Prof. Dr. Philipp Treutlein
Contact
office | 2.13 |
lab | 2.06, 2.19, 2.19a, 2.20 |
phone | +41 (0)61 207 3766 |
fax | +41 (0)61 207 3795 |
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administrative assistant | Mile Mirkovic |

General research interests
Experimental quantum optics, ultracold atoms, and nanoscience. In particular: many-body physics of Bose-Einstein condensates, atom chips, atom interferometry, quantum metrology, quantum interfaces of atoms and solid-state nanosystems, nanomechanical oscillators, optomechanics, quantum memories, quantum dot single photon sources, field imaging with atomic vapor cells.
Scientific Vita
2018-present | Professor, Department of Physics, University of Basel |
2015-2018 | Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Basel |
2010-2015 | Assistant Professor (tenure track), Department of Physics, University of Basel |
2005-2010 | Project leader, group of Theodor W. Hänsch, MPQ and LMU Munich |
2002-2005 | Research assistant, group of Jakob Reichel and Theodor W. Hänsch, MPQ and LMU Munich |
2001-2002 | Research assistant, group of Markus K. Oberthaler, Universität Konstanz Scholar of the Center for Junior Research Fellows, Universität Konstanz |
1999-2000 | Research assistant, group of Steven Chu, Stanford University Fulbright scholar, Stanford University |
1996-2002 | Studies of Physics, Universität Konstanz |
See also the short biography on the department webpage and my profiles on Google scholar citations and ResearcherID
Publications
P. Colciaghi, Y. Li, P. Treutlein, and T. Zibold
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiment with two Bose-Einstein condensates,
Phys. Rev. X 13, 021032 (2023).M. Ernzer, M. Bosch Aguilera, M. Brunelli, G.-L. Schmid, T. M. Karg, C. Bruder, P. P. Potts, and P. Treutlein
Optical coherent feedback control of a mechanical oscillator,
Phys. Rev. X 13, 021023 (2023).G. Buser, R. Mottola, B. Cotting, J. Wolters, and P. Treutlein
Single-photon storage in a ground-state vapor cell quantum memory,
PRX Quantum 3, 020349 (2022).G.-L. Schmid, C. T. Ngai, M. Ernzer, M. Bosch Aguilera, T. M. Karg, and P. Treutlein
Coherent feedback cooling of a nanomechanical membrane with atomic spins,
Phys. Rev. X 12, 011020 (2022).A. Serafin, M. Fadel, P. Treutlein, and A. Sinatra
Nuclear Spin Squeezing in Helium-3 by Continuous Quantum Nondemolition Measurement,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 013601 (2021).- A. Serafin, Y. Castin, M. Fadel, P. Treutlein, and A. Sinatra,
Nuclear spin squeezing by continuous quantum non-demolition measurement: a theoretical study,
Comptes Rendus. Physique 22, 1 1-35 (2021)
- B. Morris, B. Yadin, M. Fadel, T. Zibold, P. Treutlein, and G. Adesso
Entanglement between Identical Particles Is a Useful and Consistent Resource,
Phys. Rev. X 10, 041012 (2020).
- L. Zhai, M. C. Löbl, J.-P. Jahn, Y. Hou, P. Treutlein, O. G. Schmidt, A. Rastelli, and R. J. Warburton
Large-range frequency tuning of a narrow-linewidth quantum emitter,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 117, 083106 (2020).
- T. M. Karg, B. Gouraud, C. T. Ngai, G.-L. Schmid, K. Hammerer, and P. Treutlein
Light-mediated strong coupling between a mechanical oscillator and atomic spins one meter apart,
Science 369, 6500 174-179 (2020).
- Y. Li, K. Pawłowski, B. Décamps, P. Colciaghi, M. Fadel, P. Treutlein, and T. Zibold
Fundamental limit of phase coherence in two-component Bose-Einstein condensates,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 123402 (2020).
- P. Treutlein
Atom Optomechanics,
in: Quantum Optomechanics and Nanomechanics, Lecture Notes of the Les Houches Summer School: Volume 105, August 2015, ed. by P.-F. Cohadon, J. Harris, F. Marquardt, and L. Cugliandolo (Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2020), pp. 329-368.
- R. Mottola, G. Buser, C. Müller, T. Kroh, A. Ahlrichs, S. Ramelow, O. Benson, P. Treutlein, and J. Wolters
An efficient, tunable, and robust source of narrow-band photon pairs at the 87Rb D1 line,
Opt. Express 28, 3 3159-3170 (2020).
- T. M. Karg, B. Gouraud, P. Treutlein, and K. Hammerer
Remote Hamiltonian interactions mediated by light,
Phys. Rev. A 99, 063829 (2019).
