Publications / Theses

78. Observation of many-body dynamical localization
Yanliang Guo, Sudipta Dhar, Ang Yang, Zekai Chen, Hepeng Yao, Milena Horvath, Lei Ying, Manuele Landini, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl
preprint at: arxiv.org/abs/2312.13880

77. Bose-Einstein condensation of non-ground-state caesium atoms
Milena Horvath, Sudipta Dhar, Arpita Das, Matthew D. Frye, Yanliang
Guo, Jeremy M. Hutson, Manuele Landini, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl
Nature Communications 15, 3739 (2024), preprint at: arxiv.org/abs/2310.12025

76. Anomalous cooling of bosons by dimensional reduction
Yanliang Guo∗, Hepeng Yao∗, Sudipta Dhar, Lorenzo Pizzino, Milena
Horvath, Thierry Giamarchi, Manuele Landini, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl (*These authors contributed equally to this work)
Science Advances 10, 6-11 (2024), preprint at: arxiv.org/abs/2308.04144

75. Observation of the 2D-1D crossover in strongly interacting ultracold bosons
Yanliang Guo*, Hepeng Yao*, Satwik Ramanjanappa, Sudipta Dhar, Milena Horvath, Lorenzo Pizzino, Thierry Giamarchi, Manuele Landini, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl (*These authors contributed equally to this work)
Nature Physics 20, 934 (2024), preprint at: arxiv.org/abs/2308.00411

74. An association sequence suitable for producing ground-state RbCs molecules in optical lattices
Arpita Das, Philip D. Gregory, Tetsu Takekoshi, Luke Fernley, Manuele Landini, Jeremy M. Hutson, Simon L. Cornish, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl
SciPost Physics 15, 220 (2023), preprint at: arxiv.org/abs/2303.16144

73. Observation of confinement-induced resonances in a 3D lattice 
Deborah Capecchi, Camilo Cantillano, Manfred J. Mark, Andreas Schindewolf, Manuele Landini, Alejandro Saenz, Fabio Revuelta, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl 
Physical Review Letters 131, 213002 (2023), preprint at: arxiv.org/abs/2209.12504

72.  Long distance optical transport of ultracold atoms: A compact setup using a Moiré lens
Govind Unnikrishnan, Charly Beulenkamp, Dechao Zhang, Krzysztof Piotr Zamarski, Manuele Landini, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl
Review of Scientific Instruments 92, 063205 (2021), preprint at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.02387

71.  Interaction-Enhanced Group Velocity of Bosons in the Flat Band of an Optical Kagome Lattice
Tsz-Him Leung, Malte N. Schwarz, Shao-Wen Chang, Charles D. Brown, Govind Unnikrishnan, and Dan Stamper-Kurn                   Physical Review Letters 125, 133001 (2020), preprint at: arxiv.org/abs/2005.09763

70.  Interplay between coherent and dissipative dynamics of bosonic doublons in an optical lattice
M. J. Mark, S. Flannigan, F. Meinert, K. Jag-Lauber, J. P. D’Incao, A. J. Daley, H.-C. Nägerl
Physical Review Research 2, 043050 (2020), preprint at: arxiv.org/abs/2005.09763

69.  Roadmap on STIRAP applications
Klaas Bergmann, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl, Cristian Panda, Gerald Gabrielse, Eduard Miloglyadoc, Martin Quack et.al.
Journal of Physics B 52, 20 (2019), preprint at: arXiv:1908.01611v1

68.  Sub-Doppler laser cooling of 39K via the 4S→5P transition
Govind Unnikrishnan, Michael Gröbner, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl,
SciPost Physics 6, 047 (2019), preprint at: arXiv:1811.02185

67.  Mott-Insulator-Aided Detection of Ultra-Narrow Feshbach Resonances
Manfred J. Mark, Florian Meinert, Katharina Lauber, Hanns-Christoph Nägerl,
SciPost Physics 5, 055 (2018), preprint at: arXiv:1808.05496

