Assistant Professor
Contact Info
Office：Physics Building W529, 物理楼西529
Tel：010-62768901
Labphone：010-62768306
Email：xibo@pku.edu.cn
Personal Homepage：http://faculty.pku.edu.cn/zhangxibo
Education
|
Degree |
Year |
Major |
Institution |
|
Ph.D. |
2005/08-2012/03 |
Physics |
University of Chicago |
|
B.S. |
2001/09-2005/07 |
Physics |
Peking University |
Professional Appointments
|
Year |
Position |
Institution |
|
2012/07-2015/12 |
Post-doctoral Research Associate |
JILA, University of Colorado at Boulder |
|
2012/04-2012/06 |
Post-doctoral Researcher |
University of Chicago |
Research Interests
I am interested in combining the powers of ultracold atoms and precision measurements to study quantum manybody physics. Specifically, my first experiment will choose atomic strontium (Sr) that is very unique because it simultaneously possesses the capability to reach ultracold temperatures and an ultra-narrow clock transition that is ideal for performing precision spectroscopy with. We will cool Sr atoms into quantum degeneracy (at nanoKelvin temperatures), manipulate them with precision tools like high-spatial-resolution microscopy and high-resolution laser spectroscopy to create interesting quantum states, and precisely measure these quantum states with the same tools that are used to create them. Ultracold strontium holds promise for realizing novel quantum states in strongly correlated systems as well as exotic interacting topological materials.
Honors and Awards
2012 Student travel grant to attend the 43rd DAMOP
2006 Sachs Fellowship, University of Chicago, Chicago
2004 May 4th Fellowship, Peking University, Beijing
2003 Guanghua Fellowship, Peking University, Beijing
2003 President’s Undergraduate Research Fund, Peking University, Beijing
Selected Publications
1. N. Gemelke, X. Zhang, C.-L. Hung, and C. Chin, “In situ observation of incompressible Mott-insulating domains in ultracold atomic gases.” Nature 460, 995-998 (2009).
2. C.-L. Hung, X. Zhang, N. Gemelke, and C. Chin, “Observation of scale invariance and universality in two-dimensional Bose gases.” Nature 470, 236-239 (2011).
3. X. Zhang, C.-L. Hung, S.-K. Tung, and C. Chin, “Observation of quantum criticality with ultracold atoms in optical lattices.” Science 335, 1070-1072 (2012).
4. M. J. Martin, M. Bishof, M. D. Swallows, X. Zhang, C. Benko, J. von-Stecher, A. V. Gorshkov, A. M. Rey, and J. Ye, “A quantum many-body spin system in an optical lattice clock.” Science 341, 632-636 (2013).
5. B. J. Bloom, T. L. Nicholson, J. R. Williams, S. L. Campbell, M. Bishof, X. Zhang, W. Zhang, S. L. Bromley, and J. Ye, “An optical lattice clock with accuracy and stability at the 10-18 level.” Nature 506, 71-75 (2014).
6. X. Zhang, M. Bishof, S. L. Bromley, C. V. Kraus, M. S. Safronova, P. Zoller, A. M. Rey, and J. Ye, “Spectroscopic observation of SU(N)-symmetric interactions in Sr orbital magnetism.” Science 345, 1467-1473 (2014).
Open Positions
I am interested in recruiting two Ph.D. students and one postdoc. I look forward to working together with students and researchers who are enthusiastic about ultracold atoms and precision measurements, starting 2015/12.