Publications

C. J. Dale, K. G. S. Xie, K. Pond Grehan, Shizhong Zhang, J. Maki, J. H. Thywissen
Emergent s-wave interactions in orbitally active quasi-two-dimensional Fermi gases
[arXiv:2408.00737]

J. Maki, C. J. Dale, J. H. Thywissen, Shizhong Zhang
Radio-Frequency Spectroscopy and the Dimensional Crossover in Interacting Spin-Polarized Fermi Gases
[arXiv:2407.21106]

D. C. Spierings,  J. H. Thywissen, A. M. Steinberg
Spin Rotations in a Bose-Einstein Condensate Driven by Counterflow and Spin-independent Interactions
Physical Review Letters 132, 173401 (2024)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.173401][arXiv:2308.16069][pdf]

K. G. Jackson, C. J. Dale, J. Maki, K. G. S. Xie, B. A. Olsen, D. J. M. Ahmed-Braun, Shizhong Zhang,  J. H. Thywissen
Emergent s-wave interactions between identical fermions in quasi-one-dimensional geometries
Physical Review X 13, 201013 (2023)
[doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.13.021013][arXiv:2206.10415]

V. Venu, P. Xu, M. Mamaev, F. Corapi, T. Bilitewski, J. P. D'Incao, C. J. Fujiwara, A. M. Rey,  J. H. Thywissen
Unitary p-wave interactions between fermions in an optical lattice
Nature 613, 262–267 (2023)
[doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05405-6][Full-text link][arXiv:2205.13506][pdf]
["UofT experimental physicists dip their toes into the quantum ocean" by Chris Sasaki]
[press release][JILA press release][Physics new story][Phys.org]

D. Clément, P. Grangier, J. H. Thywissen
Quantum optics of light and matter: honouring Alain Aspect
The European Physical Journal D  77, 2 (2023)
[doi: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-022-00578-1][pdf]
Lead editorial for the Topical Issue of EPJD celebrating Alain Aspect's 75th birthday [Springer news story, 24 Jan 2023]

M. Mamaev, P. He, T. Bilitewski, V. Venu, J. H. Thywissen, A. M. Rey
Collective p-wave orbital dynamics of ultracold fermions
Physical Review Letters 127, 143401 (2021)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.143401][arXiv:2104.06480][pdf]

B. DeMarco and J. H. Thywissen
No vacancy in the Fermi sea
Science 374, 939 (2021)
[doi: 10.1126/science.abm0072][pdf]

D. J. M. Ahmed-Braun, K. G. Jackson, S. Smale, C. J. Dale, B. A. Olsen, S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans, P. S. Julienne, J. H. Thywissen
Probing open- and closed-channel p-wave resonances
Physical Review Research 3, 033269 (2021)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.033269][arXiv:2101.02700][pdf]

M. Mamaev, J. H. Thywissen, A. M. Rey
Quantum computation toolbox for decoherence-free qubits using multi-band alkali atoms
Advanced Quantum Technologies 3, 1900132 (2020)
[doi:10.1002/qute.201900132] [journal link][arXiv:1911.01949][pdf]

S. Smale, P. He, B. Olsen, K. G. Jackson, H. Sharum, S. Trotzky, J. Marino, A. M. Rey, J. H. Thywissen
Observation of a Transition between Dynamical Phases in a Quantum Degenerate Fermi Gas
Science Advances, 5, eaax1568 (2019)
[doi:10.1126/sciadv.aax1568] [journal link] [arXiv:1806.11044][pdf]

R. Anderson, F. Wang, P. Xu, V. Venu, S. Trotzky, F. Chevy, J. H. Thywissen
Conductivity spectrum of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice
Physical Review Letters, 122, 153602 (2019)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.153602] [journal link] [arXiv:1712.09965][pdf]

T. Enss, J. H. Thywissen
Universal Spin Transport and Quantum Bounds for Unitary Fermions
Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 10, 85-106 (2019)
[doi: 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031218-013732] [journal link] [arXiv:1805.05354][pdf]

C. Luciuk, S. Smale, F. Boettcher, H. Sharum, B. A. Olsen, S. Trotzky, T. Enss, J. H. Thywissen
Observation of quantum-limited spin transport in strongly interacting 2D Fermi gases
Physical Review Letters, 118, 130405 (2017)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.130405] [journal link] [arXiv:1612.00815][pdf]

C. Luciuk, S. Trotzky, S. Smale, Zhenhua Yu, Shizhong Zhang, J. H. Thywissen
Evidence for universal relations describing a gas with p-wave interactions
Nature Physics 12, 599 (2016)
[doi:10.1038/nphys3670] [arXiv:1505.08151][pdf]
See also "Fermi gases: Anisotropic universality" by M. Ueda [Nature news&views]; also PhysicsWorld.

G. J. A. Edge, R. Anderson, D. Jervis, D. C. McKay, R. Day, S. Trotzky, J. H. Thywissen
Imaging and addressing of individual fermionic atoms in an optical lattice
Physical Review A 92, 063406 (2015) as ''Editors' Suggestion''
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.92.063406][journal link][arXiv:1510.04744][pdf]
Fermi gas microscopes chosen by Physics World as one of the ''top ten breakthroughs of 2015''.

G. S. Thekkadath, Liang Jiang, J. H. Thywissen
Spin correlations and entanglement in partially magnetised ensembles of fermions
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 49, 214002 (2016)
[doi:10.1088/0953-4075/49/21/214002] [journal link] [arXiv:1508.03570][pdf]
Special Issue of JPB on Addressing Quantum Many-body Problems with Cold Atoms and Molecules

Zhenhua Yu, J. H. Thywissen, Shizhong Zhang
Universal relations for a Fermi gas close to a p-wave interaction resonance
Physical Review Letters 115, 135304 (2015); Erratum: PRL 117, 019901 (2016).
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.135304] [journal link][arXiv:1505.02526][pdf]
Note: arXiv version combines the original manuscript with the published erratum. 

