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: Cavities for Optical Clocks – CaOC
Optical lattice clocks (OLCs) have progressed rapidly since the initial proposal in 2002, they now outperform even the best microwave clocks realizing the current definition of the SI second, as well as single ion optical clocks, thus becoming the best frequency references. While several groups worl
Alkali-earth matter wave interferometry – ALCALINF
This project will achieve a major leap in matter-wave interferometry by devising very long baseline atom interferometers operating with alkali-earth atomic species. This new generation of atom interferometers will use a single photon optical transition to split, deflect and project the atomic wavefu
ATTOSECOND ELECTRON DYNAMICS IN ISOLATED ORGANIC MOLECULES USING CORE-HOLE CLOCK SPECTROSCOPY – ATTOMEMUCHO
The radiation induced damage of a single deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule in a living cell can occur either through the direct absorption of X-ray radiation in the DNA molecule itself, leading to creation of holes in the atomic core shells and electrons, or indirectly, through ionization of the
Josephson Effect, Topology and Spins – JETS
The field of superconducting electronics is based on a single component, the Josephson junction, a weak-link between two superconductors. In most circuits explored up to now, the electrodynamics of such a junction, be it classical or quantum, is governed by a single degree of freedom: the supercondu
High repetition rate laser for lensless imaging in the XUV – HELLIX
The generation of high-harmonic (HHG) radiation is one of the most exciting and promising areas of research in ultrafast optics and strong field laser physics. The ability to produce coherent radiation in the extreme UltraViolet (XUV 1-100nm) as well as the possibility to produce attosecond light pu
Trapped circular Rydberg atoms for Quantum Simulation – TRYAQS
TRYAQS proposes a disruptive concept for the quantum simulation of complex systems. Many groups worldwide actively explore quantum simulation. It aims at an in-depth understanding of many-body systems. They are extremely important, both for fundamental issues such as quantum transport or quantum pha
Spin polarized fermions in a box – SPIFBOX
Ultracold atoms have emerged as unique tools to study strongly correlated quantum systems. 50 years ago, an intriguing prediction was made by Fulde, Ferrell, Larkin and Ovchinnikov (FFLO) for a superconductor in a magnetic field with imbalanced electron spin populations. They predicted the existence
Thermalization and localization in many-body quantum systems: theoretical understanding and experimental signatures – THERMOLOC
Statistical mechanics predicts simple macroscopic laws that emerge whenever time evolution is so complex that specific details become irrelevant. Then, few parameters, such as temperature or chemical potential, describe the long-time state of the system. At a quantum level, understanding how this
From local rearrangements to macroscopic internal friction – Relfi
We propose to look experimentally and theoretically to the failure of disordered material submitted to excessive stresses. The way into which deformations organize them-self to form permanent and localized structures of deformations (such shear bands) will be investigated. The problem of the emergen
Quantum Fluids of Light – QFL
Quantum coherence in interacting boson systems is at the origin of striking effects such as Bose Einstein Condensation (BEC), superfluidity, and quantum turbulence. Quantum fluids allow to emulate complex physical systems which cannot be accessed experimentally as pointed out for example, in the sem
HEterodyne Receivers OptimizEd for Synchrotron sources – HEROES
The goal of our project “HEROES” is to provide to the national and international scientific community two ultra-high resolution spectrometers in the THz (0.1 THz-1.1 THz) and far-IR (1 THz-6 THz) spectral regions using the heterodyne techniques. These instruments will be set-up on the AILES beamline
Electrodynamics of Disordered Superconductors – ELODIS2
Highly disordered superconductor are the core element of very promising devices, both from a fundamental and an applied point of view: first, they are predicted to provide non dissipative high impedances in the microwave domain, giving rich possibilities for quantum information processing and for me
Photo-Induced Elastic Cooperativity in Bi-stable Volume-Changing Materials – ELASTICA
ELASTICA is a fundamental research project aiming at thorough understanding, and ultimately the control, of “Photo-induced elastic cooperativity in bi-stable volume-changing materials”. Unprecedented opportunities have emerged for impacting macroscopic states of materials with a femtosecond (fs) las
Solving Levinthal's paradox for genome packaging in icosahedral ssRNA viruses – GENPACK-VIRUS
RNA viruses are ubiquitous pathogens in all kingdoms of life. Viruses whose genomes are messenger RNAs, hereafter called single-stranded (ss)RNA viruses, are major public health issues (e.g. hepatitis C, Dengue, and Zika viruses), as well as serious economic and veterinary concerns worldwide causing
High Reynolds number turbulent boundary layers in low temperature classical or superfluid helium – ECOUTURB