66. Bloch oscillations in the absence of a lattice
F. Meinert, M. Knap, E. Kirilov, K. Jag-Lauber, M. B. Zvonarev, E. Demler, and H.-C. Nägerl,
Science 356, 945 (2017), preprint at: arXiv:1608.08200

65. Degenerate Raman sideband cooling of 39K
M. Gröbner, P. Weinmann, E. Kirilov, and H.-C. Nägerl,
Physical Review A 95, 033412 (2017), preprint at: arXiv:1612.02309

64. Observation of interspecies Feshbach resonances in an ultracold 39K-133Cs mixture and refinement of interaction potentials 
M. Gröbner, P. Weinmann, E. Kirilov, H.-C. Nägerl, P. S. Julienne, C. R. Le Sueur, and J. M. Hutson,
Physical Review A 95, 022715 (2017), preprint at: arXiv:1612.07196

63. Quantum engineering of a low-entropy gas of heteronuclear bosonic molecules in an optical lattice
L. Reichsöllner*, A. Schindewolf*, T. Takekoshi, R. Grimm, and H.-C. Nägerl, 
Physical Review Letters 118, 073201 (2017), preprint at: arXiv:1607.06536   (*These authors contributed equally to this work)

62. Floquet engineering of correlated tunneling in the Bose-Hubbard model with ultracold atoms
F. Meinert, M. J. Mark, K. Lauber, A. J. Daley, and H.-C. Nägerl,
Physical Review Letters 116, 205301 (2016), preprint at: arXiv:1602.02657

61. A new quantum gas apparatus for ultracold mixtures of K and Cs and KCs ground-state molecules
M. Gröbner, P. Weinmann, F. Meinert, K. Lauber, E. Kirilov, and H.-C. Nägerl,
Journal of Modern Optics Online (2016), preprint at: arXiv:1511.05044

60. Model for the hyperfine structure of electronically-excited KCs molecules
A. Orban, R. Vexiau, O. Krieglsteiner, H.-C. Nägerl, O. Dulieu, A. Crubellier, N. Bouloufa-Maafa,
Physical Review A 92, 032510 (2015), preprint at: arXiv:1507.06519

59. Probing the Excitations of a Lieb-Liniger Gas from Weak to Strong Coupling
F. Meinert, M. Panfil, M.J. Mark, K. Lauber, J.-S. Caux, H.-C. Nägerl,
Physical Review Letters 115, 085301 (2015), preprint at: arXiv:1505.08152

58. Compact, robust, and spectrally pure diode-laser system with filter cavity
E. Kirilov, M. J. Mark, M. Segl, H.-C. Nägerl
Applied Physics B 0946-2171 (2015), preprint at: arXiv:1412.1116

57. Ultracold dense samples of dipolar RbCs molecules in the rovibrational and hyperfine ground state
T. Takekoshi, L. Reichsöllner, A. Schindewolf, J. M. Hutson, C. R. Le Sueur, O. Dulieu, F. Ferlaino, R. Grimm, H.-C. Nägerl
Physical Review Letters 113, 205301 (2014), preprint at: arXiv:1405.6037

56. Observation of Density-Induced Tunneling
O. Jürgensen, F. Meinert, M. J. Mark, H.-C. Nägerl, D.-S. Lühmann
Physical Review Letters 113, 193003 (2014), preprint at: arXiv:1407.0835

55. Resonant atom-dimer collisions in cesium: Testing universality at positive scattering lengths
A. Zenesini, B. Huang, M. Berninger, H.-C. Nägerl, F. Ferlaino, R. Grimm
Physical Review A 90, 022704 (2014), preprint at: arXiv:1406.3443

54. Observation of many-body dynamics in long-range tunneling after a quantum quench
F. Meinert, M. J. Mark, E. Kirilov, K. Lauber, P. Weinmann, M. Gröbner, A. J. Daley, H.-C. Nägerl
Science 344, 1259 (2014), preprint at: arXiv:1312.2758

