Atomic scale imaging with high coherence electrons and ions. This project aims to combine a cold atom electron-ion source with a commercial microscope column for atomic-scale imaging in biosciences and materials science. Nanoscale imaging with electron and ion microscopy are tools for investigating the world at the atomic scale, underpinning development in modern technologies from semiconductor devices to medical treatments. This project will use ideas from laser cooling of atoms and atom optics ....Atomic scale imaging with high coherence electrons and ions. This project aims to combine a cold atom electron-ion source with a commercial microscope column for atomic-scale imaging in biosciences and materials science. Nanoscale imaging with electron and ion microscopy are tools for investigating the world at the atomic scale, underpinning development in modern technologies from semiconductor devices to medical treatments. This project will use ideas from laser cooling of atoms and atom optics to achieve new imaging modalities for time-lapse imaging of fundamental processes at the nano-scale. It will allow increasingly small scale resolution of fundamental processes at the nano-scale.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE140100647
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$385,155.00
Summary
Spin-Orbit coupling in a Lithium-6 quasi-2D Fermi gas. Spin-orbit interactions couple a particle's spin to its momentum and underlie remarkable phenomena including topological edge states in insulators and the fractional quantum Hall effect. In conventional solid-state systems these effects are difficult to study due to the complex and imperfect structure of the host material. This project will generate spin-orbit coupling in the defect free and highly controllable environment of an ultracold qu ....Spin-Orbit coupling in a Lithium-6 quasi-2D Fermi gas. Spin-orbit interactions couple a particle's spin to its momentum and underlie remarkable phenomena including topological edge states in insulators and the fractional quantum Hall effect. In conventional solid-state systems these effects are difficult to study due to the complex and imperfect structure of the host material. This project will generate spin-orbit coupling in the defect free and highly controllable environment of an ultracold quasi-two-dimensional Fermi gas to observe new topological phases and Majorana fermions which hold promise for realising decoherence free protected quantum states. Read moreRead less