Our Von Kármán (VK) setup consists in a fluid layer confined in a cylindrical container between counter-rotating or co-rotating smooth disks, one at the top and one at the bottom. The main question behind this problem is the understanding of how the boundary layers, are further destabilized into tur
Spectroscopy of Exotic Orders- Higgs boson in Superconductors – SEO-HiggS2
Discovering and understanding the new states of matter and their fundamental excitations found in the rich phase diagrams of condensed matter systems represent some of the most challenging problems in quantum many body physics. While the quest for the Higgs boson in particle physics is reaching its
Spintronics of triplet excitons in the quantum limit – SPINEX_1
Harvesting of photo-excitations in organic solar-cells is fundamentally governed by the quantum mechanical property of spin. Indeed, spin determines the generation and recombination pathways for a particular species, which ultimately determines device performance. Crucial to solar cell operation are
Correlation Induced Relaxation dynamics in Complex XUV-Excited molecules – CIRCE
The goal of the CIRCÉ project is to exploit the opportunities offered by ultrashort extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses to investigate the role played by the many-body nature of the molecular wavefunction on the stability of large carbon based systems. We will explore how the absorption of a single ene
Particles under thin Liquid Film Confinement – ProLiFiC
Suspensions of solid non-brownian particles in a liquid are encountered in various geophysical, industrial or biological systems. Whereas most of the past studies have characterized the transport of particles in bulk flow or the rheology of suspensions, some situations, such as in liquid sheets or t
Nanophotonics of complex media: new modeling tools towards new optical phenomena – NanoMiX
The NanoMiX project has the ambition to establish a new expertise at the interface between nanophotonics and mesoscopic optics, by tackling the study of complex nanostructures, more specifically disordered ensembles of exotic, strongly resonating nanoparticles interacting efficiently between themsel
Velocity map IMAGing of emitted Electrons from Radiosensitizers upon Ion collision – IMAGERI
Ion beam therapy, unlike conventional radiotherapy, allows a proper localization of the energy deposition in tumors and thus spares the surrounding healthy organs. Recently, the use of radiosensitizers, including high-Z nanoparticles (Ag, Au, Gd), was proposed to enhance the effects of ionizing radi
Atomic Species Production via Electronically excited states in high eNergy density Plasmas – ASPEN
Despite decades of intense research, the production of large amounts of nitrogen atoms remains a major roadblock for many industrial applications such as the enhancement of nitridation processes, the synthesis of novel nanomaterials and large band gap nitrides for high power electronics, or biomedic
Full quantum operation of integer and non-integer charge pulses in quantum wires – FullyQuantum
We propose the unprecedented realization of a full quantum interference experiment manipulating and detecting electrons in a ballistic quantum conductor at the single electron level. Full quantum operation will bring the recent field of electron quantum optics at a level of its photonic counterpart.
Tuning mixing of suspension by particles (re-)active to their local environment. – TunaMix
Based on promising preliminary results by the applicant consortium, this project aims at exploring how novel local-scale mechanisms, providing «environment sensing» capabilities, can be harvested to control macro-scale mixing of particles and macromolecules. While usual strategies to improve mixing
Tensor-Network Methods for Strongly-Correlated Quantum Matter – TNSTRONG
A conceptual understanding of strongly correlated electronic materials is the main challenge of modern Condensed Matter theory. To address the phase diagrams of high-Tc superconducting cuprates or strongly frustrated quantum magnets or the physics of (Abelian or non-Abelian) fractional quantum Hall
Superconductivity in a single atomic plane – RODESIS
While anticipated theoretically long ago by V. Ginzburg, superconductivity in a true two-dimensional (2D) electronic system was discovered only recently in 2010 in monolayers of lead (Pb) and indium (In) grown on Si(111). Achieving such remarkable state of matter for a one atom-thick film requires t
Quantum thermal transport in mesoscopic circuits – QuTherm
In this project we will develop novel tools for investigating mesoscopic physics through thermodynamic studies. Regarding the heat conduction, we will measure thermal conductance of composite fermions, implement heat interferometers, and explore the correlations between adjacent edge channels, which
Dynamic failure of meta-materials – METACRACK
During the past few years, there has been a growing interest for novel materials with architectured structures. Often inspired by nature, architectured materials with a “mesoscopic” heterogeneous structure (e.g. foams, honey combs) start to become a new standard in high performance engineering appli
Hydrodynamics in erosion by dissolution: morphology and dynamics – ERODISS
Landscapes are shaped under water flows and wind action. The understanding of their morphodynamics goes through the identification of the physical mechanisms at play. The processes of erosion of sediment composed of macroscopic grains have been extensively studied with a physics approach, which is n