Immanuel Bloch
Immanuel Bloch | |
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| Born | 16 November 1972 |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | ultracold atoms, optical lattices, and Mott insulator |
| Awards |
EPS Quantum Electronics Prize (2011)
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | Ludwig-Maximilians University Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics |
| Thesis | Atomlaser und Phasenkohärenz atomarer Bose-Einstein-Kondensate (2000) |
| Doctoral advisor | Theodor W. Hänsch |
Immanuel Bloch (born 16 November 1972, Fulda) is a German experimental physicist. His research is focused on the investigation of quantum many-body systems using ultracold atomic and molecular quantum gases. Bloch is known for his work on atoms in artificial crystals of light, optical lattices, especially the first realization of a quantum phase transition from a weakly interacting superfluid to a strongly interacting Mott insulating state of matter.