Yvan Castin
Research Director
Department of Physics
Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS)
France
Biography
1986-1990 : student of the École normale supérieure (ENS) in Paris 1987 : "Licence" of physics 1988 : "Maîtrise" of physics, and "DEA" of quantum physics (ENS and University Pierre and Marie Curie) 1989 : "Magistère" of physics 1990 : "Agrégation" of physics (national rank: 3). 1988-1992 : PhD in quantum physics in Laboratoire Kastler Brossel of ENS, with Jean Dalibard: "The limits of laser cooling in one-dimensional optical molasses".
Research Interest
Theory of atomic quantum gases Vortices in quantum gases The trapped unitary gas Few-body problems (s-wave, p-wave) Disorder and localisation of matter waves Phase coherence properties of condensates Classical and semi-classical field methods Quantum gases of reduced dimensionality Strongly entangled macroscopic states
Publications
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Castin Y., Dalibard J., Europhys. Lett. 14 761 (1991), “Quantization of Atomic Motion in Optical Molasses.â€
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Castin Y., Mølmer K., J. Phys. B 23 4101 (1990), “Atomic momentum diffusion in a σ+ − σ− laser configuration: influence of an internal sublevel structure.â€
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Castin Y., Wallis H., Dalibard J., JOSA B 6 2046 (1989),“Limit of Doppler Cooling.â€
