys. Lett. 72, 2906 (1998). [pdf] [APL link]
J. H. Thywissen, K. S. Johnson, N. H. Dekker, M. Prentiss, S. S. Wong, M. Weiss, M. Grunze
Metastable-atom-activated growth of an ultra-thin carbonaceous resist for reactive ion etching of SiO2 and Si3N4
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 16B, 1155 (1998). [pdf] [Abstract at JVSTB]
K. S. Johnson, J. H. Thywissen, N. H. Dekker, K. K. Berggren, A. P. Chu, R. Younkin, M. Prentiss
Localization of Metastable Atom Beams with Optical Standing Waves: Nanolithography at the Heisenberg Limit
Science 280, 1583 (1998). [pdf] [abstract at Science Online]
J. H. Thywissen, K. S. Johnson, R. Younkin, N. H. Dekker, K. K. Berggren, A. P. Chu, M. Prentiss, and S. A. Lee
Nanofabrication using neutral atomic beams
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 15B, 2093 (1997). [pdf] [Abstract at JVSTB]
P. Bogorad, E. J. Brash, G. D. Cates, W. J. Cummings, A. Gorelov, M. D. Hasinoff, O. Hausser, K. Hicks, R. Holmes, J. C. Huang, D. Krieger, K. S. Kumar, B. Larson, W. Lorenzon, J. McCracken, P. Michaux, H. Middleton, E. Saettler, D. Siegel, P. A. Souder, D. R. Swenson, J. Thywissen, D. Tupa, J. Ullom, X. Wang, and A. R. Young
A combined polarized target/ionization chamber for measuring the spin dependence of nuclear muon capture in laser polarized muonic He-3
NIM A (Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics, Research Section A) 398, 211 (1997).
T. G. Walker, J. H. Thywissen, W. Happer
Spin-rotation interaction of alkali-metal-He atom pairs
Phys. Rev. A 56, 2090 (1997). [pdf] [PRA link]
K. S. Johnson, K. K. Berggren, A. Black, C. T. Black, A. P. Chu, N. H. Dekker, D. C. Ralph, J. H. Thywissen, R. Younkin,
M. Tinkham, M. Prentiss, and G. M. Whitesides
Using neutral metastable argon atoms and contamination lithography to form nanostructures in silicon, silicon dioxide, and gold
App. Phys. Lett. 69, 2773 (1996). [pdf] [APL link]