53. Interaction-induced quantum phase revivals and evidence for the transition to the quantum chaotic regime in 1D atomic Bloch oscillations
F. Meinert, M. J. Mark, E. Kirilov, K. Lauber, P. Weinmann, M. Gröbner, H.-C. Nägerl
Physical Review Letters 112, 193003 (2014),preprint at: arXiv:1309.4045

52. Many-body quantum quench in an atomic one-dimensional Ising chain
F. Meinert, M. J. Mark, E. Kirilov, K. Lauber, P. Weinmann, A. J. Daley, H.-C. Nägerl
Physical Review Letters 111, 053003 (2013), preprint at: arXiv:1304.2628

51. Feshbach resonances, weakly bound states and coupled-channel potentials for cesium molecules at high magnetic field 
M. Berninger, A. Zenesini, B. Huang, W. Harm, H.-C. Nägerl, F. Ferlaino, R. Grimm, P. S. Julienne, J. M. Hutson
Physical Review A 87, 032517 (2013), preprint at: arXiv:1212.5584

50. Resonant Five-Body Recombination in an Ultracold Gas
A. Zenesini, B. Huang, M. Berninger, S. Besler, H.-C. Nägerl, F. Ferlaino, R. Grimm, Chris H. Greene, J. von Stecher
New Journal of Physics 15 043040 (2013), preprint at: arXiv:1205.1921

49. Preparation and spectroscopy of a metastable Mott insulator state with attractive interactions
M. J. Mark, E. Haller, K. Lauber, J. G. Danzl, A. Janisch, H. P. Büchler, A. J. Daley, H.-C. Nägerl
Physical Review Letters 108, 215302 (2012), preprint at: arXiv:1201.1008

48. Towards the production of ultracold ground-state RbCs molecules: Feshbach resonances, weakly bound states, and coupled-channel model
T. Takekoshi, M. Debatin, R. Rameshan, F. Ferlaino, R. Grimm, H.-C. Nägerl, C.R. Le Sueur, J.M. Hutson, P.S. Julienne, S. Kotochigova, E. Tiemann
Physical Review A  (2012), preprint at: arxiv:1201.1438

47. Three-body correlation functions and recombination rates for bosons in three dimensions and one dimension. 
E. Haller, M. Rabie, M.J. Mark, J.G. Danzl, R. Hart, K. Lauber, G. Pupillo, H.-C. Nägerl
Physical Review Letters 107, 230404 (2011), preprint at: arXiv:1107.4516

46. Efimov Resonances in Ultracold Quantum Gases
F. Ferlaino, A. Zenesini, M. Berninger, B. Huang, H.-C. Nägerl, R. Grimm
Few-Body Systems 51, 113 (2011), preprint at: arXiv:1108.1909

45. Precision Measurements on a Tunable Mott Insulator of Ultracold Atoms
M. J. Mark, E. Haller, K. Lauber, J. G. Danzl, A. J. Daley, H.-C. Nägerl
Physical Review Letters 107, 175301 (2011), preprint at: arXiv:1107.1803

44. Molecular spectroscopy for ground-state transfer of ultracold RbCs molecules
M. Debatin, T. Takekoshi, R. Rameshan, L. Reichsöllner, F. Ferlaino, R. Grimm, R. Vexiau, N. Bouloufa, O. Dulieu, H.-C. Nägerl
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 13, 18926 (2011), DOI: 10.1039/c1cp21769k, preprint at: arXiv:1106.0129

43. Universality of the Three-Body Parameter for Efimov States in Ultracold Cesium
M. Berninger, A. Zenesini, B. Huang, W. Harm, H.-C. Nägerl, F. Ferlaino, R. Grimm, P. S. Julienne, J. M. Hutson
Physical Review Letters 107, 120401 (2011), preprint at: arXiv:1106.3933

42. Demonstration of the temporal matter-wave Talbot effect for trapped matter waves
M. J. Mark, E. Haller, J. G. Danzl, K. Lauber, M. Gustavsson, H.-C. Nägerl
New Journal of Physics 13, 085008 (2011), preprint at: arxiv:1105.0295

