Peter Engels | |
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| Alma mater | University of Hannover |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics Atomic Physics Ultracold Atoms |
| Institutions | Washington State University |
| Thesis | Lithography and matter wave optics with laser cooled atomic beams |
| Doctoral advisor | Wolfgang Ertmer and Klaus Sengstock |
| Website | physics |
Peter Engels is a professor of physics at the Washington State University,[1] who conducts research in the field of ultracold atomic gases. His group at WSU performs a variety of experiments involving quantum hydrodynamics, spin–orbit coupling (See Spin–orbit interaction), soliton formation, condensed matter physics, and more using Rb-87 (bosonic) and K-40 (fermionic).[2] Recently, in collaboration with the theorists Prof. Michael Forbes, Yongping Zhang, and Thomas Busch, his team published research demonstrating negative mass hydrodynamics in a spin–orbit coupled Bose–Einstein condensate.[3][4][5]