Jérôme Beugnon

Full Professor at Sorbonne Université

Short CV

Since 2023: Full Professor at Sorbonne Université
2018: Habilitation thesis
Since 2008: Associate Professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
2007-2008: Postdoc at Laboratoire Aime Cotton, Orsay : Landau-Zener transitions in frozen pairs of Rydberg atoms
2004-2007: PhD at Institut d’Optique. Palaiseau. Two-photon interference between single photons emitted by singles atoms and coherent manipulation of single atoms.

Research

Main topic: ultracold quantum gases

Ongoing projects (runned on two separate rubidium cold atom platforms):
– Two-dimensional Bose gases
– Rydberg Bose gases

Coordinator of the NAQUAS QuantERA project (2018-2021)
Coordinator of the BOQUATRA ANR Grant (2019-2022)
Coordinator of the ERC Consolidator TORYD Grant (2020-2025)

Teaching

Cours de physique statistique quantique (M1 Phytem): Cours Phytem 2018

Cours de thermodynamique (L3): Cours Thermo 2017

Cours de physique quantique (M1): Cours Quantique 2024

Cours d’électromagnétisme (L2): Cours Electromagnétisme 2023

Publications

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G. Chauveau, C. Maury, F. Rabec, C. Heintze, G. Brochier, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, J. Beugnon, S. M. Roccuzzo, and S. Stringari, Superfluid Fraction in an Interacting Spatially Modulated Bose-Einstein Condensate, Arxiv:2302.01776, Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 226003 (2023).
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C. Maury, B. Bakkali-Hassani, G. Chauveau, F. Rabec, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Precision measurement of atom-dimer interaction in a uniform planar Bose gas, ArXiv:2211.05049, Phys. Rev. Research 5, L012020 (2023).
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B. Bakkali-Hassani, C. Maury, S. Stringari, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, The cross-over from Townes solitons to droplets in a 2D Bose mixture, ArXiv:2207.06939, New J. Phys. 25, 013007 (2023).
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M. Bosch Aguilera, A. Ghermaoui, R. Vatré, R. Bouganne, J. Beugnon, and F. Gerbier, Adiabatic quantum Zeno dynamics of bosonic atom pairs with large inelastic losses, ArXiv:2207.02080, Phys. Rev. A 106, 053304 (2022).
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B. Bakkali-Hassani, C. Maury, Y.-Q. Zou, É. Le Cerf, R. Saint-Jalm, P. C. M. Castilho, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Realization of a Townes Soliton in a Two-Component Planar Bose Gas, ArXiv:2103.01605, Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 023603 (2021).
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D. Rossini, A. Ghermaoui, M. B. Aguilera, R. Vatré, R. Bouganne, J. Beugnon, F. Gerbier, and L. Mazza, Strong correlations in lossy one-dimensional quantum gases: From the quantum Zeno effect to the generalized Gibbs ensemble, Phys. Rev. A 103, L060201 (2021).
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Y.-Q. Zou, É. Le Cerf, B. Bakkali-Hassani, C. Maury, G. Chauveau, P. C. M. Castilho, R. Saint-Jalm, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Optical control of the density and spin spatial profiles of a planar Bose gas, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 54, 08LT01 (2021).
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Y.-Q. Zou, B. Bakkali-Hassani, C. Maury, É. Le Cerf, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Tan's two-body contact across the superfluid transition of a planar Bose gas, Nat Commun 12, 760 (2021).
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Y.-Q. Zou, B. Bakkali-Hassani, C. Maury, É. Le Cerf, S. Nascimbene, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Magnetic Dipolar Interaction between Hyperfine Clock States in a Planar Alkali Bose Gas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 233604 (2020).
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R. Bouganne, M. Bosch Aguilera, A. Ghermaoui, J. Beugnon, and F. Gerbier, Anomalous decay of coherence in a dissipative many-body system, Nat. Phys. 16, 21 (2020).
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R. Saint-Jalm, P. C. M. Castilho, É. Le Cerf, B. Bakkali-Hassani, J.-L. Ville, S. Nascimbene, J. Beugnon, and J. Dalibard, Dynamical Symmetry and Breathers in a Two-Dimensional Bose Gas, Phys. Rev. X 9, 021035 (2019).
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J. L. Ville, R. Saint-Jalm, É. Le Cerf, M. Aidelsburger, S. Nascimbène, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Sound Propagation in a Uniform Superfluid Two-Dimensional Bose Gas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 145301 (2018).
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M. Bosch Aguilera, R. Bouganne, A. Dareau, M. Scholl, Q. Beaufils, J. Beugnon, and F. Gerbier, Non-linear relaxation of interacting bosons coherently driven on a narrow optical transition, EPL 123, 40004 (2018).
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R. Saint-Jalm, M. Aidelsburger, J. L. Ville, L. Corman, Z. Hadzibabic, D. Delande, S. Nascimbene, N. Cherroret, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Resonant-light diffusion in a disordered atomic layer, Phys. Rev. A 97, 061801 (2018).