- F. Fröwis, M. Fadel, P. Treutlein, N. Gisin, and N. Brunner
Does large quantum Fisher information imply Bell correlations?
Phys. Rev. A 99, 040101(R) (2019).
- A. Horsley, P. Appel, J. Wolters, J. Achard, A. Tallaire, P. Maletinsky, and P. Treutlein,
Microwave device characterisation using a widefield diamond microscope,
Phys. Rev. Appl. 10, 044039 (2018).
- L. Pezzè, A. Smerzi, M. K. Oberthaler, R. Schmied, and P. Treutlein,
Quantum metrology with nonclassical states of atomic ensembles
Rev. Mod. Phys. 90, 035005 (2018).
- L. Béguin, J.-P. Jahn, J. Wolters, M. Reindl, R. Trotta, A. Rastelli, F. Ding, Y. Huo, O. G. Schmidt, P. Treutlein, and R. Warburton,
On-demand semiconductor source of 780 nm single photons with controlled temporal wave packets,
Phys. Rev. B 97, 205304 (2018).
- M. Fadel, T. Zibold, B. Décamps, and P. Treutlein,
Spatial entanglement patterns and Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering in Bose-Einstein condensates,
Science, 360, 409-413 (2018).
- A. Vochezer, T. Kampschulte, K. Hammerer, and P. Treutlein,
Light-Mediated Collective Atomic Motion in an Optical Lattice Coupled to a Membrane,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 073602 (2018).
- S. Wagner, R. Schmied, M. Fadel, P. Treutlein, N. Sangourd, and J.-D. Bancal,
Bell correlations in a many-body system with finite statistics,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 170403 (2017).
- J. Wolters, G. Buser, A. Horsley, L. Béguin, A. Jöckel, J.-P. Jahn, R. J. Warburton, and P. Treutlein,
Simple atomic quantum memory suitable for semiconductor quantum dot single photons,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 060502 (2017).
- K. Pawłowski, M. Fadel, P. Treutlein, Y. Castin, and A. Sinatra,
Mesoscopic quantum superpositions in bimodal Bose-Einstein condensates: Decoherence and strategies to counteract it,
Phys. Rev. A 95, 063609 (2017).
- E. Oudot, J.-D. Bancal, R. Schmied, P. Treutlein, and N. Sangouard
Optimal entanglement witnesses in a split spin-squeezed Bose-Einstein condensate,
Phys. Rev. A 95, 052347 (2017).
- P. Treutlein,
Photon qubit is made of two colors,
Physics 9, 135 (2016).
- A. Horsley and P. Treutlein,
Frequency-tunable microwave field detection in an atomic vapor cell,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 211102 (2016).
- R. Schmied, J.-D. Bancal, B. Allard, M. Fadel, V. Scarani, P. Treutlein, N. Sangouard,
Bell correlations in a Bose-Einstein condensate,
Science 352, 441 (2016).
- B. Allard, M. Fadel, R. Schmied, and P. Treutlein,
Sideband Rabi spectroscopy of finite-temperature trapped Bose gases,
Phys. Rev. A 93, 043624 (2016).
- J.-P. Jahn, M. Munsch, L. Béguin, A. V. Kuhlmann, M. Renggli, Y. Huo, F. Ding, R. Trotta, M. Reindl, O. G. Schmidt, A. Rastelli, P. Treutlein, and R. J. Warburton,
An artificial Rb atom in a semiconductor with lifetime-limited linewidth,
Phys. Rev. B 92, 245439 (2015).
- A. Horsley, G.-X. Du, and P. Treutlein,
Widefield Microwave Imaging in Alkali Vapor Cells with sub-100 um Resolution,
New Journal of Physics 17, 112002 (2015), Fast Track Communication.
- P. Treutlein,
Nanomechanical answer to Einstein,
Nature Nanotechnology 10, 832 (2015).
- C. Affolderbach, G.-X. Du, T. Bandi, A. Horsley, P. Treutlein, and G. Mileti,
Imaging Microwave and DC Magnetic Fields in a Vapor-Cell Rb Atomic Clock,
IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. 64, 3629 (2015).
- B. Vogell, T. Kampschulte, M. T. Rakher, A. Faber, P. Treutlein, K. Hammerer, and P. Zoller,
Long distance coupling of a quantum mechanical oscillator to the internal states of an atomic ensemble,
New J. Phys. 17, 043044 (2015).
- A. Jöckel, A. Faber, T. Kampschulte, M. Korppi, M. T. Rakher, and P. Treutlein,
Sympathetic cooling of a membrane oscillator in a hybrid mechanical-atomic system,
Nature Nanotechnology 10, 55 (2015).
