Curriculum Vitae
| since 2012 | Software development at Menlo Systems GmbH Munich, Germany |
|---|---|
| 2009-2012 | Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Schmidt at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig and the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany |
| 2005 - 2009 | Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Kasevich at Stanford in Palo Alto, U.S.A. |
| 2005 | Scientific assistant in the group of Prof. Bloch at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (JoGu) in Mainz, Germany |
| 2001 - 2005 |
Dissertation studies
in the group of Prof. Hänsch, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany and in the Group of Prof. Bloch Thesis: "Entanglement with quantum gates in an optical lattice" |
| 2000 - 2001 |
Diploma thesis
in the group of Prof. Hänsch, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Diploma thesis: "Sympathetische Kühlung von 87Rb-85Rb-Gemischen" |
| 1996 - 2000 |
Physics studies
at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität at the TU Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig, Germany Working student in the groups of: Prof. Hänsch, Max-Plank-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Garching, Germany Dr. C.-O. Weiss, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig, Germany |
| 1996 |
After-School Practicals
in the IT department of Sommer Allibert (now: Faurecia) in Setúbal, Portugal in the group of Dr. C.-O. Weiss, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt |
| 1983 - 1996 |
Schools
Julianum grammar school (Gymnasium) Amtsgasse middle school Ludgeri basic school all in Helmstedt, Germany |
Invited Talks
Controlled Collisions with neutral Atoms in Optical
Lattices
Semiconductor Microstructures and Atom Traps - Bose Condensation in
Atomic and Solid State Systems
5/1/2003, Institute of Physics, London
Publication-list
The publications are sorted after: the general theme (or the research group), the more specific experiment, chronologically.
Ultracold atoms
Done on the Munich BEC II machine, which became the Mainz Bosons machine after our move in 2003.
Spin-States in Lattices
A. Widera, F. Gerbier, S. Fölling, T. Gericke, O. Mandel and
I. Bloch
Precision measurement of spin-dependent interaction strengths
for spin-1 and spin-2 87Rb atoms
New J. Phys. 8,
152 (2006)
F. Gerbier, A. Widera, S. Fölling, O. Mandel and I.
Bloch
Resonant control of spin dynamics in ultracold quantum gases by
microwave dressing
Phys. Rev. A
73, 041602(R) (2006)
A. Widera, F. Gerbier, S. Fölling, T. Gericke, O. Mandel and I.
Bloch
Coherent collisional spin dynamics in optical
lattices
Phys. Rev.
Lett. 95, 190405 (2005)
Cold Molecules
T. Rom, T. Best, O. Mandel, A. Widera, M. Greiner, T. W. Hänsch
and I. Bloch
State Selective Production of Molecules in Optical
Lattices
Phys. Rev.
Lett. 93, 073002 (2004)
Entanglement of ultra-cold Bosons
P. Treutlein, T. Steinmetz, Y. Colombe, B. Lev, P. Hommelhoff, J.
Reichel, M. Greiner, O. Mandel, A. Widera, T. Rom, I. Bloch and T. W.
Hänsch
Quantum information processing in optical lattices and magnetic
microtraps
Fortschr. Phys. 54,
702-718 (2006)
O. Mandel
Entanglement with quantum gates in an optical
lattice
Dissertation at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
(2005)
A. Widera, O. Mandel, M. Greiner, S. Kreim, T. W. Hänsch and I.
Bloch
Entanglement Interferometry for Precision Measurement of
Atomic Scattering Properties
Phys. Rev.
Lett. 92, 160406 (2004)
O. Mandel, M. Greiner, A. Widera, T. Rom, T. W. Hänsch and I.
Bloch
Controlled collisions for multi-particle entanglement of
optically trapped atoms
Nature, 425, 937-940
(2003)
O. Mandel, M. Greiner, A. Widera, T. Rom, T. W. Hänsch and I.
Bloch
Coherent transport of neutral atoms in spin-dependent optical
lattice potentials
Phys. Rev.
