Andrea ALBERTI, Dr. - Ultracold atoms and precision measurements

Curriculum vitae
Andrea ALBERTI, Dr.
PERSONAL DATA:
Date of birth:
Place of birth:
Citizenship:
Civil status:
April 21st, 1982
Imperia, Italy
Italian
Unmarried
Present address:
Institut für Angewandte Physik
Wegelerstr. 8
D-53115 Bonn
Germany
RESEARCH ACTIVITY:
2011 – present:
2011 – 2012:
2010 – 2011:
Young group leader, Nachwuchsforschergruppe “Quantenkontrolle auf der
Nanoskala: Einzelne neutrale Atome als Bausteine für ein
Quantenvielteilchensystem”, Institut für Angewandte Physik der
Universität Bonn.
Alexander von Humboldt fellow. Host institute: group of Prof. Dieter
Meschede, Institut für Angewandte Physik der Universität Bonn.
Postdoctoral position, at the Institut für Angewandte Physik der Universität
Bonn in the group of Prof. Dieter Meschede. Position funded by the
European IP “AQUTE” within the 7th Framework Program.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:
2007 – 2009
2007
2006
2004
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1996 – 2001
Ph.D. in Physics, LENS laboratory – Università di Firenze. Supervisor:
Prof. Guglielmo Tino. Subject: “Coherent transport in driven optical
lattices and applications to force measurements” (19/02/2010).
“Diploma di Licenza” in Physics, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa.
Supervisor: Prof. Guglielmo Tino. Subject: “Induced Wannier-Stark transitions with ultra-cold 88Sr atoms in vertical optical lattices” Mark: 70/70
cum laude (27/11/2007).
M.Sc. (Laurea Magistrale) in Physics, Università di Pisa. Supervisor:
Prof. Ennio Arimondo, co-supervisor: Prof. Christophe Salomon. Subject:
“Contributions to new generation ultra-cold Lithium experiments” Mark:
110/110 cum laude (26/10/2006).
B.Sc. (Laurea triennale) in Physics, University of Pisa. Supervisor:
Prof. Ennio Arimondo. Subject: “Evaporative cooling of an admixture of
87Rb–133Cs” Mark: 110/110 cum laude (26/07/2004).
Admitted to the “Scuola Normale Superiore” in Pisa
Scientific Lyceum “Liceo Scientifico G.P. Vieusseux” in Imperia (Italy).
Mark: 100/100 cum laude.
PUBLICATIONS:
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N. Belmechri, L. Förster, W. Alt, A. Widera, D. Meschede and A. Alberti,
“Microwave control of atomic motional states in a spin-dependent optical lattice”, J.
Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., accepted (2013)
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M. Genske, W. Alt, A. Steffen, A. H. Werner, R. F. Werner, D. Meschede and A.
Alberti, “Electric quantum walks with individual atoms”, arXiv:1302.2094 (2013)
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C. Cedzich, T. Rybár, A. H. Werner, A. Alberti, M. Genske and R. F. Werner,
“Propagation and spectral properties of quantum walks in electric fields”, arXiv:
1302.2081 (2013)
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M. G. Tarallo, A. Alberti, N. Poli, M. L. Chiofalo, F.-Y. Wang and G. M. Tino,
“Delocalization-enhanced Bloch oscillations and driven resonant tunneling in optical
lattices for precision force measurements”, Phys. Rev. A 86, 033615 (2012)
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A. Steffen, A. Alberti, W. Alt, N. Belmechri, S. Hild, M. Karski, A. Widera and D.
Meschede, “A digital atom interferometer with single particle control on a
discretized spacetime geometry”, PNAS 109, 9770 (2012)
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A. Ahlbrecht, A. Alberti, D. Meschede, V. B. Scholz, A. H. Werner, and R. F.
Werner, “Molecular binding in interacting quantum walks”, New J. Phys. 14, 073050
(2012)
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M. Karski, L. Förster, J. Choi, W. Alt, A. Alberti, A. Widera and D. Meschede,
“Direct Observation and Analysis of Spin-Dependent Transport of Single Atoms in
a 1D Optical Lattice”, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 59, 2947 (2011)
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N. Poli, F.-Y. Wang, M. G. Tarallo, A. Alberti, M. Prevedelli, and G. M. Tino,
“Precision measurement of gravity with cold atoms in an optical lattice and
comparison with a classical gravimeter”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 038501 (2011)
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Alberti, G. Ferrari, V. V. Ivanov, M. L. Chiofalo, and G. M. Tino, “Atomic wave
packets in amplitude-modulated vertical optical lattices”, New Journal of Physics 12,
065037 (2010)
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Alberti, V. V. Ivanov, G. M. Tino and G. Ferrari, “Engineering the quantum
transport of atomic wavefunctions over macroscopic distances”, Nature Physics 5,
547 (2009)
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F. Sorrentino, A. Alberti, G. Ferrari, V. V. Ivanov, N. Poli, M. Schioppo and G. M.
Tino, “Quantum sensor for atom-surface interactions below 10 µm”, Phys. Rev. A
79, 013409 (2009)
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V. Ivanov, A. Alberti, M. Schioppo, G. Ferrari, M. Artoni, M. L. Chiofalo and G. M.