- P. Treutlein, C. Genes, K. Hammerer, M. Poggio, and P. Rabl,
Hybrid Mechanical Systems,
in: "Cavity Optomechanics", ed. by M. Aspelmeyer, T. J. Kippenberg, and F. Marquardt (Springer, 2014) pp. 327-351.
- P. Treutlein,
Optomechanics: A strained couple,
Nature Nanotechnology 9, 99 (2014).
- A. V. Lebedev, P. Treutlein, and G. Blatter,
Sequential quantum-enhanced measurement with an atomic ensemble,
Phys. Rev. A 89, 012118 (2014).
- A. Horsley, G.-X. Du, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, G. Mileti, and P. Treutlein,
Imaging of relaxation times and microwave field strength in a microfabricated vapor cell,
Phys. Rev. A 88, 063407 (2013).
- M. T. Rakher, R. J. Warburton, and P. Treutlein,
Prospects for storage and retrieval of a quantum-dot single photon in an ultracold 87Rb ensemble,
Phys. Rev. A 88, 053834 (2013).
- H. Kurkjian, K. Pawlowski, A. Sinatra, and P. Treutlein,
Spin squeezing and EPR entanglement of two bimodal condensates in state-dependent potentials,
Phys. Rev. A 88, 043605 (2013).
- C. F. Ockeloen, R. Schmied, M. F. Riedel, and P. Treutlein,
Quantum metrology with a scanning probe atom interferometer,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 143001 (2013).
- M. Korppi, A. Jöckel, Matthew T. Rakher, S. Camerer, D. Hunger, T. W. Hänsch, and P. Treutlein,
Hybrid atom-membrane optomechanics,
EPJ Web of Conferences 57, 03006 (2013).
- A. Horsley, G.-X. Du, P. Treutlein, M. Pellaton, C. Affolderbach, and G. Mileti,
Spatially resolved measurement of relaxation times in a microfabricated vapor cell,
European Frequency and Time Forum & International Frequency Control Symposium (EFTF/IFC), Prague, 2013, pp. 575-578.
- B. Vogell, K. Stannigel, P. Zoller, K. Hammerer, M. T. Rakher, M. Korppi, A. Jöckel, and P. Treutlein,
Cavity-enhanced long-distance coupling of an atomic ensemble to a micromechanical membrane,
Phys. Rev. A 87, 023816 (2013).
- P. Böhi and P. Treutlein,
Simple microwave field imaging technique using hot atomic vapor cells,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 181107 (2012).
- P. Treutlein,
A Single Spin Feels the Vibrations,
Science 335, 1584 (2012).
- S. Camerer, M. Korppi, A. Jöckel, D. Hunger, T. W. Hänsch, and P. Treutlein,
Realization of an optomechanical interface between ultracold atoms and a membrane,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 223001 (2011).
- A. Jöckel, M. T. Rakher, M. Korppi, S. Camerer, D. Hunger, M. Mader, and P. Treutlein,
Spectroscopy of mechanical dissipation in micro-mechanical membranes,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 143109 (2011).
- A. Negretti, P. Treutlein, and T. Calarco,
Quantum computing implementations with neutral particles,
Quantum Inf. Process. 10, 721 (2011).
- D. Hunger, S. Camerer, M. Korppi, A. Jöckel, T. W. Hänsch, and P. Treutlein,
Coupling ultracold atoms to mechanical oscillators,
C. R. Physique 12, 871 (2011).
- P. Treutlein, A. Negretti, and T. Calarco,
Quantum Information Processing with Atom Chips,
in: "Atom Chips", ed. by J. Reichel and V. Vuletic (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2011), pp. 283-308.
- R. Folman, P. Treutlein, and J. Schmiedmayer,
Atom Chip Fabrication,
in: "Atom Chips", ed. by J. Reichel and V. Vuletic (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2011), pp. 61-117.
- R. Schmied and P. Treutlein,
Tomographic reconstruction of the Wigner function on the Bloch sphere,
New J. Phys. 13, 065019 (2011).
- P. Böhi, M. F. Riedel, and P. Treutlein,
Cold atoms image microwave fields,
SPS-Communications 33, 10 (2011).
- P. Böhi, M. F. Riedel, T. W. Hänsch, and P. Treutlein,
Imaging of microwave fields using ultracold atoms,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 051101 (2010).
- K. Hammerer, K. Stannigel, C. Genes, and P. Zoller,
P. Treutlein, S. Camerer, D. Hunger, and T. W. Hänsch,
Optical lattices with micromechanical mirrors,
Phys. Rev. A 82, 021803 (2010).
- K. Maussang, G. E. Marti, T. Schneider, P. Treutlein, Yun Li, A. Sinatra, R. Long, J. Esteve, and J. Reichel,
Enhanced and Reduced Atom Number Fluctuations in a BEC Splitter,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 080403 (2010).