41. Optimal trapping wavelengths of Cs2 molecules in an optical lattice.
R. Vexiau, N. Bouloufa, M. Aymar, J. G. Danzl, M. J. Mark, H.-C. Nägerl, O. Dulieu
The European Physics Journal D 65, 243 (2011), preprint at: arxiv:1102.1793

40. Global analysis of data on the spin-orbit coupled A1 Σ+u and b3 πu states of Cs2.
J. Bai, E. H. Ahmed, B. Beser, Y. Guan, S. Kotochigova, A. M. Lyyra, S. Ashman, C. M. Wolfe, J. Huennekens, F. Xie, D. Li, L. Li, M. Tamanis, R. Ferber, A. Drozdova, E. Pazyuk, A. V. Stolyarov, J. G. Danzl, H.-C. Nägerl, N. Bouloufa, O. Dulieu, C. Amiot, H. Salami, T. Bergeman
Physical Review A 83, 032514 (2011), preprint at: arxiv:1101.5412

39. Production of a dual-species Bose-Einstein condensate of Rb and Cs atoms.
A. D. Lercher, T. Takekoshi, M. Debatin, B. Schuster, R. Rameshan, F. Ferlaino, R. Grimm, H.-C. Nägerl
The European Physics Journal D 65, 3 (2011), preprint at: arxiv:1101.1409

38. Pinning quantum phase transition for a Luttinger liquid of strongly interacting bosons
E. Haller, R. Hart, M.J. Mark, J.G. Danzl, L. Reichsöllner, M. Gustavsson, M. Dalmonte, G. Pupillo, H.-C. Nägerl
Nature 466, 597 (2010), preprint at: arXiv:1004.3168 (2010)

37. Inducing Transport in a Dissipation-Free Lattice with Super Bloch Oscillations
E. Haller, R. Hart, M.J. Mark, J.G. Danzl, L. Reichsöllner, H.-C. Nägerl
Physical Review Letters 104, 200403 (2010), preprint at: arXiv:1001.1206 (2010)

36. Confinement-Induced Resonances in Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems
E. Haller, M.J. Mark, R. Hart, J.G. Danzl, L. Reichsöllner, V. Melezhik, P. Schmelcher, H.-C. Nägerl
Physical Review Letters 104, 153203 (2010), preprint at: arXiv:1002.3795 (2010)

35. Interference of interacting matter waves
M. Gustavsson, E. Haller, M.J. Mark, J.G. Danzl, R. Hart, A. Daley, H.-C. Nägerl
New Journal of Physics 12, 065029 (2010), preprint at: arXiv:0812.4836 (2008)

34. Colliding Bose-Einstein condensates to observe Efimov physics
Y. Wang, J.P. D’Incao, H.-C. Nägerl, B.D. Esry
Physical Review Letters 104, 113201 (2010)

33. An ultracold high-density sample of rovibronic ground-state molecules in an optical lattice
J. G. Danzl, M. J. Mark, E. Haller, M. Gustavsson, R. Hart, J. Aldegunde, J. M. Hutson, H.-C. Nägerl
Nature Physics, advance online publication 21 Feb 2010, doi:10.1038/nphys1533,
Nature Physics 6, 265 (2010), preprint at: arXiv:0909.4700

32. Magnetically Controlled Exchange Process in an Ultracold Atom-Dimer Mixture
S. Knoop, F. Ferlaino, M. Berninger, M. Mark, H.-C. Nägerl, R. Grimm, J.P. DIncao, B.D. Esry
Physical Review Letters 104, 053201 (2010)

31. Realization of an Excited, Strongly Correlated Quantum Gas Phase
E. Haller, M. Gustavsson, M. J. Mark, J. G. Danzl, R. Hart, G. Pupillo, H.-C. Nägerl 
Science 325, 1224 (2009), preprint at: arXiv:1006.0739 (2010)

30. Deeply bound ultracold molecules in an optical lattice
J. G. Danzl, M. J. Mark, E. Haller, M. Gustavsson, R. Hart, A. Liem, H. Zellmer, H.-C. Nägerl
New Journal of Physics 11, 055036 (2009), preprint at: arXiv:0812.5070 

