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Yansheng Zhang, Feiyang Wang, Paul H. C. Wong, Alexander C. Jenkins, Konstantinos Konstantinou, Nishant Dogra, Joseph H. Thywissen, Christoph Eigen, Zoran Hadzibabic
Quantum Simulation of Massive Relativistic Fields in 2 + 1 Dimensions
[arXiv:2603.08840]
F. Corapi, R. T. Learn, B. Driesen, A. Lefebvre, X. Leyronas, F. Chevy, C. J. Fujiwara, J. H. Thywissen
Lattice Unitarity: Saturated Collisional Resistivity of Strongly Interacting Metals
[arXiv:2510.19395]
Juergen Berges, Sandra Brandstetter, Jasmine Brewer, Georg Bruun, Tilman Enss, Stefan Floerchinger, Keisuke Fujii, Maciej Galka, Giuliano Giacalone, Qingze Guan, Carl Heintze, Lars H. Heyen, Ilya Selyuzhenkov, Selim Jochim, Jesper Levinsen, Philipp Lunt, Silvia Masciocchi, Aleksas Mazeliauskas, Nir Navon, Alice Ohlson, Meera Parish, Stephanie M. Reimann, Francesco Scazza, Thomas Schaefer, Derek Teaney, Joseph Thywissen, Raju Venugopalan, Yangqian Yan, Matteo Zaccanti, Torsten V. Zache
Few is different: deciphering many-body dynamics in mesoscopic quantum gases
[arXiv:2509.05049]
K. G. S. Xie, C. J. Dale, K. Pond Grehan, M. F. Wang, T. Enss, P. S. Julienne, Zhenhua Yu, J. H. Thywissen
Dimer-projection contact and the clock shift of a unitary Fermi gas
Physical Review Letters 136, 083402 (2026)
[doi: 10.1103/44rc-34n1][arXiv:2506.13707]
C. J. Dale, K. G. S. Xie, K. Pond Grehan, Shizhong Zhang, J. Maki, J. H. Thywissen
Emergent s-wave interactions in orbitally active quasi-two-dimensional Fermi gases
Physical Review A 110, L051302 (2024)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.110.L051302][arXiv:2408.00737]
J. Maki, C. J. Dale, J. H. Thywissen, Shizhong Zhang
Radio-Frequency Spectroscopy and the Dimensional Crossover in Interacting Spin-Polarized Fermi Gases
Physical Review A 110, 053314 (2024)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.110.053314][arXiv:2407.21106]
D. C. Spierings, J. H. Thywissen, A. M. Steinberg
Spin Rotations in a Bose-Einstein Condensate Driven by Counterflow and Spin-independent Interactions
Physical Review Letters 132, 173401 (2024)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.173401][arXiv:2308.16069]
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 [link]
J. H. Thywissen
Bragging Rights
Physics 4, 41 (2011) [doi: 10.1103/Physics.4.41] [journal link] [pdf]
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, 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 molecular formation mimicked some of 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, A. Paramekanti
Repulsive Fermi gas in a harmonic trap: Ferromagnetism and spin textures
Physical Review A 80, 013607 (2009)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.84.063420][journal link][pdf]
M. H. T. Extavour, L. J. LeBlanc, J. McKeever, A. Bardon, S. Aubin, S. Myrskog, T. Schumm, 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 40K and 87Rb on an atom chip
Atomic Physics 20, 241-249 (2006) [pdf][DOI:10.1063/1.2400654]
S. Aubin, S. Myrskog, M.H.T. Extavour, L. J. LeBlanc, D. McKay, A. Stummer, J. H. Thywissen
Rapid sympathetic cooling to Fermi degeneracy on a chip
Nature Physics 2, 384-387 (2006)
[journal link] [pdf][DOI:10.1038/nphys309]
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][DOI:10.1140/epjd/e2005-00056-2]
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, J. H. Thywissen
Trapping Fermionic 40K and Bosonic 87Rb on a Chip
J. Low Temp. Phys. 140, 377-396 (2005)
[pdf][DOI:10.1007/s10909-005-7322-5]
J. H. Thywissen and M. Prentiss
Demonstration of frequency encoding in neutral atom lithography
New J. Phys. 7, 47 (2005). [pdf][DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/7/1/047] [PhysicsWeb article]
P. Bouyer, J. H. Thywissen, F. Gerbier, M. Hugbart, S. Richard, J. Retter, A. Aspect
One-dimensional behavior of elongated Bose-Einstein condensates
J. Phys. IV 116, 219-226 (2004) [pdf][DOI:10.1051/jp4:2004116009]
J. Reichel and J. H. Thywissen
Using chip traps to study Tonks-Girardeau quantum gases
J. Phys. IV France 116, 265-274 (2004) [pdf][DOI:10.1051/jp4:2004116016]
F. Gerbier, J. H. Thywissen, S. Richard, M. Hugbart, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect
Experimental study of the thermodynamics of an interacting, trapped Bose-Einstein condensed gas
Physical Review A 70, 013607 (2004). [pdf][PRA link][DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.70.013607]
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][DOI:10.1063/1.1753664]
F. Gerbier, J. H. Thywissen, S. Richard, M. Hugbart, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect
Critical temperature of a trapped, weakly interacting Bose gas
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 030405 (2004). [pdf] [PRL link][DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.030405]
S. Richard, F. Gerbier, J. H. Thywissen, M. Hugbart, P. Bouyer, A. Aspect
Momentum spectroscopy of 1D phase fluctuations in Bose-Einstein condensates
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 010405 (2003). [pdf][PRL link][DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.010405]
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][DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.67.051602]
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] [DOI:10.1021/la026495i]
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). [DOI:10.1051/jp4:20020104]
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). [pdf] [DOI:10.1016/S1296-2147(01)01191-X]
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] [DOI:10.1016/S0924-4247(00)00422-2]
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] [DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.1124]
J. H. Thywissen, R. M. Westervelt, M. Prentiss
Quantum point contacts for neutral atoms
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3762 (1999). [pdf] [DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.3762]
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] [DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.60.4012]
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] [DOI:10.1007/s100530050579]
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] [DOI:10.1007/s100530050578]
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] [DOI:10.1116/1.590420]
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] [DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.81.1137]
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] [DOI:10.1063/1.121455]
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] [DOI:10.1116/1.590026]
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] [DOI:10.1126/science.280.5369.1583]
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] [DOI:10.1116/1.589227]
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). [DOI:10.1016/S0168-9002(97)00873-5]
T. G. Walker, J. H. Thywissen, W. Happer
Spin-rotation interaction of alkali-metal-He atom pairs
Phys. Rev. A 56, 2090 (1997). [pdf] [DOI:10.1103/PhysRevA.56.2090]
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] [DOI:10.1063/1.117671]