马库斯-格雷纳 凝聚态物质物理学家

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Markus Greiner
Condensed Matter Physicist | Class of 2011
Improving our capacity to control the spatial organization of ultra-cold atoms and applying these advances to both fundamental inquiry and technology.


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Title
Condensed Matter Physicist
Affiliation
Harvard University
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Age
38 at time of award
Area of Focus
Physics
Published September 20, 2011
ABOUT MARKUS' WORK
Markus Greiner is an experimental physicist who is advancing our capacity to control the spatial organization of ultra-cold atoms with the aim of revealing basic principles of condensed matter physics. The past twenty years have seen enormous strides in cooling atoms with evaporation and lasers to the point that their quantum behavior can be directly observed and controlled. As a student and postdoctoral fellow, Greiner participated in several seminal studies in this area. His current research program is taking this line of inquiry to the next step by designing an apparatus that can trap thousands of ultra-cold atoms in well-ordered 2-dimensional arrays, or lattices. Because ultra-cold atoms in an optical lattice behave much like electrons in a solid-state crystal, quantum phenomena like superconductivity can be investigated under conditions much better controlled than with complex crystals. Greiner recently created a quantum gas microscope that allows direct visualization of each individual atom within a 2D optical lattice. With this device, his team was able to simulate how solid-state crystals transition between insulating and superconducting states and investigate quantum magnets, two of many possible experimental applications for such a tool. Because optical lattices offer high-resolution control over the quantum state of hundreds or thousands of individual elements, they may also represent an important platform for investigating quantum computing or high-density information storage. Still early in his career, Greiner has already demonstrated the ability to develop techniques that open new avenues for exploration of physics and to apply these advances to both fundamental physics and technology.

BIOGRAPHY
Markus Greiner received a Diplom (2000) and a Ph.D. (2003) from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. He was a postdoctoral researcher (2003-2005) at JILA at the University of Colorado, Boulder, prior to joining the faculty in the Department of Physics at Harvard University, where he is currently an associate professor. His scientific articles have appeared in such publications as Nature, Science, and Physical Review Letters.



马库斯-格雷纳
凝聚态物质物理学家 | 2011级
提高我们控制超冷原子空间组织的能力，并将这些进展应用于基础研究和技术。


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标题
凝聚态物质物理学家
工作单位
哈佛大学
工作地点
马萨诸塞州剑桥市
年龄
获奖时38岁
重点领域
物理学
发表于2011年9月20日
关于马库斯的工作
马库斯-格雷纳是一位实验物理学家，他正在推进我们控制超冷原子的空间组织的能力，目的是揭示凝聚态物理学的基本原理。在过去的二十年里，我们在用蒸发和激光冷却原子方面取得了巨大的进步，以至于可以直接观察和控制其量子行为。作为学生和博士后研究员，格雷纳参与了这一领域的几个开创性研究。他目前的研究项目是通过设计一种仪器，将成千上万的超冷原子困在有序的二维阵列或格子中，从而将这一研究方向推向下一步。由于超冷原子在光学晶格中的行为很像固态晶体中的电子，因此可以在比复杂晶体更好的控制条件下对超导等量子现象进行研究。格雷纳最近创造了一个量子气体显微镜，可以直接观察二维光学晶格中的每个原子。有了这个设备，他的团队能够模拟固态晶体如何在绝缘和超导状态之间过渡，并研究量子磁体，这是这种工具的许多可能的实验应用中的两个。由于光学晶格提供了对数百或数千个单独元素的量子状态的高分辨率控制，它们也可能代表了研究量子计算或高密度信息存储的一个重要平台。在其职业生涯的早期，格雷纳已经展示了开发技术的能力，为探索物理学开辟了新途径，并将这些进展应用于基础物理学和技术。

个人简历
马库斯-格雷纳在慕尼黑路德维希-马克西米利安大学获得文凭（2000）和博士学位（2003）。在加入哈佛大学物理系之前，他曾在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校的JILA做博士后研究（2003-2005），目前是该校的副教授。他的科学文章发表在《自然》、《科学》和《物理评论通讯》等刊物上。