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“A quantum simulator is designed to explore specific problems, for instance in quantum chemistry and bio-molecular physics, where there are important open questions related to energy transport and molecular structures.”
Research profile
Servaas Kokkelmans is Associate Professor in the Coherence and Quantum Technology group in the Department of Applied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology and scientific director of the Center for Quantum Materials and Technology Eindhoven QT/e. His research focuses on strongly-interacting quantum gases and quantum simulators. He is an expert on the manipulation of interatomic interactions. Kokkelmans aims to simulate the conditions at the heart of a neutron star in a unitary quantum gas, a line of research that may have tremendous impact on the development of quantum materials and quantum computers and the understanding and applications of superconductivity.
Kokkelmans has expertise in the many-body properties of strongly interacting Fermi and Bose gases, ultracold collisions, Feshbach resonances as tool for few-body physics including ultracold molecules and Efimov trimers, ultracold plasmas and Rydberg atom quantum simulators.
Academic background
Servaas Kokkelmans studied Physics at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), obtaining his MSc in 1996 and his PhD on interacting atoms in clocks and condensates in 2000. After this he went abroad for two two-year postdoctoral research positions. The first at JILA, University of Colorado (USA) and the second at Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, ENS (France). In 2004, he returned to TU/e to take on the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Physics at TU/e. In 2017, Kokkelmans became Associate Professor at TU/e. In 2018, he founded the Center for Quantum Materials and Technology Eindhoven QT/e.
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Research Output
Simulating polaron biophysics with Rydberg atoms
Płodzień, M., Sowiński, T. & Kokkelmans, S., 13 Jul 2017, In : arXiv.org, e-Print Archive, Physics. 2017, 5 p., 1707.04120.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic
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Sub-Poissonian statistics of jamming limits in ultracold Rydberg gases
Sanders, J., Jonckheere, M. & Kokkelmans, S. J. J. M. F., 23 Jul 2015, In : Physical Review Letters. 115, 4, p. 043002-1/5 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Nuclear-Spin-Independent Short-Range Three-Body Physics in Ultracold Atoms
Gross, N., Shotan, Z., Kokkelmans, S. J. J. M. F. & Khaykovich, L., 2010, In : Physical Review Letters. 105, 10, p. 103203-1-4 4 p., 103203.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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101
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Total control over ultracold interactions via electric and magnetic fields
Marcelis, B., Verhaar, B. J. & Kokkelmans, S. J. J. M. F., 2008, In : Physical Review Letters. 100, 15, p. 153201-1/4 4 p., 153201.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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31
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Ramsey fringes in a Bose-Einstein condensate between atoms and molecules
Kokkelmans, S. J. J. M. F. & Holland, M. J., 2002, In : Physical Review Letters. 89, 18, p. 180401-1/4 4 p., 180401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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153
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78
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Prizes
NWO Vici Award : From neutron star to quantum computer
S.J.J.M.F. Kokkelmans (Recipient), 2015
Prize: NWO › Vici › Scientific
Activities
Dipolar Molecules workshop, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Servaas Kokkelmans (Invited speaker)12 Feb 2013
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
International Workshop on Critical Stability of Quantum Few-Body Sysytems, 9-15 October 2011, Erice, Sicily, Italy
Servaas Kokkelmans (Invited speaker)9 Oct 2011
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
ESF POLATOM, Conference on Cold Atoms, Semiconductor, Polaritons and Nanoscience, 2-6 May 2011, Chersonissos, Crete, Greece
Servaas Kokkelmans (Invited speaker)2 May 2011
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Direct Observation of the Opening and Closing of Inelastic Scattering Channels
Servaas Kokkelmans (Speaker), S.D. Gensemer (Speaker), K. Gibble (Speaker)27 May 2008
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
Courses
Press / Media
Eindhoven University of Technology: National Agenda on Quantum Technology - Strengthen Dutch Pioneering Role
17/09/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
A consistent coupled-channels description of Feshbach resonances through two- three- and many-body systems
Author: Braun, D. J., 2018Supervisor: Kokkelmans, S. (Supervisor 1), Mestrom, P. M. (Supervisor 2) & Musolino, S. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Approximations based on the Weinberg series for the Two-Body T Matrix
Author: Schmiermann, A. I., 2019Supervisor: Kokkelmans, S. J. (Supervisor 1), Mestrom, P. M. (Supervisor 2) & Li, J. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Bachelor
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Bose-Einstein condensates with long-range dipolar interactions
Author: van Bijnen, R., 31 Dec 2008Supervisor: Kokkelmans, S. (Supervisor 1), de Graaf, J. (Supervisor 2) & Rienstra, S. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Creating Rydberg crystals in ultra-cold gases using stimulated Raman adiabatic passage schemes
Author: Plantz, N. & van der Wurff, E., 2012Supervisor: van Bijnen, R. (Supervisor 1), Kokkelmans, S. (Supervisor 2) & Vredenbregt, E. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Bachelor
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Cumulant expansion for an ultracold quantum gas
Author: van de Kraats, J., 2019Supervisor: Kokkelmans, S. J. (Supervisor 1), Mestrom, P. M. (Supervisor 2) & Musolino, S. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Bachelor
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