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Curriculum Vitae

Photo: portrait of Olaf Mandel

since 2012 Software development at Menlo Systems GmbH Munich, Germany
2009-2012 Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Schmidt at the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig and the Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany
2005 - 2009 Postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Kasevich at Stanford in Palo Alto, U.S.A.
2005 Scientific assistant in the group of Prof. Bloch at the Johannes Gutenberg-Universität (JoGu) in Mainz, Germany
2001 - 2005 Dissertation studies
in the group of Prof. Hänsch, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany and in the Group of Prof. Bloch
Thesis: "Entanglement with quantum gates in an optical lattice"
2000 - 2001 Diploma thesis
in the group of Prof. Hänsch, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Diploma thesis: "Sympathetische Kühlung von 87Rb-85Rb-Gemischen"
1996 - 2000 Physics studies
at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
at the TU Carolo-Wilhelmina in Braunschweig, Germany
Working student in the groups of:
Prof. Hänsch, Max-Plank-Institut für Quantenoptik (MPQ), Garching, Germany
Dr. C.-O. Weiss, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) in Braunschweig, Germany
1996 After-School Practicals
in the IT department of Sommer Allibert (now: Faurecia) in Setúbal, Portugal
in the group of Dr. C.-O. Weiss, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt
1983 - 1996 Schools
Julianum grammar school (Gymnasium)
Amtsgasse middle school
Ludgeri basic school
all in Helmstedt, Germany

Invited Talks

Controlled Collisions with neutral Atoms in Optical Lattices
Semiconductor Microstructures and Atom Traps - Bose Condensation in Atomic and Solid State Systems
5/1/2003, Institute of Physics, London

Publication-list

The publications are sorted after: the general theme (or the research group), the more specific experiment, chronologically.

Ultracold atoms

Done on the Munich BEC II machine, which became the Mainz Bosons machine after our move in 2003.

Spin-States in Lattices

A. Widera, F. Gerbier, S. Fölling, T. Gericke, O. Mandel and I. Bloch
Precision measurement of spin-dependent interaction strengths for spin-1 and spin-2 87Rb atoms
New J. Phys. 8, 152 (2006)

F. Gerbier, A. Widera, S. Fölling, O. Mandel and I. Bloch
Resonant control of spin dynamics in ultracold quantum gases by microwave dressing
Phys. Rev. A 73, 041602(R) (2006)

A. Widera, F. Gerbier, S. Fölling, T. Gericke, O. Mandel and I. Bloch
Coherent collisional spin dynamics in optical lattices
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 190405 (2005)

Cold Molecules

T. Rom, T. Best, O. Mandel, A. Widera, M. Greiner, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
State Selective Production of Molecules in Optical Lattices
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 073002 (2004)

Entanglement of ultra-cold Bosons

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, 702-718 (2006)

O. Mandel
Entanglement with quantum gates in an optical lattice
Dissertation at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich (2005)

A. Widera, O. Mandel, M. Greiner, S. Kreim, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
Entanglement Interferometry for Precision Measurement of Atomic Scattering Properties
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 160406 (2004)

O. Mandel, M. Greiner, A. Widera, T. Rom, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
Controlled collisions for multi-particle entanglement of optically trapped atoms
Nature, 425, 937-940 (2003)

O. Mandel, M. Greiner, A. Widera, T. Rom, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
Coherent transport of neutral atoms in spin-dependent optical lattice potentials
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 010407 (2003)

Correlated Systems

F. Gerbier, S. Fölling, A. Widera, O. Mandel and I. Bloch
Probing Number Squeezing of Ultracold Atoms across the Superfluid-Mott Insulator Transition
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 090401 (2006)

F. Gerbier, A. Widera, S. Fölling, O. Mandel, T. Gericke and I. Bloch
Interference pattern and visibility of a Mott insulator
Phys. Rev. A 72, 053606 (2005)

F. Gerbier, A. Widera, S. Fölling, O. Mandel, T. Gericke and I. Bloch
Phase coherence of an atomic Mott insulator
Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 050404 (2005)

S. Fölling, F. Gerbier, A. Widera, O. Mandel, T. Gericke and I. Bloch
Spatial quantum noise interferometry in expanding ultracold atom clouds
Nature 434, 481-484 (2005)

B. Paredes, A. Widera, V. Murg, O. Mandel, S. Fölling, I. Cirac, G. V. Shlyapnikov, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
Tonks-Girardeau gas of ultracold atoms in an optical lattice
Nature 429, 277-281 (2004)

M. Greiner, O. Mandel, T. Rom, A. Altmeyer, A. Widera, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
Quantum phase transition from a superfluid to a Mott insulator in an ultracold gas of atoms
Physica B 329-333, 11-12 (2003)

M. Greiner, O. Mandel, A. Altmeyer, A. Widera, T. Rom, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
Beyond Mean Field Physics with Bose-Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices
Proceedings of the XVIII International Conference on Atomic Physics, pp.171-180, World Scientific, ISBN 978-9812382283

M. Greiner, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
Collapse and revival of the matter wave field of a Bose-Einstein condensate
Nature, 419, 51-54 (2002)

M. Greiner, O. Mandel, T. Esslinger, T. W. Hänsch and I. Bloch
Quantum Phase Transition from a Superfluid to a Mott Insulator in a Gas of Ultracold Atoms
Nature 415, 39-44 (2002)

Bosonic Superfluids

T. Gericke, F. Gerbier, A. Widera, S. Fölling, O. Mandel and I. Bloch
Adiabatic loading of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a 3D optical lattice
J. Mod. Opt. 54, 735-743 (2007)

I. Bloch, M. Greiner, O. Mandel and T. W. Hänsch
Coherent cold collisions with neutral atoms in optical lattices
Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. A 361, 1409-1416 (2003) (alternative link)

O. Mandel
Sympathetische Kühlung von 87Rb-85Rb-Gemischen
Diploma thesis at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich (2001)

M. Greiner, I. Bloch, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch and T. Esslinger
Exploring Phase Coherence in a 2D Lattice of Bose-Einstein Condensates
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 160405 (2001)

M. Greiner, I. Bloch, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch and T. Esslinger
Bose-Einstein condensates in 1D- and 2D optical lattices
Appl. Phys. B 73, 769-772 (2001)

I. Bloch, M. Greiner, O. Mandel, T. W. Hänsch and T. Esslinger
Sympathetic cooling of 85Rb and 87Rb
Phys. Rev. A 64, 021402(R) (2001)

Non-linear optics

Done in the group of C.-O. Weiss in Braunschweig.

M. Vaupel, O. Mandel and N. R. Heckenberg
Two-wave-mixing induced self-focusing in an active photorefractive oscillator
J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt. 1, 96-100 (1999)

M. Vaupel and O. Mandel
Cross-phase-modulation-induced self-focusing in parametric oscillators
Europhys. Lett. 44 (5), 592-598 (1998)