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L. Corman, J. L. Ville, R. Saint-Jalm, M. Aidelsburger, T. Bienaimé, S. Nascimbène, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Transmission of near-resonant light through a dense slab of cold atoms, Phys. Rev. A 96, 053629 (2017).
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A. Dareau, E. Levy, M. B. Aguilera, R. Bouganne, E. Akkermans, F. Gerbier, and J. Beugnon, Revealing the Topology of Quasicrystals with a Diffraction Experiment, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 215304 (2017).
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R. Bouganne, M. B. Aguilera, A. Dareau, E. Soave, J. Beugnon, and F. Gerbier, Clock spectroscopy of interacting bosons in deep optical lattices, New J. Phys. 19, 113006 (2017).
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M. Aidelsburger, J. L. Ville, R. Saint-Jalm, S. Nascimbène, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Relaxation Dynamics in the Merging of N Independent Condensates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 190403 (2017).
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J. Beugnon and N. Navon, Exploring the Kibble–Zurek mechanism with homogeneous Bose gases, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 50, 022002 (2017).
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J. L. Ville, T. Bienaimé, R. Saint-Jalm, L. Corman, M. Aidelsburger, L. Chomaz, K. Kleinlein, D. Perconte, S. Nascimbène, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Loading and compression of a single two-dimensional Bose gas in an optical accordion, Phys. Rev. A 95, 013632 (2017).
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J. Zhang, J. Beugnon, and S. Nascimbene, Creating fractional quantum Hall states with atomic clusters using light-assisted insertion of angular momentum, Phys. Rev. A 94, 043610 (2016).
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J. Zhang, J. Beugnon, and S. Nascimbene, Creating fractional quantum Hall states with atomic clusters using light-assisted insertion of angular momentum, Phys. Rev. A 94, 043610 (2016).
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A. Dareau, M. Scholl, Q. Beaufils, D. Döring, J. Beugnon, and F. Gerbier, Doppler spectroscopy of an ytterbium Bose-Einstein condensate on the clock transition, Phys. Rev. A 91, 023626 (2015).
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L. Chomaz, L. Corman, T. Bienaimé, R. Desbuquois, C. Weitenberg, S. Nascimbène, J. Beugnon, and J. Dalibard, Emergence of coherence via transverse condensation in a uniform quasi-two-dimensional Bose gas, Nat Commun 6, 6162 (2015).
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L. Corman, L. Chomaz, T. Bienaimé, R. Desbuquois, C. Weitenberg, S. Nascimbène, J. Dalibard, and J. Beugnon, Quench-Induced Supercurrents in an Annular Bose Gas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 135302 (2014).
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N. Goldman, J. Beugnon, and F. Gerbier, Identifying topological edge states in 2D optical lattices using light scattering, Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 217, 135 (2013).
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N. Goldman, J. Beugnon, and F. Gerbier, Detecting Chiral Edge States in the Hofstadter Optical Lattice, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 255303 (2012).
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R. Desbuquois, L. Chomaz, T. Yefsah, J. Léonard, J. Beugnon, C. Weitenberg, and J. Dalibard, Superfluid behaviour of a two-dimensional Bose gas, Nature Phys 8, 645 (2012).
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N. Saquet, A. Cournol, J. Beugnon, J. Robert, P. Pillet, and N. Vanhaecke, Landau-Zener Transitions in Frozen Pairs of Rydberg Atoms, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 133003 (2010).
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M. P. A. Jones, J. Beugnon, A. Gaëtan, J. Zhang, G. Messin, A. Browaeys, and P. Grangier, Fast quantum state control of a single trapped neutral atom, Phys. Rev. A 75, 040301 (2007).
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J. Beugnon, C. Tuchendler, H. Marion, A. Gaëtan, Y. Miroshnychenko, Y. R. P. Sortais, A. M. Lance, M. P. A. Jones, G. Messin, A. Browaeys, and P. Grangier, Two-dimensional transport and transfer of a single atomic qubit in optical tweezers, Nature Phys 3, 696 (2007).
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J. Beugnon, M. P. A. Jones, J. Dingjan, B. Darquié, G. Messin, A. Browaeys, and P. Grangier, Quantum interference between two single photons emitted by independently trapped atoms, Nature 440, 779 (2006).
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J. Dingjan, B. Darquié, J. Beugnon, M. P. A. Jones, S. Bergamini, G. Messin, A. Browaeys, and P. Grangier, A frequency-doubled laser system producing ns pulses for rubidium manipulation, Appl. Phys. B 82, 47 (2006).
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B. Darquié, M. P. A. Jones, J. Dingjan, J. Beugnon, S. Bergamini, Y. Sortais, G. Messin, A. Browaeys, and P. Grangier, Controlled Single-Photon Emission from a Single Trapped Two-Level Atom, Science 309, 454 (2005).