Lett. 91, 010407 (2003)
Correlated Systems
F. Gerbier, S. Fölling, A. Widera, O. Mandel and I.
Bloch
Probing Number Squeezing of Ultracold Atoms across the
Superfluid-Mott Insulator Transition
Phys. Rev.
Lett. 96, 090401 (2006)
F. Gerbier, A. Widera, S. Fölling, O. Mandel, T. Gericke and I.
Bloch
Interference pattern and visibility of a Mott
insulator
Phys. Rev.
A 72, 053606 (2005)
F. Gerbier, A. Widera, S. Fölling, O. Mandel, T. Gericke and I.
Bloch
Phase coherence of an atomic Mott insulator
Phys. Rev.
Lett. 95, 050404 (2005)
S. Fölling, F. Gerbier, A. Widera, O. Mandel, T. Gericke and I.
Bloch
Spatial quantum noise interferometry in expanding ultracold
atom clouds
Nature 434, 481-484
(2005)
B. Paredes, A. Widera, V. Murg, O. Mandel, S. Fölling, I. Cirac,
G. V. Shlyapnikov, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
Tonks-Girardeau gas of ultracold atoms in an optical
lattice
Nature 429, 277-281
(2004)
M. Greiner, O. Mandel, T. Rom, A. Altmeyer, A. Widera, T. W.
Hänsch and I. Bloch
Quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott
insulator in an ultracold gas of atoms
Physica
B 329-333, 11-12 (2003)
M. Greiner, O. Mandel, A. Altmeyer, A. Widera, T. Rom, T. W.
Hänsch and I. Bloch
Beyond Mean Field Physics with Bose-Einstein Condensates in
Optical Lattices
Proceedings of the XVIII International Conference on Atomic
Physics, pp.171-180, World Scientific, ISBN 978-9812382283
M. Greiner, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
Collapse and revival of the matter wave field of a
Bose-Einstein condensate
Nature, 419, 51-54
(2002)
M. Greiner, O. Mandel, T. Esslinger, T. W. Hänsch and I.
Bloch
Quantum Phase Transition from a Superfluid to a Mott
Insulator in a Gas of Ultracold Atoms
Nature 415, 39-44
(2002)
Bosonic Superfluids
T. Gericke, F. Gerbier, A. Widera, S. Fölling, O. Mandel and
I. Bloch
Adiabatic loading of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a 3D optical
lattice
J. Mod. Opt. 54,
735-743 (2007)
I. Bloch, M. Greiner, O. Mandel and T. W. Hänsch
Coherent cold collisions with neutral atoms in optical
lattices
Phil. Trans. R. Soc.
Lond. A 361, 1409-1416 (2003) (alternative link)
O. Mandel
Sympathetische
Kühlung von 87Rb-85Rb-Gemischen
Diploma thesis at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
(2001)
M. Greiner, I. Bloch, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch and T.
Esslinger
Exploring Phase Coherence in a 2D Lattice of Bose-Einstein
Condensates
Phys.
Rev. Lett. 87, 160405 (2001)
M. Greiner, I. Bloch, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch and T.
Esslinger
Bose-Einstein condensates in 1D- and 2D optical
lattices
Appl. Phys. B 73,
769-772 (2001)
I. Bloch, M. Greiner, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch and T.
Esslinger
Sympathetic cooling of 85Rb and
87Rb
Phys. Rev. A
64, 021402(R) (2001)
Non-linear optics
Done in the group of C.-O. Weiss in Braunschweig.
M. Vaupel, O. Mandel and N. R. Heckenberg
Two-wave-mixing induced self-focusing in an active
photorefractive oscillator
J. Opt. B:
Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 1, 96-100 (1999)
M. Vaupel and O. Mandel
Cross-phase-modulation-induced self-focusing in parametric
oscillators
Europhys.
Lett. 44 (5), 592-598 (1998)