Jeremy Tanlimco

Biography

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Jeremy Tanlimco received a B.S. in Physics from Yale University in 2019. As an undergraduate, he helped design and construct the ultracold lithium-6 experimental apparatus in the research group of Dr. Nir Navon. He joined the UC Santa Barbara Physics department and the lithium-7 team of Dr. David Weld as a graduate student in 2019.

Research Description

The field of atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics boasts some of the best precision control and measurement available to tabletop experiments. AMO physicists have built platforms for atomic timekeeping, beyond-Standard-Model searches, quantum computing, and quantum emulation, inviting conversation with many disparate fields of physics. Specifically, my group uses Bose-Einstein-condensed (BEC) neutral lithium atoms to simulate otherwise analytically intractable or experimentally inaccessible many-body Hamiltonians. Lithium exhibits a wide magnetic Feshbach resonance, allowing for precise tuning of inter-atomic interaction strength and character. We also utilize Floquet engineering by periodically modulating the amplitude of dual optical lattices to create novel band structures for our atoms to traverse.

Selected Publications List

Interaction-driven breakdown of dynamical localization in a kicked quantum gas. A. Cao, R. Sajjad, H. Mas, E.Q. Simmons, J.L. Tanlimco, E. Nolasco-Martinez, T. Shimasaki, H.E. Kondakci, V. Galitski, and D.M. Weld. Nat. Phys. 18, 1302-1306 (2022).

Observation of the quantum boomerang effect. R. Sajjad, J.L. Tanlimco, H. Mas, A. Cao, E. Nolasco-Martinez, E.Q. Simmons, F.L.N. Santos, P. Vignolo, T. Macrì, and D.M. Weld. Phys. Rev. X 12, 011035 (2022). Featured in Physics.