29. Observation of interspecies Feshbach resonances in an ultracold Rb-Cs mixture
K. Pilch, A. D. Lange, A. Prantner, G. Kerner, F. Ferlaino, H.-C. Nägerl, R. Grimm
Physical Review A 79, 042718 (2009), preprint at:  arXiv:0812.3287

28. Evidence for universal four-body states tied to an Efimov trimer
F. Ferlaino, S Knoop, M. Berninger, W. Harm, J. P. D’ Incao, H.-C. Nägerl, R. Grimm 
Physical Review Letters 102, 140401 (2009), preprint at:  arXiv:0903.1276

27. Precision molecular spectroscopy for ground state transfer of molecular quantum gases
J. G. Danzl, M. J. Mark, E. Haller, M. Gustavsson, N. Bouloufa, O. Dulieu, H. Ritsch, R. Hart, H.-C. Nägerl
Faraday Discussions (2009) DOI: 10.1039/B820542F, preprint at: arXiv:0811.2374 

26. Dark resonances for ground state transfer of molecular quantum gases
M. J. Mark, J. G. Danzl, E. Haller, M. Gustavsson, N. Bouloufa, O. Dulieu, H. Salami, T. Bergeman, H. Ritsch, R. Hart, H.-C. Nägerl
Applied Physics B 95, 219-225 (2009), preprint at: arXiv:0811.0695 

25. Observation of an Efimov-like trimer resonance in ultracold atom-dimer scattering
S. Knoop, F. Ferlaino, M. Mark, M. Berninger, H. Schöbel, H.-C. Nägerl, R. Grimm
Nature Phys. 5, 227 (2009),, preprint at: arXiv:0807.3306 

24. Determination of atomic scattering lengths from measurements of molecular binding energies near Feshbach resonances
A. D. Lange, K. Pilch, A. Prantner, F. Ferlaino, B. Engeser, H.-C. Nägerl, R. Grimm, and C. Chin
Physical Review A 79, 013622 (2009), preprint at:  arXiv:0810.5503 

23. Quantum Gas of Deeply Bound Ground State Molecules 
J. G. Danzl, E. Haller, M. Gustavsson, M. J. Mark, R. Hart, N. Bouloufa, O. Dulieu, H. Ritsch, H.-C. Nägerl
Science 321, 1062 (2008); published online 10 July 2008 (DOI: 10.1126/science.1159909), preprint at: arXiv:0806.2284

22. Collisions between tunable halo dimers: exploring an elementary four-body process with identical bosons,
F. Ferlaino, S. Knoop, M. Mark, M. Berninger, H. Schöbel, H.-C. Nägerl, R. Grimm
Physical Review Letters 101, 023201 (2008), arXiv:0803.4078

21. Control of interaction-induced dephasing of Bloch oscillations
M. Gustavsson, E. Haller, M. J. Mark, J.G. Danzl, G. Rojas-Kopeinig, H.-C. Nägerl
Physical Review Letters 100, 080404 (2008), arXiv:0710.5083

20. Metastable Feshbach molecules in high rotational states
S. Knoop, M. Mark, F. Ferlaino, J.G. Danzl, T. Kraemer, H.-C. Nägerl, R. Grimm
Physical Review Letters 100,083002 (2008), arXiv:0710.4052

19. Spectroscopy of ultracold, trapped cesium Feshbach molecules
M. Mark, F. Ferlaino, S. Knoop, J.G. Danzl, T. Kraemer, C. Chin, H.-C.Nägerl, R. Grimm
Physical Review A 76,042514 (2007), arXiv:0706.1041

18. Stückelberg interferometry with ultracold molecules
M. Mark, T. Kraemer, P. Waldburger, J. Herbig, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl, R.Grimm
Physical Review Letters 99,113201 (2007), arXiv:0704.0653

17. Experimental evidence for Efimov quantum states
T. Kraemer, M. Mark, P. Waldburger, J. G. Danzl, C. Chin, B. Engeser, A. D. Lange,

