View weird quantum effects in the Bose-Einstein Condenstate laboratory. Investigate the theory of cold quantum gases, many-body physics, chaos, and complexity. Here, the “normal” rules do not apply.
Research on Novel States of Matter focuses on ultracold quantum gases and systems that exhibit chaos and complexity. Exceptionally strong theoretical and experimental programs in this area give students research experience at the frontiers of physics.
Dr. Peter Engels conducts experiments with quantum degenerate gases, including Bose-Einstein Condensates and degenerate Fermi gases. In these experiments, laser cooling and evaporative cooling are employed to cool atoms to temperatures which are nearly at zero Kelvin, revealing genuine quantum mechanical behavior of matter waves. The picture shows the magnetic atom trap used in confining the atoms.
Faculty
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Yefeng Mei
Yefeng Mei
My current research utilizes trapped neutral atomic arrays and ensembles and their highly excited Rydberg states to explore atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics. I am generally interested in quantum optics, nonlinear optics, atomic physics, cavity quantum electrodynamics, Rydberg-mediated interactions, many-body physics, quantum information processing, quantum simulation, quantum sensing, quantum photonics, as well as developing advanced techniques to build up a scalable fault-tolerant quantum network.
Prior to joining WSU, I was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Michigan. I received my PhD from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2020.
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Michael McNeil Forbes
Michael McNeil Forbes
Associate Professor of Physics
Office: Webster Physical Sciences 947F
Phone: (509) 335-6125
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: michael.forbes at wsu.eduResearch: nuclear many-body theory to answer outstanding questions about superfluids in nuclei, neutron stars, cold atoms; condensed matter and atomic physics; high energy physics (QCD) with applications to astrophysics and cosmology; computer science
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Brian Saam
Brian Saam
Professor of Physics
Department ChairOffice: Webster Physical Sciences 1245
Phone: (509) 335-9532
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: brian.saam at wsu.eduResearch: Optical Spin Polarization and Magnetic Resonance
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Brian A. Collins
Brian Collins
Associate Professor of Physics
Office: Webster Physical Sciences 523
Phone: (509) 335-4671
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: brian.collins at wsu.eduResearch: Optics, Materials Physics and Condensed Matter Physics
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Rick Lytel
Rick Lytel
Adjunct Professor
First Degree InnovationE-mail: rlytel at wsu.edu
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Mark G. Kuzyk
Mark Kuzyk
Regents Professor of Physics
Office: Webster Physical Sciences 746A
Phone: (509) 335-4672
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: kuz at wsu.eduResearch: Nonlinear Optics
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Christopher J. Keane
Christopher Keane
Vice President for Research
Professor of Physics
Office: French Administration 422
Phone: (509) 335-5532
Fax: (509) 335-5515
E-mail: chris.keane@wsu.eduResearch: Computational and experimental research in x-ray lasers, inertial confinement fusion, and ultra-high intensity laser-matter interaction.
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Peter Engels
Peter Engels
Professor of Physics
Office: Webster Physical Sciences 654
Phone: (509) 335-4674
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: engels at wsu.eduResearch: Bose-Einstein Condensates
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J. Thomas Dickinson
J. Thomas Dickinson
Regents Professor of Physics
Paul A. Anderson Professor
Office: Webster Physical Sciences 529
Phone: (509) 335-4914
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: jtd at wsu.eduResearch: Surface Science, Optical Physics
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Fred Gittes
Fred Gittes
Clinical Professor
Office: Webster Physical Sciences 1254
Phone: (509) 335-7380
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: gittes at wsu.eduResearch: Statistical Physics
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