S. Trotzky, S. Beattie, C. Luciuk, S. Smale, A. B. Bardon, T. Enss, E. Taylor, Shizhong Zhang, J. H. Thywissen
Observation of the Leggett-Rice effect in a unitary Fermi gas
Physical Review Letters 114, 015301 (2015) as ''Editors' Suggestion''
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.015301] [journal link][arXiv:1410.8517][pdf]

A. B. Bardon, S. Beattie, C. Luciuk, W. Cairncross, D. Fine, N. S. Cheng, G. J. A. Edge, E. Taylor, Shizhong Zhang, S. Trotzky, J. H. Thywissen
Transverse Demagnetization Dynamics of a Unitary Fermi Gas
Science 344, 722 (2014)
[doi:10.1126/science.1247425] [journal link] [arXiv:1310.5140][pdf]

D. Jervis and J. H. Thywissen
Making an Ultracold Gas
Chapter 2 in Quantum Gas Experiments - Exploring Many-Body States, Torma & Sengstock, eds. (Imperial College Press, 2014)
[doi:10.1142/9781783264766_0002][chapter: arxiv:1401.7659][hardcover & paperback on Amazon][ebook at publisher's site]

D. M. Stamper-Kurn and J. H. Thywissen
Experimental Methods of Ultracold Atomic Physics
Chapter 1 in Ultracold Bose and Fermi Quantum Gases, Fetter, Levin, & Stamper-Kurn, eds. (Elsevier, 2012)
[chapter: arXiv:1111.6196][book on Amazon] ISBN-13: 978-0444538574; ISBN: 0444538577

D. C. McKay, D. Jervis, D. J. Fine, J. W. Simpson-Porco, G. J. A. Edge, and J. H. Thywissen
Low-temperature, high-density magneto-optical trapping of potassium using the open 4S-5P transition at 405 nm
Physical Review A 84, 063420 (2011)
[doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.063420] [journal link] [pdf]
featured as a Synopsis in Physics (2011) [journal link]

J. H. Thywissen
Bragging Rights
Physics 4, 41 (2011) [doi: 10.1103/Physics.4.41] [journal link] [pdf]

J. H. Thywissen
Ultracold superfluids
Physics in Canada 67, 129 (2011) [journal link] [pdf]

L. J. LeBlanc, A. B. Bardon, J. McKeever, M. H. T. Extavour, D. Jervis, J. H. Thywissen, F. Piazza, and A. Smerzi
Dynamics of a Tunable Superfluid Junction
Physical Review Letters 106, 025302 (2011)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.025302] [journal link][pdf][supp. mat.]

M. H. T. Extavour, L. J. LeBlanc, J. McKeever, A. Bardon, S. Aubin, S. Myrskog, T. Schumm, and J. H. Thywissen
Fermions on atom chips
Chapter 12 in Atom Chips, Reichel &Vuletic, eds. (Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, Germany, 2011)
[doi: 10.1002/9783527633357.ch12][Wiley link][pdf] ISBN-13: 978-3527407552

B. Shuve and J. H. Thywissen
Enhanced Pauli blocking of light scattering in a trapped Fermi gas
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics 43, 015301 (2010)
[doi: 10.1088/0953-4075/43/1/015301] [journal link][pdf]

G.-B. Jo, Y.-R. Lee, J.-H. Choi, C. A. Christensen, T. H. Kim, J. H. Thywissen, D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle
Itinerant Ferromagnetism in a Fermi Gas of Ultracold Atoms
Science 325, 1521-1524 (2009)
[doi: 10.1126/science.1177112] [journal link][pdf]

L. J. LeBlanc, J. H. Thywissen, A. Burkov, and A. Paramekanti
Repulsive Fermi gas in a harmonic trap: Ferromagnetism and spin textures
Physical Review A 80, 013607 (2009)
[doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.84.063420][journal link][pdf]

L. J. LeBlanc and J. H. Thywissen
Species-specific optical lattices
Physical Review A 75, 053612 (2007)
[doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.053612][journal link] [pdf]

M. H. T. Extavour, L. J. LeBlanc, T. Schumm, B. Cieslak, S. Myrskog, A. Stummer, S. Aubin, and J. H. Thywissen
Dual-species quantum degeneracy of 40K and 87Rb on an atom chip
Atomic Physics 20, 241-249 (2006) [pdf]

S. Aubin, S. Myrskog, M.H.T. Extavour, L. J. LeBlanc, D. McKay, A. Stummer, J. H. Thywissen
Rapid sympathetic cooling to Fermi degeneracy on a chip
Nature Physics 2, 384-387 (2006)
[doi: 10.1038/nphys309][journal link] [pdf]

S. Aubin, M. H. T. Extavour, S. Myrskog, L. J. LeBlanc, J. Esteve, S. Singh, P. Scrutton, D. McKay, R. McKenzie, I. D. Leroux, A. Stummer, and J. H. Thywissen
Trapping Fermionic 40K and Bosonic 87Rb on a Chip
J. Low Temp. Phys. 140, 377-396 (2005)
[doi: 10.1007/s10909-005-7322-5][journal link][pdf]

D. A. Lidar and J. H. Thywissen
Exponentially localized magnetic fields for quantum computation
Journal of Applied Physics 96, 754 (2004)
[doi: 10.1063/1.1753664][pdf][JAP link]

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