K. Pilch, A. Jaakkola, H.-C. Nägerl and R. Grimm
Nature 440, 315 (2006),  cond-mat/0512394

16. Observation of Feshbach-like resonances in collisions between ultracold molecules
C. Chin, T. Kraemer, M. Mark, J. Herbig, P. Waldburger, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Physical Review Letters 94, 123201 (2005) . cond-mat/0411258

15. Efficient creation of molecules from a cesium Bose-Einstein condensate
M. Mark, T. Kraemer, J. Herbig, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Europhysics Letters 69, 706 (2005). cond-mat/0409737

14. Optimized production of a cesium Bose-Einstein condensate
T. Kraemer, J. Herbig, M. Mark, T. Weber, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Applied Physics B 79, 1013 (2004).  cond-mat/0408268

13. Two-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensate in an optical surface trap
D. Rychtarik, B. Engeser, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Physical Review Letters 92, 173003 (2004). cond-mat/0309536

12. Preparation of a Pure Molecular Quantum Gas
J. Herbig, T. Kraemer, M. Mark, T. Weber, C. Chin, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Science 301, 1510 (2003); published online 21 Aug 2003 (10.1126/science.1088876)

11. Three-body recombination at large scattering lengths in an ultracold atomic gas
T. Weber, J. Herbig, M. Mark, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Physical Review Letters 91, 123201 (2003). physics/0304052

10. Bose-Einstein Condensation of Cesium
T. Weber, J. Herbig, M. Mark, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Science 299, 232 (2003); published online 5 Dec 2002 (10.1126/science.1079699)

9. Evanescent-wave trapping and evaporative cooling of an atomic gas at the crossover to two dimensions
M. Hammes, D. Rychtarik, B. Engeser, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Physical Review Letters 90, 173001 (2003). physics/0208065

8. Cold-atom gas at very high densities in an optical surface microtrap
M. Hammes, D. Rychtarik, H.-C. Nägerl, and R. Grimm
Physical Review A 66, 051401(R) (2002). physics/0204026

7. Evaluation of heating effects on atoms trapped in an optical trap 
C. W. Gardiner, J. Ye, H.-C. Nägerl, and H. J. Kimble
Physical Review A 61, 045801 (2000).

6. Ground state cooling, quantum state engineering and study of decoherence of ions in Paul traps
F. Schmidt-Kaler, C. Roos, H.-C. Nägerl, H. Rohde, S. Gulde, A. Mundt, M. Lederbauer, G. Thalhammer, 
T. Zeiger, P. Barton, L. Hornekaer, G. Reymond, D. Leibfried, J. Eschner, and R. Blatt
Journal of Modern Optics 47, 2573 (2000).

5. Investigating a qubit candidate: Spectroscopy on the S1/2 to D5/2 transition of a trapped calcium ion in a linear Paul trap 
H.-C. Nägerl, Ch. Roos, D.Leibfried, H. Rohde, G. Thalhammer, J. Eschner, F. Schmidt-Kaler, and R. Blatt
Physical Review A 61, 023405 (2000).

4. Quantum State Engineering on an Optical Transition and Decoherence in a Paul Trap
C. Roos, T. Zeiger, H. Rohde, H.-C. Nägerl, J. Eschner, D. Leibfried, F. Schmidt-Kaler, and R. Blatt
Physical Review Letters 83, 4713 (1999).

3. Laser addressing of individual ions in a linear ion trap
H.-C. Nägerl, D. Leibfried, H. Rohde, G. Thalhammer, J. Eschner, F. Schmidt-Kaler, and R. Blatt
Physical Review A 60, 145 (1999).

2. Coherent excitation of normal modes in a string of Ca+ ions
H.-C. Nägerl, R. Blatt, F. Schmidt-Kaler, J. Eschner, D. Leibfried
Optics Express 3, 89 (1998).

1. Ion strings for quantum gates
H.-C. Nägerl, W. Bechter, J. Eschner, F. Schmidt-Kaler, and R. Blatt
Applied Physics B 66, 603 (1998).