Tino, “Coherent transport of atomic wave packets in amplitude-modulated vertical
optical lattices”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 043602 (2008)
PROCEEDINGS:
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G. M. Tino, A. Alberti, A. Bertoldi, L. Cacciapuoti, M. de Angelis, G. Ferrari, A.
Giorgini, V. V. Ivanov, G. Lamporesi, N. Poli, M. Prevedelli and F.
Sorrentino, “Precision Gravity Tests by Atom Interferometry”, Proc. XVIII Int.
Conf. ICOLS 2007, 89 (2008)
GRANTS &
SCHOLARSHIPS:
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Nachwuchsforschergruppe on “Quantenkontrolle auf der Nanoskala: Einzelne
neutrale Atome als Bausteine für ein Quantenvielteilchensystem” by Ministerium für
Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Alexander von Humboldt Research fellowship in Bonn (2011–2012)
QUDEDIS European Science Foundation grant on “Superfluid properties of ultracold Lithium atoms” funding 10-month stay at LKB laboratory in Paris
5-year honor scholarship by “Scuola Normale Superiore” in Pisa
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LANGUAGES:
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Fluent both in written and spoken English
Fluent both in written and spoken German
Fluent in spoken French
Native Italian speaker
PARTICIPATION
IN SCIENTIFIC
NETWORKS:
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2010 – present: Participation in the DFG Research Unit FOR635
2010 – present: Participation in the European Research Network IP “AQUTE”
2010: Participation in the European Research Network STREP “iSENSE”
SCIENTIFIC
INTERESTS:
Cold atoms, quantum transport, optical lattices, quantum information, atom
interferometry, precision measurements.
ORGANIZATION
OF WORKSHOPS &
EVENTS
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Co-organized the workshop “Quantum Walks, Quantum Simulators, and Quantum
Networks” sponsored by the DFG-Forschergruppe 635, 30-31 Jul. 2012, Bonn,
Germany
INVITED
COLLOQUIA:
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“Interferometers, quantum walks, and Bloch oscillations”, LENS laboratory,
Florence, Italy, September 27th 2012
“Coherent transport in driven optical lattices and force measurements”, Columbia
University, New York, USA, February 9th 2010
“Coherent transport in driven optical lattices”, University of Wisconsin, Madison,
USA, February 2nd 2010
“Coherent transport in driven optical lattices”, Institut d’Optique, Orsay (Paris),
France, January 27th 2010
“Coherent transport in driven optical lattices”, Institut für Angewandte Physik, Bonn,
Germany, January 11th 2010
“Quantum transport in driven optical lattices and applications to force
measurements”, Unversidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, December 17th 2009
“A new compact frequency-doubled blue laser source”, Heinrich-Heine-Universität,
Düsseldorf, Germany, October 19th 2007
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CONFERENCES &
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Talk, “Quantum Optics VI” conference, Nov. 2012, Montevideo, Piriapolis, Uruguay
Talk, “Quantum Simulations” workshop, Oct. 2012, Bilbao, Spain
Talk, “Photons, atoms, and beyond” symposium, Sep. 2012, Pisa, Italy
Talk, “Quantum Walks, Quantum Simulators, and Quantum Networks” workshop,
Jul. 2012, Bonn, Germany
Poster, ICAP12, Jul. 2012, Orsay (Paris), France
Talk, “Workshop on the dynamics and asymptotics in the Dicke model and quantum
networks”, May 2012, Mátraháza, Hungary
Talk, “Quantum Control and Simulation with Distributed Neutral Atom Systems”
workshop, Nov. 2011, MPQ Garching, Germany
Poster, “Pushing Frontiers in Quantum Information with Atoms and Photons”
symposium, Sep. 2011, Heidelberg, Germany
Poster, “ICOLS 2011”, May 2011, Hannover, Germany
Talk, “German-French-Russian Laser Symposium 2011”, Apr. 2011, Erlangen,
Germany
Talk, “Southwest Quantum Information and Technology” conference, Feb. 2011,
NIST, Boulder, USA
Poster, “Minerva-Weizmann Workshop on Entanglement in Atomic Systems”, Nov.
2010, Weizmann Institute, Israel
Poster, “French-German Research: 50 Years In The Light Of The Laser”, Nov. 2010,
French embassy, Berlin, Germany
Poster, EMALI workshop, Sep. 2010, Barcelona, Spain
Participation, “Frontiers in Matter Wave Interferometry”, Jun. 2010, Bad Honnef,
Germany
Talk, “Modern Problems of Laser Metrology”, Oct. 2009, Lerici, Italy
Poster, “Ultracold Group II Atoms: Quantum Metrology and Information”, Sep.
2009, Maryland University, USA
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Participation, “Gravitational Waves Detection with Atom Interferometry”, Feb.
2009, GGI institute, Florence, Italy
Poster, YAO09, Feb. 2009, Vienna, Austria
Poster, ICAP08, Jul. 2008, University of Connecticut, USA
Poster, INTERF08, Apr. 2008, Trento, Italy
Talk, YAO08, Mar. 2008, Florence, Italy
MEMBERSHIPS IN
PHYSICAL
SOCIETIES:
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Società di Fisica Italiana
Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft
European Physical Society
OTHER
INTERESTS
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Creation/management of the website http://quantum-technologies.iap.uni-bonn.de
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