3 papers
physics.atom-ph2019
Thermal Atom-Ion Collisions in K-Yb Hybrid System
Thai M. Hoang, Peter D. D. Schwindt, Yuan-Yu Jau
We present experimental studies of atom-ion collisions using buffer-gas cooled, trapped ytterbium (Yb) ions immersed in potassium (K) vapor. The range of the collisional temper…
cond-mat.stat-mech2018
Quantifying the validity and breakdown of the overdamped approximation in stochastic thermodynamics: Theory and experiment
Rui Pan, Thai M. Hoang, Zhaoyu Fei +4
Stochastic thermodynamics provides an important framework to explore small physical systems where thermal fluctuations are inevitable. In the studies of stochastic thermodynamics,…
physics.app-ph2018
Optically Levitated Nanodumbbell Torsion Balance and GHz Nanomechanical Rotor
Jonghoon Ahn, Zhujing Xu, Jaehoon Bang +5
Levitated optomechanics has great potentials in precision measurements, thermodynamics, macroscopic quantum mechanics and quantum sensing. Here we synthesize and optically levitate…