- M. F. Riedel, P. Böhi, Yun Li, T. W. Hänsch, A. Sinatra, and P. Treutlein,
Atom-chip-based generation of entanglement for quantum metrology,
Nature 464, 1170 (2010).
- D. Hunger, S. Camerer, T. W. Hänsch, D. König, J. P. Kotthaus, J. Reichel, and P. Treutlein,
Resonant Coupling of a Bose-Einstein Condensate to a Micromechanical Oscillator,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 143002 (2010).
- M. Wallquist, K. Hammerer, P. Zoller, C. Genes, M. Ludwig, F. Marquardt, P. Treutlein, J. Ye, and H. J. Kimble,
Single-atom cavity QED and optomicromechanics,
Phys. Rev. A 81, 023816 (2010).
- K. Hammerer, M. Wallquist, C. Genes, M. Ludwig, F. Marquardt, P. Treutlein, P. Zoller, J. Ye, and H. J. Kimble,
Strong coupling of a mechanical oscillator and a single atom,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 063005 (2009).
- P. Böhi, M. F. Riedel, J. Hoffrogge, J. Reichel, T. W. Hänsch, and P. Treutlein,
Coherent manipulation of Bose-Einstein condensates with state-dependent microwave potentials on an atom chip,
Nature Physics 5, 592 (2009).
- Y. Li, P. Treutlein, J. Reichel, and A. Sinatra,
Spin squeezing in a bimodal condensate: spatial dynamics and particle losses,
Eur. Phys. J. B 68, 365 (2009).
- Philipp Treutlein,
Coherent manipulation of ultracold atoms on atom chips,
Dissertation, LMU München (2008).
- P. Treutlein, D. Hunger, S. Camerer, T.W. Hänsch, and J. Reichel,
Bose-Einstein condensate coupled to a nanomechanical resonator on an atom chip,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 140403 (2007).
- P. Treutlein, T. Steinmetz, Y. Colombe, B. Lev, P. Hommelhoff, J. Reichel, M. Greiner, O. Mandel, A. Widera, T. Rom, I. Bloch, and T.W. Hänsch,
Quantum Information Processing in Optical Lattices and Magnetic Microtraps,
in: Elements of Quantum Information, ed. by W.P. Schleich and H. Walther (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany, 2007), pp. 121-144.
- P. Treutlein, T.W. Hänsch, J. Reichel, A. Negretti, M.A. Cirone, and T. Calarco,
Microwave potentials and optimal control for robust quantum gates on an atom chip,
Phys. Rev. A 74, 022312 (2006).
- P. Treutlein, T. Steinmetz, Y. Colombe, B. Lev, P. Hommelhoff, J. Reichel, M. Greiner, O. Mandel, A. Widera, T. Rom, I. Bloch, and T.W. Hänsch,
Quantum information processing in optical lattices and magnetic microtraps,
Fortschr. Phys. 54, 702 (2006).
- B. Eiermann, Th. Anker, M. Albiez, M. Taglieber, P. Treutlein, and M.K. Oberthaler,
Dispersion Management and Bright Gap Solitons for Atomic Matter Waves,
in: Laser Spectroscopy: Proceedings of the XVI International Conference (ICOLS 2003), ed. by P. Hannaford, A. Sidorov, H. Bachor, K. Baldwin (World Scientific, Singapore, 2004) pp. 184-186.
- P. Treutlein, P. Hommelhoff, T.W. Hänsch, and J. Reichel,
Coherent Atomic States in Microtraps,
in: Laser Spectroscopy: Proceedings of the XVI International Conference (ICOLS 2003), ed. by P. Hannaford, A. Sidorov, H. Bachor, K. Baldwin (World Scientific, Singapore, 2004) pp. 231-236.
- B. Eiermann, Th. Anker, M. Albiez, M. Taglieber, P. Treutlein, K.-P. Marzlin, and M.K. Oberthaler,
Bright Bose-Einstein Gap Solitons of Atoms with Repulsive Interaction,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 230401 (2004).
- P. Treutlein, P. Hommelhoff, T. Steinmetz, T.W. Hänsch, and J. Reichel,
Coherence in Microchip Traps,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 203005 (2004).
- B. Eiermann, P. Treutlein, Th. Anker, M. Albiez, M. Taglieber, K.-P. Marzlin, and M.K. Oberthaler,
Dispersion Management for Atomic Matter Waves,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 060402 (2003).
- P. Treutlein, K.Y. Chung, and S. Chu,
High-brightness atom source for atomic fountains,
Phys. Rev. A 63, 051401 (2001).